Director Data Strategy

Are you passionate about identifying new growth opportunities, building strategic partnerships, and unlocking the value of data in evolving markets?

Do you enjoy influencing strategy through market intelligence, external relationships, and innovative data-driven solutions that help customers make better decisions?

About the Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Insurance vertical, we provide customers with solutions and decision tools that combine public and industry specific content with advanced technology and analytics to assist them in evaluating and predicting risk and enhancing operational efficiency. Our insurance risk solutions help drive better data-driven decisions across the insurance policy lifecycle, all while reducing risk. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/insurance.

About the Role

This strategic role is focused on identifying and advancing growth opportunities across the healthcare data ecosystem. You will bring together market intelligence, partnership development, data acquisition expertise, and commercial insight to evaluate new opportunities, build external relationships, and help shape long-term business strategy. Working across a matrixed organization, you will translate market signals and ecosystem opportunities into actionable initiatives that drive innovation and growth.

Responsibilities

• Act as a conduit of market intelligence into the organization, continuously monitoring industry trends, competitive shifts, and emerging technologies.
• Identify non-organic growth opportunities, including data partnerships, data acquisitions, and ecosystem plays that align with strategic objectives.
• Conduct competitive data intelligence assessments and recommend strategic initiatives that create differentiation and advantage.
• Build, cultivate, and manage strategic relationships with key partners, vendors, data providers, industry associations, and innovators.
• Evaluate, negotiate, and drive execution of partnership agreements, ensuring alignment with priority markets and business needs.
• Drive joint go-to-market initiatives, co-marketing opportunities, and collaborative product ideation with external partners.
• Source and evaluate new data sets, alternative data assets, and related content to expand the product portfolio and strengthen market differentiation.
• Partner with Strategy, Product, Sales, Data Acquisition, and Operations teams to align new opportunities with multi-year strategic plans and investment priorities.

Requirements

• Experience in market strategy, business development, partnerships, data commercialization, or related fields.
• Proven track record sourcing or acquiring data, building partnerships, negotiating complex agreements, and shaping strategic initiatives.
• Strong business and financial acumen, with demonstrated ability to build business cases and assess emerging opportunities with existing and new data sources.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment.
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, and thought leadership capabilities.
• Deep understanding of healthcare data markets, including claims, provider data, patient insights, Identity, SDoH, and data governance.
• Experience developing business cases, financial models, pricing considerations, and ROI analyses for growth initiatives.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive execution across cross-functional teams.

Working for You

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

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U.S. National Base Pay Range: $118,300 - $219,800. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.



This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.







We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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