Sr Associate, Strategy & Operations

Tempus AI; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive compensation

Restricted stock units

Medical benefits

Job summary

Tempus is seeking a Senior Associate in Sequencing Strategy & Operations in Chicago. You will support business development, draft client-facing proposals, and coordinate cross-functional go-to-market initiatives to advance precision medicine offerings.

You will source targets, perform market analysis, and drive process improvements across commercial and laboratory teams to enable timely product launches. The role requires 2+ years in pharma/biotech/consulting and strong written communication.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of pharma, biotech, or consulting experience.
• Experience drafting client-facing materials or proposals.
• Customer-facing experience in BD or consulting.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support BD by developing partnership opportunities with biopharma and academic accounts.
• Draft and refine client-facing proposals and contracts.
• Run commercial marketing activities, events, collateral, and website content.
• Source biotech targets through systematic research of companies and institutions.
• Perform strategic market analysis to differentiate offerings.
• Collaborate across commercial, medical, product, regulatory, and lab teams on go-to-market strategies.
• Improve operational processes for customer engagement and KPI tracking.
• Coordinate with Operations, Account Management, Product & Engineering to report issues and test features.
• Maintain relationships with partner stakeholders.
• Track, document, and execute milestones for strategic projects.

Skills

Pharma/biotech experience

Client-facing

Written communication

Project management

Education

Life sciences degree

Job description

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus’ proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

The Senior Associate - Sequencing Strategy & Operations role provides critical operational, analytical, and tactical support to advance Tempus’ precision medicine and Life Science Sequencing/CDx initiatives. The position is responsible for conducting market and competitive intelligence research, executing commercial marketing logistics, and helping draft client proposals alongside the business development team. Additionally, the role coordinates commercial operations across internal teams to improve daily processes and successfully bring new offerings to market.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Tempus’ business development (BD) team in developing partnership opportunities with key biopharma and academic research accounts to advance client conversations.

• Draft and refine client-facing proposals, contracts, and written communications for the Life Science Sequencing/CDx business, working closely with the BD team to align materials with customer needs.

• Execute commercial marketing activities for the team, including organizing nurture campaigns, managing conference/webinar planning logistics, developing collateral, and maintaining website content.

• Source biotech and research customer targets by systematically researching companies, institutions, contacts, assets, and pipeline areas of interest.

• Conduct strategic and market analysis using pharma and competitive intelligence to support the identification of key differentiators and the refinement of marketing materials.

• Work collaboratively across commercial, medical, product, regulatory, and laboratory teams to help implement go-to-market strategies.

• Identify opportunities to improve operational processes for customer engagement, outreach, retention tactics, and track team KPI fulfillment.

• Partner with Operations, Account Management, Product & Engineering to report daily operational challenges, gather data for product enhancements, and assist in testing new features.

• Coordinate and maintain positive working relationships with operational stakeholders across partner organizations.

• Manage the tracking, documentation, and cross-functional execution of operational milestones for key strategic projects to help bring new offerings to market successfully.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of pharma, biotech, or consulting experience with a track record of strong execution.

• Customer-facing experience, preferably in BD, client services, or consulting.

• Strong written communication skills, with experience drafting client-facing materials or proposals.

• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, managing shifting priorities and incomplete information across multiple concurrent projects.

Preferred:

• Exposure to oncology, diagnostics, CDx, NGS, or multi-omics a plus, but not required.

• B.S./M.S. in a life sciences field a plus, not required.

CHI: $85,000 - $110,000

The expected salary range may vary for other locations. Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.