Strategy & Operations Lead, Life Sciences CDx

Tempus; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Medical benefits

Stock options

Job summary

Tempus, a leader in precision medicine, seeks a Manager - Strategy & Operations to drive strategic, operational, and commercial initiatives for the Life Science Sequencing/CDx business from Chicago. You will shepherd market analyses, develop client proposals, and shape go-to-market plans while managing a cross-functional team.

This role partners with BD, medical, product, regulatory, and lab teams to advance offerings, build scalable processes, and measure KPI performance.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of pharma, biotech, diagnostics, or consulting experience.
• Significant customer-facing experience in BD, client services, or consulting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing client-facing proposals.
• Proven ability to lead in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and make decisions with incomplete information.
• Experience mentoring team members, or leading cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Shape account strategy and drive partnership opportunities with key biopharma and academic research accounts, from early conversations through deal close.
• Develop client-facing proposals, contracts, and written communications for Life Science Sequencing/CDx, aligned with commercial strategy.
• Lead commercial marketing strategy, including nurture campaigns, conferences/webinar strategy, collateral, and website content.
• Define target account strategy for biotech and research customers, prioritizing companies, institutions, contacts, assets, and pipeline areas.
• Lead strategic and market analyses to inform positioning, differentiators, and portfolio decisions for senior leadership.
• Drive go-to-market strategies in partnership with commercial, medical, product, regulatory, and lab teams.
• Design scalable processes for customer engagement, outreach, and retention with clear KPI reporting.
• Serve as the commercial voice to Operations, Account Management, Product & Engineering; escalate operational challenges.
• Build and manage strategic relationships with partner organizations and own timelines and risk for key offerings.
• Lead and develop associate-level team members and foster a culture of strong execution.

Skills

BD experience

Client services

Consulting

Proposal development

Communication

Team mentoring

Cross-functional leadership

Education

B.S./M.S. in life sciences

Job description

Tempus, a leader in precision medicine, seeks a Manager - Strategy & Operations to drive strategic, operational, and commercial initiatives for the Life Science Sequencing/CDx business from Chicago. You will shepherd market analyses, develop client proposals, and shape go-to-market plans while managing a cross-functional team.

This role partners with BD, medical, product, regulatory, and lab teams to advance offerings, build scalable processes, and measure KPI performance.