Senior Director Business Development Strategy, Biological Modeling

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent technological advances make it possible for AI to impact clinical care. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients at the right time. These insights are also experimentally evaluated in our state of the art Biological Modeling Laboratory to accelerate the development of new therapeutic options for patients. We are seeking a Senior Director to lead the growth of our laboratory team  and to scale our operations and novel technology portfolio to further our precision oncology mission.. 

 What You’ll Do: 

• Expand Tempus footprint into pharma and biotech, interfacing with internal and external teams to drive revenue and expanded growth in organoid modeling and other functional genomics modalities
• Sell and contract new projects with customers with limited supervision in a quota driven environment
• Interface with internal Tempus teams, including marketing, leadership, scientists and technicians  to develop novel 3D organoid models, including high throughput high content imaging assays by providing voice of customer for next generation strategy
• Build upon an existing framework to continuously improve organoid and other patient derived model based research
• Drive strategic thinking to create best-in-class organoid and functional genomics platforms
• Engage with commercial and academic strategic partners to create next-gen models representing current unmet needs and indications in oncology
• Collaborate with engineers, computational biologists, data scientists, and machine learning scientists on R&D initiatives both internally and with our strategic partners in pharma  

Qualifications:

• 10+ years in a fast paced sales environment with focus in NGS, oncology or biomarker technologies
• Demonstrated expertise in tumor modeling, biomarker strategy, and oncology therapy development
• History of meeting and exceeding sales targets and quotas
• Experience with both internal and external projects involving multidisciplinary teams or collaborations 

 Preferred Candidates will Possess:

• Hands on experience developing novel protocols, assays, and onboarding new screening technologies including tissue biomarker techniques, cell imaging, 3D cell culture assays, or organoids 
• Majority of industrial experience within a drug discovery, CRO services, or  technology provider setting
• PhD in quantitative sciences or biological sciences
• Ability to function in a fast paced, cross functional team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to clearly present and demonstrate Tempus capabilities to cross functional groups in both small and large formats