Vice President - Head of Data Strategy (Remote)

Medidata Solutions; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 216,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

Medidata, headquartered in New York City, is seeking a Vice President of Strategy to shape the future of its multi-product platform and drive a rolling cross-functional roadmap over 18 months to 3+ years. You will align executive goals with product strategy across teams to enable scalable growth.

The role requires deep experience in healthcare tech and clinical trials, with a strong track record in strategic planning, market research, and leadership.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in product strategy, corporate strategy, or product leadership roles, ideally in healthcare, clinical trials, or enterprise software.
• Proven track record of leading strategic planning and roadmap development for complex, multi-product platforms.
• Deep understanding of the clinical trial ecosystem, regulatory environment, and healthcare technology landscape strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical, primary and secondary market research, business model, and financial modeling skills.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.
• MBA or advanced degree in a related field is a plus

Responsibilities

• Define strategic direction and prioritization areas for a portfolio of products based on industry knowledge, understanding of market trends, customer needs and 3DS / Medidata vision.
• Act as a key partner to the executive team in defining and executing corporate growth strategies.
• Co-own the strategy of the Experience with the Experience Lead
• Assess build/buy/partner approach for strategic initiatives to compete effectively
• Direct market research, interpretation of output and go/no-go decisions
• Translate strategic priorities into an integrated 18 month to 3 year strategy and milestones for a suite of products, ensuring cross-product coherence and scalability.
• Highlight risks, trade-offs, and identify accelerators needed to achieve goals
• Guide conceptualization of new offerings and early definition of commercial model in partnership with Offering Management for offerings supporting product strategy via customer conversations, proposals and early adopter engagements
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success teams to ensure successful roadmap execution.
• Liaise with Offering Management, Global Marketing and Product Marketing to roll-out aligned GTM strategy for new offerings, product launches and features
• Facilitate alignment across departments, fostering transparency and shared accountability for strategic goals.
• Maintain strong market awareness by monitoring industry trends, competitive landscape and attending industry conferences
• Lead strategic customer conversations on new innovation areas to validate longer term roadmap, and generate feedback
• Collaborate with customer success and sales teams to gather and understand customer feedback and recommend strategic pivots as needed
• Showcase thought leadership and represent the company at key industry and customer events

Skills

Strategic planning

Roadmap development

Leadership

Market research

Financial modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

Location

This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.

Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees who are hired for an in-person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week following Company policy.

About our Company

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating over 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 38,000 trials and 12 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million registered users across approximately 2,300 customers trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. A Dassault Systemes brand (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA), Medidata is headquartered in New York City and has been recognized as a Leader by Everest Group and IDC. Discover more at www.medidata.com. Listen to our latest podcast, from Dreamers to Disruptors, and follow us at @Medidata.

About the Team

The Vice President of Strategy will play a critical leadership role in shaping the future of our multi-product platform. This executive will be responsible for driving strategic alignment across the organization, translating corporate goals into a coordinated product strategy, and developing a rolling comprehensive cross-platform roadmap for the 18 month to 3+ year horizon. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in product strategy within the technology and/or life sciences space, a sharp understanding of market and customer dynamics, and a strong ability to align cross-functional teams around a shared vision.

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Vision

• Define strategic direction and prioritization areas for a portfolio of products based on industry knowledge, understanding of market trends, customer needs and 3DS / Medidata vision.


• Act as a key partner to the executive team in defining and executing corporate growth strategies.


• Co-own the strategy of the Experience with the Experience Lead


• Assess build/buy/partner approach for strategic initiatives to compete effectively


• Direct market research, interpretation of output and go/no-go decisions

Translate Strategy into Executable Roadmap

• Translate strategic priorities into an integrated 18 month to 3 year strategy and milestones for a suite of products, ensuring cross-product coherence and scalability.


• Highlight risks, trade-offs, and identify accelerators needed to achieve goals


• Guide conceptualization of new offerings and early definition of commercial model in partnership with Offering Management for offerings supporting product strategy via customer conversations, proposals and early adopter engagements

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success teams to ensure successful roadmap execution.


• Liaise with Offering Management, Global Marketing and Product Marketing to roll-out aligned GTM strategy for new offerings, product launches and features


• Facilitate alignment across departments, fostering transparency and shared accountability for strategic goals.

Market Pulse and Thought Leadership

• Maintain strong market awareness by monitoring industry trends, competitive landscape and attending industry conferences


• Lead strategic customer conversations on new innovation areas to validate longer term roadmap, and generate feedback


• Collaborate with customer success and sales teams to gather and understand customer feedback and recommend strategic pivots as needed


• Showcase thought leadership and represent the company at key industry and customer events

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in product strategy, corporate strategy, or product leadership roles, ideally in healthcare, clinical trials, or enterprise software.


• Proven track record of leading strategic planning and roadmap development for complex, multi-product platforms.


• Deep understanding of the clinical trial ecosystem, regulatory environment, and healthcare technology landscape strongly preferred.


• Strong analytical, primary and secondary market research, business model, and financial modeling skills.


• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.


• MBA or advanced degree in a related field is a plus

The salary range posted below refers only to positions that will be physically based in New York City. As with all roles, Medidata sets ranges based on a number of factors including function, level, candidate expertise and experience, and geographic location. Pay ranges for candidates in locations other than New York City, may differ based on the local market data in that region. The base salary pay range for this position is $216,000-$288,000.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Medidata provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a commission on the terms of applicable plan documents, and many of Medidata's non-sales positions are eligible for annual bonuses. Medidata believes that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most and provides benefits, including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k) matching, family leave, flexible paid time off; and 10 paid holidays per year.

Equal Employment Opportunity

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Medidata are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Medidata is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Medidata will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at 3DS are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. 3DS is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age (40 and above), disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. 3DS will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state laws and local ordinances. We are committed to fair employment practices and will evaluate all candidates based on their qualifications, regardless of past arrest or conviction history.

Salary Pay Transparency

Compensation for the role will be commensurate with experience. The total expected compensation range will be between $216000 and $288000, representing the base salary (or annualized salary based on estimated hourly compensation) and target bonus.