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:

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

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.

Job Responsibilities

Executive Director, Real World Strategy & Solutions Product Development

About the Role

The Executive Director, RWE & RWLP Growth Strategy & Solutions Product Development, will serve as the strategic and operational leader responsible for restructuring, scaling, and commercializing the Real World Evidence (RWE) and Real World Late Phase (RWLP) business. This leader will architect the future portfolio of offerings, define the long-term growth strategy, and build the organizational infrastructure required for sustainable expansion.

A critical mandate of this role is to capture, codify, and operationalize the deep expertise currently held by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), operational leaders, and proposal development teams, transforming tacit knowledge into accessible, repeatable, scalable solutions and tools. This ensures that Syneos Real World offerings are clearly differentiated, commercially viable, and deliverable by teams at scale, regardless of individual personnel changes.

This leader must bring a strong background in Strategy, Transformation, Operational Excellence, and Solutions/Product Architecture across complex, global organizations.

Reporting Structure

Reports to: VP, Real World Late Phase

Key Responsibilities

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. 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.

Salary Range:

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you'll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

http://www.syneoshealth.com

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.