Chief Financial Officer, Life Sciences Business

Title: Chief Financial Officer, Life Sciences Business

Department: Finance & Accounting 

Datavant is a rapidly growing health information technology company with a mission to connect the world’s health data to improve patient outcomes. Datavant works to reduce the friction of data sharing across the healthcare industry by building technology that protects the privacy of patients while supporting the linkage of patient health records across datasets.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a highly collaborative, remote-first team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare. We hire for three traits: we want people who are smart, nice, and get things done. We invest in our people and believe in hiring for high-potential and humble individuals who can rapidly grow their responsibilities as the company scales. Datavant is a distributed, remote-first team, and we empower Datavanters to shape their working environment in a way that suits their needs. 

Datavant is looking for a Chief Financial Officer for the Life Science, Ecosystem and Public Sector division, the fastest growing, SaaS based segment of the company. We prioritize nimbleness, flexibility, and empowerment in every one of our roles. The role is responsible for all financial matters for the Life Sciences division, working closely with the corporate accounting and finance teams for support and leading a high-performing Life Sciences finance team.  You will report to the Chief Financial Officer but be deeply embedded in the Life Sciences division, working side by side with the division's President and GM and other business leaders to help drive growth.

You will:

• Develop and execute the financial strategy aligned with the Life Sciences division’s overall goals, vision, and market opportunities. 
• Partner with the President and GM of the Life Sciences Business to support XXX% growth  – you are their right hand for everything from forecasting, to product pricing strategy, to sales commission planning
• Lead the annual budgeting process, quarterly forecasting, and financial modeling to provide accurate and timely financial insights to support business planning and decision-making.
• Ensure the preparation and presentation of comprehensive financial reports, including monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and KPI metrics, to the executive team and board of directors
• Build and lead a high-performing finance team within and beyond the Life Sciences business, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional growth
• Support and solve a number of other financial puzzles - partner with the broader corporate finance team on everything from M&A within Life Sciences, to Investor Relations, and cash flow management

What you will bring to the table: 

• Proven experience as a CFO, ideally in a high-growth SaaS or technology company.
• Strong financial modeling and analysis skills with a track record of driving financial success and achieving strategic goals in a hyper growth environment.
• In-depth knowledge of SaaS business models, revenue recognition principles, and subscription-based metrics.
• Roll-up your sleeves attitude: lead a Board of Directors presentation and then update the inputs for a weekly financial report all in a day’s work. 
• Experience growing and leading high-performance teams to achieve more together.
• Excellence in influencing cross-functionally - from partnering with our Chief Commercial Officer to strategize incentive compensation plans, to collaborating with Collections on cash collection, and everything in between. You are a trusted partner – within and outside of the function.

Bonus points if:

• You have experience working in health technology or life sciences

 

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are smart, nice, and get things done, where every Datavanter is empowered to bring their authentic self to their work. We are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation philosophy is to be externally competitive, internally fair, and not win or lose on compensation. Salary ranges for this position are developed with the support of benchmarks (competitive San Francisco rates for US-based roles) and industry best practices. 

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