NCBiotech
Executive Director, Product Development
Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.
Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.
Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full‑Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.
Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:
Why Syneos Health
We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.
Key Responsibilities
Business Transformation & Organizational Leadership
Lead the design and execution of the organizational and service transformation necessary to scale the RWE and RWLP business.
Oversee commercial priorities, go‑to‑market strategies, investment proposals, and enterprise‑level change management initiatives.
Build a robust operational foundation that allows the business to stand independently—resilient, replicable, and not dependent on individual SMEs.
Solutions Product Development & Knowledge Infrastructure
Define the architecture for all RWE and RWLP solutions, ensuring offerings are modular, differentiated, scalable, and grounded in clear commercial and operational requirements.
Identify gaps in existing tools, processes, and expertise; facilitate the work of SMEs to fill those gaps.
Translate SME knowledge into standardized tools, templates, frameworks, and playbooks.
Ensure offerings clearly articulate differentiators, value propositions, and delivery models.
Strategic Prioritization of the Service Portfolio
Review and radically prioritize the current portfolio for scalability and commercial viability.
Redirect investment away from low‑growth offerings toward high‑potential products and markets.
Develop future‑focused offerings aligned with market needs and Syneos Real World's growth ambitions.
Future Opportunity Mapping & Market Strategy
Own the long‑term growth map for RWE & RWLP.
Develop market entry strategies, pricing models, and competitive deal frameworks.
Partner with BD and SMEs to ensure consistent, competitive proposal development.
Cross‑Functional Leadership & Operational Integration
Lead cross‑functional working groups to bring offerings from concept to launch.
Ensure alignment across commercial, operational, delivery, finance, scientific, and quality functions.
Support SME hub development and ensure succession and depth of expertise across service lines.
Market Enablement & Sales Empowerment
Develop a sophisticated go‑to‑market strategy encompassing training, pricing, and solution positioning.
Ensure the global sales team is fully enabled with solution narratives and commercialization tools.
Partner with Commercial leadership to standardize proposal content and elevate win probability.
Risk Reduction, Transparency & Business Maturity
Build transparency into costing, budgeting, operational planning, and solution delivery.
Reduce business fragility by documenting and standardizing processes and expertise.
Drive cross‑training strategies to upskill PDs and delivery teams to SME‑level performance.
Qualifications & Requirements
Minimum 12+ years of progressive business experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role focused on Strategy, Business Transformation, or Portfolio Management within a global services or consulting environment.
Demonstrated success leading complex organizational change and achieving ambitious targets.
Proven ability to simultaneously manage commercial and operational strategies in complex, high‑value service lines across a matrixed organization.
Exceptional executive‑level communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence C‑suite stakeholders internally and externally.
Experience in the CRO, Pharma/Biotech, or Healthcare Technology sector.
Familiarity with RWE, RWLP, or data services is beneficial but secondary to the core transformation skillset.
MBA or equivalent higher education degree preferred.
Benefits The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.
Additional Information Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.
Summary Executive Director, Real World Strategy & Solutions Product Development – Global / Remote. Reports to: EVP, Real World Late Phase. Syneos Health is seeking a transformational executive leader to define, scale, and commercialize the next generation of Real World Evidence (RWE) and Real World Late Phase (RWLP) solutions. This role will shape the strategic direction of the business, architect a scalable and differentiated solutions portfolio, and build the infrastructure required for sustainable growth. The Executive Director is accountable for capturing SME expertise, strengthening organizational maturity, and building repeatable tools, frameworks, and delivery models that allow the business to grow with speed, clarity, and confidence.
Key Responsibilities: • Lead large‑scale business transformation to modernize and scale RWE/RWLP offerings. • Define the solutions architecture and create modular, differentiated, commercially viable offerings. • Identify knowledge, process, and tooling gaps; work with SMEs to build standardized frameworks and repositories. • Prioritize the RWE/RWLP portfolio to focus on high‑growth, high‑value market opportunities. • Develop long‑term growth strategies, market entry models, and competitive pricing frameworks. • Partner across Commercial, Operations, Finance, Scientific, and Quality teams to ensure alignment and readiness. • Enable the global sales organization with value propositions, training, and go‑to‑market materials. • Reduce business risk by documenting processes and building a strong, scalable knowledge infrastructure.
Qualifications: • 12+ years of progressive business experience, including 5+ years in a strategy, transformation, or portfolio leadership role. • Demonstrated success driving complex organizational change and achieving growth targets. • Proven capability to lead commercial and operational strategies across matrixed global organizations. • Exceptional executive communication and C‑suite influencing skills. • Experience in CRO, Pharma/Biotech, or Healthcare Technology required; RWE/RWLP familiarity preferred. • MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
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Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.
Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full‑Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.
Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:
Why Syneos Health
We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.
Key Responsibilities
Business Transformation & Organizational Leadership
Lead the design and execution of the organizational and service transformation necessary to scale the RWE and RWLP business.
Oversee commercial priorities, go‑to‑market strategies, investment proposals, and enterprise‑level change management initiatives.
Build a robust operational foundation that allows the business to stand independently—resilient, replicable, and not dependent on individual SMEs.
Solutions Product Development & Knowledge Infrastructure
Define the architecture for all RWE and RWLP solutions, ensuring offerings are modular, differentiated, scalable, and grounded in clear commercial and operational requirements.
Identify gaps in existing tools, processes, and expertise; facilitate the work of SMEs to fill those gaps.
Translate SME knowledge into standardized tools, templates, frameworks, and playbooks.
Ensure offerings clearly articulate differentiators, value propositions, and delivery models.
Strategic Prioritization of the Service Portfolio
Review and radically prioritize the current portfolio for scalability and commercial viability.
Redirect investment away from low‑growth offerings toward high‑potential products and markets.
Develop future‑focused offerings aligned with market needs and Syneos Real World's growth ambitions.
Future Opportunity Mapping & Market Strategy
Own the long‑term growth map for RWE & RWLP.
Develop market entry strategies, pricing models, and competitive deal frameworks.
Partner with BD and SMEs to ensure consistent, competitive proposal development.
Cross‑Functional Leadership & Operational Integration
Lead cross‑functional working groups to bring offerings from concept to launch.
Ensure alignment across commercial, operational, delivery, finance, scientific, and quality functions.
Support SME hub development and ensure succession and depth of expertise across service lines.
Market Enablement & Sales Empowerment
Develop a sophisticated go‑to‑market strategy encompassing training, pricing, and solution positioning.
Ensure the global sales team is fully enabled with solution narratives and commercialization tools.
Partner with Commercial leadership to standardize proposal content and elevate win probability.
Risk Reduction, Transparency & Business Maturity
Build transparency into costing, budgeting, operational planning, and solution delivery.
Reduce business fragility by documenting and standardizing processes and expertise.
Drive cross‑training strategies to upskill PDs and delivery teams to SME‑level performance.
Qualifications & Requirements
Minimum 12+ years of progressive business experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role focused on Strategy, Business Transformation, or Portfolio Management within a global services or consulting environment.
Demonstrated success leading complex organizational change and achieving ambitious targets.
Proven ability to simultaneously manage commercial and operational strategies in complex, high‑value service lines across a matrixed organization.
Exceptional executive‑level communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence C‑suite stakeholders internally and externally.
Experience in the CRO, Pharma/Biotech, or Healthcare Technology sector.
Familiarity with RWE, RWLP, or data services is beneficial but secondary to the core transformation skillset.
MBA or equivalent higher education degree preferred.
Benefits The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.
Additional Information Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.
Summary Executive Director, Real World Strategy & Solutions Product Development – Global / Remote. Reports to: EVP, Real World Late Phase. Syneos Health is seeking a transformational executive leader to define, scale, and commercialize the next generation of Real World Evidence (RWE) and Real World Late Phase (RWLP) solutions. This role will shape the strategic direction of the business, architect a scalable and differentiated solutions portfolio, and build the infrastructure required for sustainable growth. The Executive Director is accountable for capturing SME expertise, strengthening organizational maturity, and building repeatable tools, frameworks, and delivery models that allow the business to grow with speed, clarity, and confidence.
Key Responsibilities: • Lead large‑scale business transformation to modernize and scale RWE/RWLP offerings. • Define the solutions architecture and create modular, differentiated, commercially viable offerings. • Identify knowledge, process, and tooling gaps; work with SMEs to build standardized frameworks and repositories. • Prioritize the RWE/RWLP portfolio to focus on high‑growth, high‑value market opportunities. • Develop long‑term growth strategies, market entry models, and competitive pricing frameworks. • Partner across Commercial, Operations, Finance, Scientific, and Quality teams to ensure alignment and readiness. • Enable the global sales organization with value propositions, training, and go‑to‑market materials. • Reduce business risk by documenting processes and building a strong, scalable knowledge infrastructure.
Qualifications: • 12+ years of progressive business experience, including 5+ years in a strategy, transformation, or portfolio leadership role. • Demonstrated success driving complex organizational change and achieving growth targets. • Proven capability to lead commercial and operational strategies across matrixed global organizations. • Exceptional executive communication and C‑suite influencing skills. • Experience in CRO, Pharma/Biotech, or Healthcare Technology required; RWE/RWLP familiarity preferred. • MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
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