Senior Director, Strategic Growth Analytics

LAB Labcorp Early Development Laboratories Inc.; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

PTO/FTO

Job summary

Labcorp Early Development Laboratories Inc. is seeking a Senior Director, Strategic Growth Analytics to lead the global analytics function from Burlington, NC or Durham, NC with a hybrid work schedule.

You will define the vision, strategy, and capabilities to accelerate commercial insights, AI-enabled decision support, and growth. Reporting to the VP, Global Insights, this role requires a track record of building high-performing analytics teams, influencing senior leaders, and delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Engineering, Science or Analytics.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in analytics, insights, business intelligence, or strategy.
• 10+ years of healthcare and/or life sciences industry experience.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing analytics teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish the vision, priorities and roadmap for Strategic Growth Analytics, aligning with Labcorp’s objectives.
• Lead integrated analytics and AI-enabled decision-support initiatives spanning customer, market, and commercial intelligence.
• Develop talent and operational models to drive growth, influence senior leaders, and deliver measurable business impact.

Skills

Leadership experience

Analytics leadership

Healthcare analytics

AI capabilities

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Salesforce

Tableau

Power BI

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

Labcorp is a global leader in laboratory services, providing the insights and answers that help healthcare providers, patients, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and health systems make confident decisions and improve outcomes. Through our unparalleled science, data, technology and laboratory network, we advance diagnostics, accelerate innovation and help address some of the world’s most important health challenges. As we shape the future of healthcare, we are leveraging advanced technologies, intelligent digital solutions and data-driven innovation across our operations to enhance how work gets done and deliver greater value to customers and patients. With our global scale and deep expertise, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, grow your career and make a real impact on people’s health around the world. Together, we’re improving health and improving lives.

Senior Director, Strategic Growth Analytics

Labcorp is seeking a Senior Director, Strategic Growth Analytics to join our team in Burlington, NC or Durham, NC with the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule!

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Business Impact: Establish the vision, priorities, and roadmap for Strategic Growth Analytics in alignment with Labcorp’s business objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, leveraging customer, market, and commercial intelligence to improve decision making, business performance, and growth while ensuring analytics investments deliver measurable outcomes. Strengthen and align Labcorp's analytics ecosystem by expanding adoption of existing analytics capabilities, fostering collaboration, and driving knowledge sharing across teams. Identify emerging trends, technologies, AI capabilities, and opportunities. Communicate effectively with stakeholders across a broad range of analytical knowledge and business needs.
• Analytics & AI Enablement: Lead an integrated analytics agenda spanning customer, market, commercial, competitive, and digital intelligence, including measurement frameworks that connect performance to business outcomes and growth. Develop and scale AI-enabled analytics and decision-support capabilities that accelerate insight generation, improve decision quality, and drive business performance. Translate complex analytical findings into actionable recommendations. Champion the application of AI, automation, and advanced analytics to improve decision quality, productivity, and organizational agility. Partner with technology, data, and digital teams to strengthen analytical infrastructure, measurement capabilities, and enterprise decision-support capabilities.
• Organization Leadership: Lead a high-performing global analytics team focused on business impact, innovation, and continuous improvement. Establish effective operating models, engagement frameworks, and prioritization processes to support stakeholders across the organization. Develop talent and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and professional growth. Influence and align stakeholders across a highly matrixed global environment. Manage external partners and vendors in support of analytics and growth objectives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Engineering, Science or Analytics.
• 15 or more years of progressive experience in analytics, insights, business intelligence, customer intelligence, marketing effectiveness or strategy.
• 10 or more years’ experience in healthcare and/or life sciences industries.
• 5 or more years of leadership experience managing and developing high-performing analytics-related teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree.
• 5 or more year's experience with platforms such as Salesforce, Eloqua, Qualtrics, Tableau, Power BI, Spotfire, Databricks and/or Snowflake.

Additional Job Standards

• Experience driving insight from large healthcare datasets is critical.
• Demonstrated success leading marketing, customer, commercial, or decision-support analytics functions that drive growth and business performance.
• Experience influencing senior executives and business leaders through fact-based recommendations and insights.
• Experience operating successfully within large, matrixed organizations and leading cross-functional initiatives.

Leadership Competencies

• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Executive presence and ability to influence senior leaders.
• Ability to translate analytics into business action.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and solving complex problems.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills.
• Collaborative leader with a track record of building high-performing teams.
• Proven ability to scale AI-enabled capabilities and drive organizational adoption.

Analytics & Technical Acumen

• Deep understanding of marketing, customer, and commercial analytics.
• Familiarity with predictive analytics, AI-enabled insights, customer data platforms, visualization tools, and modern analytics ecosystems.
• Ability to guide, challenge, and evaluate analytical approaches without serving as the primary hands‑on practitioner.
• Experience partnering with technical teams to translate business needs into analytical solutions.
• Experience with large-scale healthcare data sources including Definitive Health, IQVIA, and others.

About the Role

At Labcorp, data has the power to improve healthcare outcomes, deepen customer understanding, and accelerate business growth. The Global Insights team transforms data into actionable intelligence that enables better business decisions. We are seeking a strategic and business-minded analytics leader to lead Labcorp's Strategic Growth Analytics. This individual will define the vision, strategy, and capabilities that accelerate commercial insights, customer engagement, marketing effectiveness, AI‑powered decision support, and growth. Reporting to the VP, Global Insights, this role serves as a trusted partner to Marketing, Commercial, Digital, Consumer, and Product leaders, translating complex data into actionable recommendations that drive measurable business impact. The ideal candidate combines analytical rigor, business acumen, and leadership experience, with a passion for solving complex business challenges and driving growth through data‑driven insights. The successful candidate will generate and socialize insights that drive strategic, commercial, and customer‑focused decisions. Set the vision and roadmap for Strategic Growth Analytics. Lead and develop a high‑performing Analytics team. Partner with business leaders to prioritize high‑impact analytics initiatives. Strengthen analytics as a driver of growth and business performance. Scale AI‑enabled insights and decision‑support capabilities. Improve alignment across Labcorp’s analytics ecosystem. Translate data and market insights into actionable recommendations. Deliver data‑driven stories that influence decisions and investments. Leverage AI and advanced analytics to identify growth opportunities. Maintain deep expertise in customers, markets, and industry trends.

This is a highly visible leadership role with significant opportunity to shape how analytics, AI, customer intelligence, and strategic decision support contribute to Labcorp’s future growth and success.

Applicants will follow a hybrid schedule that includes a minimum of three in‑office days per week at the Burlington, NC or Durham, NC location, supporting both collaboration and flexibility.

Benefits

• Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan.
• Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO.

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer: Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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Labcorp believes in the power of science to change lives. Labcorp is a leading global life sciences company that provides vital information to help doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, researchers, and patients make clear and confident decisions. Through our unparalleled diagnostics and drug development capabilities, we provide insights and accelerate innovations to improve health and improve lives. Here, you can join our nearly 70,000 employees, serving clients in more than 100 countries, as we work together to transform approaches to patient care.