Program Executive Health Life
Job Summary
The Health & Life Sciences Program Executive is a senior, executive-facing role responsible for leading complex, large-scale digital transformations and AI/Agentforce implementations. This position manages the end-to-end program P&L, directs cross-functional delivery teams, and acts as a strategic advisor to enterprise customers. The role focuses on driving customer adoption, mitigating risks, and ensuring measurable business outcomes through high-level governance and executive communication.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end program P&L and financial performance
- Lead complex, multi-workstream enterprise transformations
- Drive executive-level stakeholder engagement and governance
- Mitigate project risks and resolve critical delivery issues
- Advise on AI-driven clinical and business outcomes
Required Skills
- Program Management (PMP/PgMP/SAFe)
- AI & Agentforce Implementation
- Financial & Budget Management
- Executive Presence & Communication
- Health & Life Sciences Industry Knowledge
- Salesforce Platform Expertise
Job Details
### Role Overview
The Health & Life Sciences Program Executive (PE) is a senior, executive-facing individual contributor within the Delivery Account Management (DAM) function. The PE expertly leads large numbers of senior talent across complex customer engagements, including multi-workstream transformations and enterprise implementations. They own the end-to-end program P&L, lead the Salesforce project team, govern the budget, and serve as the primary executive-facing delivery contact.
### Core Responsibilities
- **Program Strategy & Governance:** Define management approaches, governance models, and KPIs to align customer objectives with engagement outcomes.
- **Accountability:** Serve as the executive-facing contact for communications up to the CxO level regarding performance, governance, and issue resolution.
- **Delivery Leadership:** Lead, inspire, and uplift professional services team members, contributing to internal methodologies and service delivery artifacts.
- **Financial Stewardship:** Manage program financials, including budget forecasting, revenue control, earned value analysis, and bid-versus-delivered margin.
- **Risk Management:** Proactively anticipate and mitigate risks, taking decisive action to ensure desired outcomes are achieved.
- **Strategic Pipeline:** Build and expand business relationships across Sales, Success, and Product teams to drive customer adoption and identify new value opportunities.
### Minimum Requirements
- 12+ years of professional services or consulting delivery experience, with direct accountability for program financials, risk, and scope.
- Demonstrated track record leading complex programs ($10M+) with measurable business impact.
- 5+ years leading large, cross-functional delivery teams across multiple geographies.
- Proven ability to lead steering committee and executive-level customer relationships.
- Direct experience in program financial management (forecasting, revenue control, contingency).
- Expertise in system development life cycles and operational readiness.
- Demonstrated experience applying AI productivity tools or agentic workflows in a delivery context.
### Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience delivering Agentforce or equivalent AI platform implementations.
- PMP, PgMP, or SAFe certification; Agile SCRUM Master certification.
- 10+ years using or implementing core Salesforce products (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud).
- Health & Life Sciences domain expertise regarding regulatory considerations and industry trends.
- Experience operating in outcomes-based or fixed-fee delivery models.