Director of Growth Strategy

Summary

Join Calyxo, Inc., a medical device company, and contribute to revolutionizing kidney stone treatment. Lead opportunity exploration, market analysis, and business planning, developing data-driven prioritization models and business cases. Develop and refine a sustainable business development framework, coordinating diligence and integration for external opportunities. Collaborate cross-functionally with executive teams, ensuring execution readiness and feasibility. The role requires 10+ years of experience in strategy, innovation, or business development within life sciences or healthcare. A competitive base salary, stock options, and an employee benefits package are offered.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, innovation, business development, or related roles, ideally within life sciences, medical devices, or healthcare consulting
• Proven ability to move from opportunity exploration to actionable plans, including experience with market sizing, financial modeling, and business case development
• Demonstrated success in cross-functional collaboration with R&D, commercial, finance, legal, and clinical teams
• Experience engaging with external partners, such as consultants, strategic collaborators, or potential acquisition targets
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and proactively building structure, process, and clarity in dynamic environments
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking, combined with excellent communication and presentation skills
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree in a relevant field preferred
• Compliance with relevant county, state, and Federal rules regarding vaccinations

Responsibilities

• Lead structured exploration of ideas across strategic growth areas
• Identify unmet needs, analyze market dynamics, and surface whitespace opportunities through a mix of internal insight and external research
• Develop and apply frameworks to estimate market potential, assess clinical and operational fit, and validate demand across priority segments
• Build a data-driven prioritization model to compare opportunities and advance the most promising concepts
• Develop business cases and investment theses
• Lead early development work for internal initiatives before transitioning to functional teams for execution
• Establish and continuously refine a sustainable business development framework to systematically evaluate external technologies and seamlessly incorporate them into organizational operations, ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives and market opportunities
• Coordinate diligence and deal execution for external opportunities and lead post-transaction integration planning
• Operate as a strategic thought partner to the executive team, ensuring execution readiness, financial modeling, legal diligence, and clinical/regulatory feasibility
• Communicates complex ideas clearly across clinical, technical, and executive teams; builds alignment and drives cross-functional initiatives
• Combines analytical rigor with creativity to uncover growth opportunities and translate strategy into actionable plans

Preferred Qualifications

Strong preference for candidates with medical device experience, particularly in roles involving market assessment, portfolio strategy, or early-stage product development

Benefits

• Competitive base salary of $200,000 - $240,000
• Stock options – ownership and a stake in growing a mission-driven company
• Employee benefits package that includes 401(k), healthcare insurance and paid vacation