Principal, Commercial Strategy
About the role
A key member of the Commercial Strategy Leadership Team, the Principal will drive commercial strategy advisory services with new and existing life sciences clients. These services include Corporate & Portfolio Strategy, New Product Planning, BD&L Support, Launch/Go-to-Market Strategy, and other commercial advisory offerings. As an advisor, the Partner will also work with other functional leadership at Trinity to identify additional opportunities to meet our clients at their point of need.
Essential Functions
- Serve as the management level contact to lead discussions, oversee all presentations, and ensure thorough project implementations and quality deliveries.
- Develop and grow business through lead and revenue generation, expansion of team and furthering team capabilities.
- Source additional business by both effectively managing existing accounts/clients, and securing new accounts/clients.
- Meet revenue goals individually and through managing project team revenues.
- Proactively engage staff in business development opportunities as appropriate to assist with and facilitate their growth.
- Be viewed by the client as Trinity’s expert resource, and demonstrate external thought-partner relationship development capability with multiple clients.
- Company Management / Leadership Support senior management as an innovative thought-leader with self-initiative and commitment to the firm’s success.
- Oversee budgets, exceed revenue goals and maintain expenses to ensure appropriate pricing and budget control.
- Serve as the subject-matter expert on multiple therapeutic and/or practice areas, both internally and externally.
- Lead internal and external initiatives that further the firm’s status and capabilities.
- Staff Development / Mentorship Be accountable for overall progression of staff, with particular focus on development of future management team
- Lead and manage assigned teams, ensuring excellence in client deliverables and staff progression.
- Proactively identify development opportunities for staff and supervisors, provide related guidance, and facilitate their success.
- Be a mentor and guide staff and supervisors on professional growth.
- Oversee staff and supervisor training, identifying needs and facilitating opportunities.
- Identify key contributors and high potential employees to ensure their retention in support of company’s low T/O objectives.
- Project Management Oversee the successful delivery of client projects, guiding teams and taking ownership of the deliverables.
- Set strategic direction for project activities, guiding supervisors on daily tasks and resource allocation.
- Be an exemplary role model for producing quality results, ensuring high work ethics, professionalism and encouraging team work.
Position Requirements
- Advanced degree with a life science focus, or an MBA with a demonstrated interest in the life science field.
- 10+ years of experience in consulting or working in a related position within the life sciences/health care industry.
- Experience leading & driving life science projects including: corporate & portfolio strategy, brand & marketing excellence, and strategic engagements.
- Excellent quantitative skills and direct experience with complex commercial analyses and assignments.
- Advanced project-management skills.
- Demonstrated success with client development.
- Successful team management and staff development.
- Above average proficiency in MSOffice Suite and other consulting-related software.
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal relations skills.
- Desire and ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
About Trinity
Trinity powers the future of life sciences commercialization through the fusion of human and artificial intelligence. By blending deep therapeutic expertise and trusted human ingenuity with a purpose-built technology platform, Trinity accelerates clarity and confidence at every step of the commercialization journey—from pre-launch to scale to loss of exclusivity. For more than 30 years, the world’s leading pharmaceutical, biotech, and medtech companies have relied on Trinity’s foresight, execution, and partnership to deliver confident product launches, decisive market advantage, and measurable patient impact. During that time, Trinity expanded from its first office in Waltham, MA to 1,300 professionals across 14 offices and five continents, setting new industry standards in quality, responsiveness, and client partnership.
Trinity’s Salary Bands
Trinity’s salary bands account for a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets and market demand for skills; level of experience and training; specific qualifications, performance, time in role/company, geographic location, and other business and organizational needs. The base salary range for this role is $188k-$282k per year. Compensation is determined based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, job-related education and training, location, and internal equity.
About Trinity’s Commitment to Inclusion & Engagement (I&E)
Trinity Life Sciences is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals. At Trinity, inclusion and engagement are at the heart of how we work and grow together. We’ve evolved from a traditional “DEI” framework to Inclusion & Engagement (I&E)—a model that moves beyond representation to focus on connection, collaboration, and shared purpose. Every role at Trinity plays a part in fostering an environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute fully. By embedding I&E principles into our culture, we ensure that belonging and engagement are not standalone initiatives—they are part of how we build teams, make decisions, and deliver excellence every day.