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About the Role

The Business Development - Strategy Director plays a critical role in driving top priority initiatives and advancing strategies across the Health Research Segment within WK Health. This role will lead and facilitate operational programs and projects with direct impact on company revenue and segment KPIs. This role will also focus on specific strategic projects and endeavors that require additional expertise and analysis. This position works under consultative capacity with a focus towards long-range goals and objectives. This position provides leadership to senior managers and high-level professionals without appreciable direction.

Responsibilities

Ensures the execution of all strategic initiatives, leading to successful achievement of business operating and revenue goals.
Lead selected high-priority, cross-functional strategic initiatives on behalf of the GM where success requires coordination across multiple functions and no single functional leader can independently deliver the outcome.
Partner with functional leaders to operationalize segment initiatives and ensure product strategy, messaging, and product marketing aligns with Health Research segment strategy.
Manage ongoing dashboard of strategic initiatives and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Work with the GM and leadership team to synthesize business performance, strategic progress, risks, opportunities and forward-looking priorities into a clear executive narrative for MoR, VSP, MDM and other senior leadership forums.
Manage and facilitate team operating mechanisms in partnership with segment leadership, Sales Operations and Customer Success.
Assist segment leadership, in partnership with Sales Operations, to optimize sales effectiveness, growth opportunities, and major commercial choices.
Assist segment leadership, in partnership with Product, to manage market-facing innovation engagements and early adopter programs.
Assist segment leadership, in partnership with Content Operations, to manage content development and innovation engagements.
Analyze financial data as well as customer purchasing data to structure key business issues related to segment planning and identification of new growth opportunities.
Recommend and optimize appropriate level of functional treatment for various initiatives based on sales growth targets and financial / investment parameters for WK Health.
Partner with business and strategy leaders to identify, assess and advance M&A, partnership and investment opportunities aligned with the Health Research strategy; evaluate strategic fit and value-creation potential, help prioritize opportunities, develop business cases, and help move high-potential candidates from concept through evaluation and execution with the appropriate Wolters Kluwer stakeholders.
Manage and develop segmentation strategies for the business to enable initiatives such as segment growth, sales acceleration programs, portfolio management, new product development etc.

Requirements

8+ years of experience leading, supporting and advancing business strategy, business operations, and / or program management.
6+ years of senior level experience in consulting and strategy at a top firm or major corporation, preferably with experience in a professional services or software company.
Relevant operating experience - in addition to strategy experience - across two or more areas such as product, commercial/sales, publishing, business development, partnerships, M&A strongly preferred.
Experience in scientific/medical publishing, life sciences, information services, research or healthcare technology, SaaS or adjacent knowledge businesses strongly preferred.
Strong oral and written communication skills with an ability to deliver a compelling case for strategic cross-organization and Go to Market programs.
Proven complex financial analysis background and experience with data analysis, financial modeling and new product business case development.
In addition to strong consulting capability, bring a strategic and operator mindset - able to extract insights from complex or limited information, form an independent point of view, make recommendations and help drive execution.
Demonstrated experience understanding internal customer and executive stakeholder needs, and business trends, and successfully translating into business and program plans.
Demonstrated ability to move between long-term strategic questions and near-term executive decision support - from shaping a 3-5 year growth agenda to synthesizing the few insights, decisions and actions that matter.
Strong analytical mindset, relationship development, and collaboration across business functions including segment, sales, finance, product, marketing, customer success and legal, among other operating teams that support commercial execution and success.
Comfort with ambiguity and pivoting priorities.
Ability to travel up to 25% -- travel requirements are variable based on supporting team needs and events.
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Skills

Microsoft product suite
Salesforce

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior level

Education Level

BS/BA Degree or equivalent relevant experience
MBA preferred

Salary/Compensations

$181,900.00 - $325,050.00 USD
This role is eligible for Bonus.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
401(k)
FSA/HSA
Commuter Benefits
Tuition Assistance Plan
Vacation and Sick Time
Paid Parental Leave

About the Company

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life.

Equal Opportunity

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.