Strategy Manager

Overview

Biopharma and biotech companies rely on Waters’ instruments, software, and expertise to discover, develop, and manufacture biologic medicines. Biologics is one of Waters’ fastest-growing markets, as emerging complex modalities create new analytical needs amidst an evolving regulatory landscape.

 

The Biologics Business’s Strategy & Growth team shapes where the business invests: which markets to prioritize, which products and technologies to develop, and which partnerships to pursue. The team is also responsible for leading the business’ annual strategic planning process.

 

In this role, you’ll analyze and prepare strategies for critical business topics, including sizing new markets, building the case for new products and partnerships, and developing go-to-market approaches for new technologies. You’ll work directly with business leadership and with teams across Product, R&D, Marketing, and Sales, as well as external partners to drive strategic decisions and enable their execution in a growing business.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the business's annual strategic planning process, including market analysis, planning materials, and leadership reviews
• Assess markets, technologies, and the competitive landscape through deep-dive analyses
• Serve as the market and technology subject matter expert and provide advisory to internal stakeholders
• Lead customer and expert research to understand unmet needs
• Build business cases and financial models for new products, modalities, and partnerships
• Perform cross-portfolio analysis to support prioritization and investment decisions
• Facilitate workshops, prepare and present recommendations to leadership, and influence strategic directions
• Lead critical strategic initiatives as business needs arise and generate measurable outcomes

 

Qualifications

• An advanced degree (PhD, MS, MBA) preferred; strong experience can substitute
• 4–7 years in consulting, or a strategic business role in life science tools or biopharma industry, or biopharma R&D
• Familiarity with biopharma R&D and manufacturing preferred; hands-on biologics R&D experience is not required but a plus
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial modeling skills
• Clear writing and presentation skills for executive leadership audiences
• Ability to build relationships across teams and work independently
• Strong intellectual curiosity about markets, biologics R&D, manufacturing process and enabling technologies