Head of Strategic Planning

Mavericks Wanted

When was the last time you achieved the impossible? If that thought feels overwhelming, you might want to pause here, but if it sparks excitement...read on

In 2015, we pioneered a “moneyball for biotech” approach, pooling projects and promising early-stage research from academia together under one financial umbrella to reduce risk and unleash innovation. This model allows science and small teams of experts to lead the way. We build bridges to groundbreaking advancements in rare disease, and develop life-changing medicines for patients with unmet needs as fast as humanly possible.

Together we define white space, push boundaries, and empower people to solve problems. If you're someone who defies convention, join us and work alongside some of the most respected minds in the industry. Together, we'll ask "why not?" and help reengineer the future of biopharma. At BridgeBio, we value curiosity and experimentation—including the ethical & thoughtful use of AI to improve clarity, speed, and quality of work.

What You'll Do

Strategy at BridgeBio is not a support function. It is the connective tissue between where we are and where we are going.

The Head of Strategic Planning will partner directly with the Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Legal Officer to shape the corporate strategy of one of the most productive rare disease companies in the industry. This is a role for someone who thinks rigorously, communicates with precision, and brings the kind of structured, first-principles thinking that turns complexity into clarity for a Board, a CEO, or an affiliate head trying to make a critical decision.

This person will be at the center of BridgeBio’s most important strategic questions, focusing on organizational long-range strategic planning and strategic prioritization. They will be a key author of the materials that bring answers to life for senior audiences inside and outside the company.

Strategic Access

Reporting directly to the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Legal Officer, you will have meaningful visibility into the company’s strategic decisions and a genuine voice in shaping them as you build trust and demonstrate impact.

Builder’s Mandate

BridgeBio is at an inflection point. With multiple product launches approaching and a growing pipeline, the strategic planning function is being built for what this company is becoming, not what it has been.

Breadth of Scope

Long-range strategic planning, pipeline prioritization, partnership considerations, competitive positioning, Board materials: this role spans the full strategic agenda of a $15B publicly traded rare disease company.

Mission at the Core

Strategy here is not abstract. Every framework you build, every analysis you run, every recommendation you make is ultimately in service of getting life-changing medicines to patients who have no alternatives.

As Head of Strategic Planning, you will serve as a core strategic partner to the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Legal Officer and executive leadership, owning the analytical and planning infrastructure that drives BridgeBio’s most important decisions. You will not just analyze. You will advise, advocate, and help the organization act.

Corporate Strategy & Long-Range Planning

Lead the development and ongoing management of BridgeBio’s long-range strategic plan, translating the company’s mission, pipeline, and commercial trajectory into a rigorous, dynamic view of where the company is going and how it gets there

Own the annual strategic planning process: designing the framework, aligning cross-functional leadership, and producing the outputs that guide resource allocation and prioritization

Drive goal-setting and operational planning processes (including OKRs or equivalent frameworks) that connect enterprise strategy to affiliate and functional execution

Identify and frame the most important strategic questions facing the company, and bring structured thinking and rigorous analysis to answering them

Pipeline & Affiliate Prioritization

Partner with R&D, Regulatory, Commercial, affiliate leadership, and other relevant functional teams in the firm’s efforts to evaluate and prioritize the pipeline, helping the company make clear-eyed decisions about where to invest, accelerate, and where to make harder calls

Build and maintain analytical frameworks that allow leadership to assess portfolio risk, opportunity, and strategic fit with clarity and consistency

Support affiliate leadership in developing and stress-testing their own strategic plans, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities

Strategic Intelligence & External Landscape

Synthesize external signals into strategic implications: scientific advances, competitor pipeline developments, regulatory shifts, and market dynamics that could reshape BridgeBio’s position or sequencing decisions

Work in close partnership with Business Development and Operations to supplement and add additional strategic considerations in connection with competitive intelligence, adding a distinct layer of strategic synthesis and enterprise-level framing

Ensure the company is never surprised by a development it should have seen coming. Maintain a forward view of geopolitical, governmental, and market dynamics that could affect the business

Partnerships & Strategic Transactions

When relevant, support the teams’ evaluation of potential licensing deals, strategic partnerships, and transactions, bringing strategic clarity and insight to how opportunities are assessed against portfolio priorities

Develop frameworks for evaluating business development opportunities against portfolio strategy and resource priorities

Partner with Legal, Finance, and R&D on diligence and planning for strategic transactions where they arise

Board & Investor-Facing Strategy Materials

Lead the development of Board-level strategy presentations, long-range strategic plans, and other materials that communicate BridgeBio’s strategic direction with clarity and conviction

Partner with Strategic Finance (incl. IR) and the executive team to ensure investor-facing communications reflect the company’s strategic narrative accurately and compellingly

Bring the highest standards of analytical rigor and communication quality to every materials package that goes to a Board member or external stakeholder

Responsibilities

You are motivated by the mission. You understand that the strategic decisions made in this role, which programs to prioritize, which partnerships to pursue, how to allocate finite resources, have direct consequences for patients who are counting on BridgeBio to move fast and move right. These are real people with no other options. That is not an abstraction here. It is the point.

You think from first principles. You do not reach for the template or the framework that worked last time. You start with the problem, work through it rigorously, and arrive at an answer you can defend in front of a skeptical Board or a demanding CEO.

You make complexity look simple. The best strategy work is invisible. The audience sees the clarity, not the effort. You know how to structure an argument, build a narrative, and present a recommendation that makes the right decision obvious.

Y ou work within the system. You also work to change it. You are willing to challenge assumptions, push back on conventional wisdom, and advocate for a point of view, even when it is uncomfortable.

You balance urgency with care, hope with realism, and agility with focus. Strategy at BridgeBio is not an academic exercise. It moves fast, the stakes are real, and the work has to be both rigorous and actionable.

You operate with high integrity and low ego. The best strategic partners make the people around them look good. You are here to serve the mission, not to own the credit. Where You'll Work

This role is based in the Bay Area (Palo Alto or San Francisco). In-person