Strategic Partner, Clinical & Early Development

Biopharma Careers; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertex is seeking a seasoned Business Engagement Lead for its DTE to translate clinical development priorities into scalable, compliant digital solutions. The Associate Director will partner with business leaders to shape capability roadmaps, including AI use cases, in a regulated environment.

You will manage demand, drive roadmaps, and collaborate with product, engineering, data, quality, and compliance teams to deliver aligned solutions that improve development workflows and submission

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or MBA in life sciences, business, information systems, computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in business engagement, IT/DTE business partnering, product management, or similar roles.
• Experience supporting Clinical Development and/or Early Development functions in biotech, pharma, or life sciences.
• Experience delivering AI business use cases to expedite operations and reduce submission timelines.
• Experience designing or supporting scalable systems and business processes for development organizations.
• Experience supporting platforms used in clinical pharmacology, pharmacometrics, or modeling and simulation.
• Familiarity with Metworx, Certara Phoenix, PK/PD data environments, or related tools.
• Experience supporting Early Development in First-in-Human studies.
• Experience gathering business requirements into scalable workflows and operating processes.
• Strong understanding of workflows and data needs across development functions.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives with business, product, engineering, data, quality, and compliance stakeholders.
• Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to influence across a matrixed organization and drive execution in a regulated environment.
• Advanced degree such as MBA, MS, or related graduate degree.
• Experience supporting roadmap development, capability assessments, and business transformation initiatives.
• Experience working in global biotechnology or pharmaceutical organizations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary DTE business engagement lead for Clinical Development and Early Development.
• Partner with business leaders and subject matter experts to understand priorities, challenges, and capability needs.
• Translate business needs into scalable systems, workflows, and digital solutions.
• Shape and manage demand intake, prioritization, and roadmap planning across supported functions.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes, user experience, and operational effectiveness.
• Support and evolve business capabilities across Early Development, including Translational Medicine and related scientific teams.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, data, analytics, quality, security, and compliance teams to deliver aligned solutions.
• Support business case development, process improvements, and system enhancement planning.
• Ensure solutions align with regulatory, governance, validation, security, and quality expectations.
• Drive stakeholder alignment, change management, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate plans, risks, dependencies, and outcomes to senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Business engagement

Relationship management

IT/Business partnering

Product management

Regulated environment

AI use cases

Executive communication

Change management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/MBA in life sciences or related field

MBA or MS preferred

Tools

Metworx

Certara Phoenix

PK/PD data environments

Job description

Vertex is seeking a seasoned Business Engagement Lead for its DTE to translate clinical development priorities into scalable, compliant digital solutions. The Associate Director will partner with business leaders to shape capability roadmaps, including AI use cases, in a regulated environment.

You will manage demand, drive roadmaps, and collaborate with product, engineering, data, quality, and compliance teams to deliver aligned solutions that improve development workflows and submission