Industry Field Cto, Life Sciences

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Are you passionate about taking new ideas and innovation to market? Have you successfully applied technology to solve business problems in the Life Sciences industry? If so, we have a strategic opportunity to use your expertise across Data, Cloud and AI to drive transformational changes in the Life Sciences industry in a highly visible role collaborating with internal and external leadership.
Snowflake is actively seeking an Industry Field CTO for Life Sciences to join our Field CTO Organization. In this role, you will work side-by-side with Snowflake’s strategic Life Sciences customers. You will partner with our Life Sciences sales team, marketing, product management, and channel partners to create compelling solution offerings for customers. You will also drive co-innovation programs with customers via Snowflake’s technology and solutions sharing best practices, providing guidance around design patterns and architecture.
You will act as a visionary and an innovative industry expert and have the opportunity to apply your successful track record of architecting, building, and taking solutions to market that are applicable to various sub verticals in the Life Sciences industry, including pharma, biotech, medical devices, and medtech.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL GET TO:

• Have direct involvement with our most strategic Life Sciences customers and partners building trusted relationships with technical stakeholders, participate in product and solution briefings and lead co-innovation projects
• Enable technical sales team and Life Sciences communities of practice on industry trends, partner capabilities and solution offerings
• Collaborate with counterparts in Global and Regional System Integration partners to jointly define Snowflake centric offerings for the Life Sciences industry
• Be the voice of the customer identifying industry trends, functional requirements and technical gaps to partner with product management for prioritization
• Drive repeatability by creating Life Sciences specific technical selling assets (reference architectures, use cases, demos, customer case studies and solutions)
• Contribute and participate in industry marketing activities such as webinars, conferences, blogs etc.
• Identify, recruit and map potential ISV partners and marketplace providers to target reference architecture, data sets and use cases
• Collaborate with our industry go-to-market team to prioritize industry-specific capabilities in future product roadmaps and drive Snowflake’s Life Sciences product vision into the market

ON DAY ONE WE WILL EXPECT YOU TO HAVE:

• Understanding of Data Science & Machine Learning concepts and applications in Life Sciences industry
• The ability to travel to customer sites, industry events and other related events as required
• Are well-versed in the overall challenges impacting the Life Sciences industry and application of use cases such as Patient 360 Analytics, Clinical Research Data Hub, Real World Evidence Data Hub, Supply Chain Optimization etc.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, Masters Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred
• Familiarity with data providers and data aggregators (eg:IQVIA, Compile, AnalyticsIQ etc)
• 10+ years of architecture experience building, consulting to, or implementing technology for the Life Sciences industry
• Outstanding presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos
• Experience working with C-level executives and an ability to quickly establish credibility with senior leadership
• Broad range of experience with technical and design direction including large-scale database and/or data warehouse technology, ETL, analytics and public cloud technologies

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.
• The estimated base salary range for this role is $176,000 - $276,000.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.
Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.
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