Senior Director, Program Management – Strategic Initiatives

Clarivate

Senior Director managing strategic initiatives in Life Sciences & Healthcare at Clarivate. Leading program management for critical initiatives to improve execution in a fast-growing business.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timePhiladelphia • Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the operational bridge between the Segment President’s strategic priorities and the day-to-day execution required to advance them across the business.
Own the program management infrastructure for the segment’s most critical initiatives, including go-to-market transformation, product launches, M&A integration, organizational redesign, and high-priority special projects.
Define scope, success criteria, milestones, dependencies, and governance models that create clarity, accountability, and measurable progress.
Build and manage project plans that hold up under pressure, identifying risks early and driving resolution before issues escalate.
Lead cross-functional workstreams across sales, product, engineering, content, consulting, and customer experience to ensure teams deliver against commitments.
Design the segment’s operating cadence and create the visibility mechanisms the Segment Leadership Team needs to make fast, informed decisions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of hands-on project and program management experience
Demonstrated record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives on time and on scope
Background in top-tier management consulting and/or senior PM roles within large, matrixed technology or life sciences organizations
Mastery of project planning, risk management, resource coordination, and executive-level reporting
Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or data and technology sectors
MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementprogram managementrisk managementresource coordinationexecutive-level reportinggo-to-market transformationproduct launchesM&A integrationorganizational redesignmilestone definition

Soft Skills

leadershipcross-functional collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingaccountabilitystrategic thinkingdecision-makingvisibility creationpressure managementstakeholder management

Certifications

MBAadvanced degree