Strategy & Operations Manager - Life Science CDx

Tempus; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Tempus is seeking a Manager - Strategy & Operations to lead strategic, operational, and commercial initiatives for the Life Science Sequencing/CDx business. The role owns market and competitive strategy, leads commercial marketing programs, and partners with business development to shape and close complex client proposals.

You will drive go-to-market execution, manage associate-level staff, and build scalable processes across internal teams, ensuring strong execution and measurable impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in pharma, biotech, diagnostics, or consulting leading complex projects.
• Significant customer-facing experience in BD, client services, or consulting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; experience presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and manage cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with BD leadership to shape account strategy and drive partnerships with biopharma and academia.
• Develop client-facing proposals, contracts, and communications for Life Science Sequencing/CDx.
• Lead commercial marketing strategy, campaigns, collateral, and website content; measure pipeline impact.
• Define target account strategy and prioritize research customers, assets, and pipeline areas.
• Lead market analyses to inform positioning, differentiators, and portfolio decisions; present to senior leadership.
• Drive go-to-market plans with cross-functional teams (commercial, medical, product, regulatory, lab).
• Design scalable processes for customer engagement and retention; own KPIs and reporting.
• Escalate operational challenges and guide feature testing and rollout as commercial voice to Ops/Acct Mgmt/Eng.

Skills

Industry experience

BD / client services

Communication skills

Leading in fast-paced environments

Mentoring / leadership of teams

Education

Life sciences degree (B.S./M.S.)

Job description

Tempus is seeking a Manager - Strategy & Operations to lead strategic, operational, and commercial initiatives for the Life Science Sequencing/CDx business. The role owns market and competitive strategy, leads commercial marketing programs, and partners with business development to shape and close complex client proposals.

You will drive go-to-market execution, manage associate-level staff, and build scalable processes across internal teams, ensuring strong execution and measurable impact.