Life Sciences Executive Advisor

Life Sciences Executive Advisor – Cary, NC Headquarters or US Remote

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About The Job

Our team is looking for an experienced life sciences advisor that can join us to transform how pharmaceutical sponsors make impactful use of and build on SAS analytical offerings to advance new therapies to patients!

The Life Sciences Executive Advisor is responsible for designing and executing decision maker messages for our enterprise and strategic customers. This advisor is reporting directly to the global industry head of health care and life sciences and is acting as an industry expert for all life sciences offerings, value propositions and works both as an individual contributor where needed and as a matrix leader in driving new strategies, go-to market plans and though leader initiatives together with the GTM, Global Industry Marketing, local CA and account teams and overall HLS teams at SAS.

As a Life Sciences Executive Advisor, you will: 

• Establish and maintain credibility through deep industry relationships and specialized knowledge in life sciences and analytics.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients and senior stakeholders, guiding strategies that leverage AI, analytics, and technology for business value.
• Influence industry networks and decision-makers to position SAS as a leader in innovative analytical and AI solutions for therapeutic development and manufacturing.
• Develop and deliver compelling presentations, demos, and use cases that illustrate the value of SAS technologies and solutions.
• Collaborate with internal teams and strategic partners to create tailored solutions, drive adoption, and maximize client investment in SAS.
• Shape industry-specific sales strategies by analyzing trends, identifying disruptions, and defining value propositions aligned with SAS offerings.
• Advocate for SAS through thought leadership—publishing content, speaking at events, and engaging with key industry organizations.
• Provide market-driven insights to influence product direction and ensure SAS solutions meet evolving industry needs.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization’s secure software development goals. 
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of related experience within life sciences.
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, MIS, Engineering or related discipline.
• Demonstrated industry relationships and credibility focused within the pharmaceutical sciences.
• Demonstrated understanding of therapeutic development and manufacturing processes, and the information technology required to optimize these processes
• Demonstrated ability to understand and translate complex technical information to business audiences both internally and externally.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications. 
  
  

Additional Competencies, Knowledge And Skills

• Building Trusting Relationships: Using appropriate interpersonal styles to establish effective relationships with customers and internal partners; interacting with others in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in one’s intentions.
• Business Savvy: Demonstrates a keen understanding of basic business operations and the organizational levers (systems, processes, departments, functions) that drive profitable growth; draws from personal experience to quickly
• evaluate business plans and processes to identify data or recommendations that need further investigation.
• Influencing: Using effective involvement and persuasion strategies to gain acceptance of ideas and commitment to actions that support specific work outcomes.
• (Executive) MBA or executive leadership (coaching) program and degree
• Experience developing industry-focused sales strategies and driving customer success.
• Proficiency in relevant software and analytical tools.
• Work with data scientists, statisticians, and IT professionals to translate requirements to analytical solutions that generate value and ROI
  
  

Benefits Highlights

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.  
• Medical plan options include:
• PPO with low annual deductible and copays.  
• HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).  
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There’s a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!  
• An industry-leading 401k plan.  
• Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.  
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.  
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees. 
• Our Recreation and Fitness Center offers recorded fitness classes to help you fit movement into your day.
• SAS supports your well-being with programs that reduce stress and distractions to help you stay healthy and productive.
  

You are welcome here.

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Additional Information

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights . Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

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