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

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT)  is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.  

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Key Words

Strategy, Business Strategy, Strategy Manager, Consulting, Life Science Tools, Market Assessment, Opportunity Assessment, Market Model, Market Research, Financial Modeling, Life Science, Liquid Chromatography, Mass Spectroscopy, Light Scattering, Flow Cytometry, Biopharmaceutical, Biopharma, Biotech, Life Science R&D, Biologics