Biotech Companies Don't Fail at Launch Because of Bad Science. They Fail Because Their IT Wasn't Ready.
IT Program Executive for Biotech & Life Sciences
Executive ownership of complex commercial IT programs — not project management, but accountability from strategy through delivery.
Your IT Leader Can't Run the Business and Transform It at the Same Time.
Your Head of IT is keeping the lights on — managing day-to-day operations, supporting the business, handling tickets and vendors. Now the company needs a major program delivered: a CRM rollout, a commercial data platform, a full launch readiness build. That program needs dedicated executive leadership — someone who owns the outcome, drives the workstreams, manages the vendors, and reports to the C-suite.
Your IT leader doesn't have the bandwidth. An outside project manager doesn't have the authority or the domain expertise. What you need is a Program Executive — a senior leader who takes ownership of the program and delivers it, while your IT team stays focused on running the business.
That's what Tailwinds Advisory provides.
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What a Program Executive from Tailwinds Advisory Delivers
This is not project management. A Program Executive takes executive ownership of a large, complex, multi-workstream initiative — with authority to make decisions, direct resources, and be accountable for the result. Tailwinds Advisory brings 25+ years of life sciences IT leadership and a proven playbook from 12+ biotech launches to every engagement.​​
Executive Program Ownership
Full accountability for program outcomes — scope, timeline, budget, quality, and stakeholder alignment. We own it the way a CIO would, not the way a PMO would.
Multi-Workstream Orchestration
Managing the dependencies across CRM, data, analytics, compliance, infrastructure, and vendor delivery — ensuring nothing falls through the cracks during complex programs.
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Vendor & Partner Management
Selecting, negotiating with, and managing system integrators and technology vendors. We leverage deep industry relationships to get better terms, faster delivery, and higher accountability.
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Change Management & Adoption
Driving organizational change across commercial teams — ensuring business users adopt new systems and processes, not just IT. Consensus, training, and alignment are part of every engagement.
Budget & Risk Management
Building and managing program budgets, identifying risks early, and making the trade-off decisions that keep programs on track and on budget.
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Governance & Stakeholder Reporting
Establishing program governance structures and providing executive-level reporting to the C-suite, board, and investors — so leadership always knows where the program stands.
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​Programs We Lead
Tailwinds Advisory takes executive ownership of the commercial IT programs that matter most to biotech companies preparing for or executing a U.S. product launch:​​
Commercial Launch Readiness
The full IT build required to go from R&D-only to launch-ready — infrastructure, systems, compliance, team, and vendor ecosystem.
CRM Implementation
Veeva CRM, Salesforce, or alternatives — end-to-end from vendor selection through deployment, data migration, training, and adoption.
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Commercial Data Platform
Data warehouses, data marts, MDM, third-party aggregator integrations (IQVIA, Symphony Health, Komodo), tokenization, and BI/analytics dashboards.
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Medical Affairs & MLR
CRM, PromoMat, MedComs, and MLR review platforms — ensuring compliant review and approval workflows for promotional and medical content.
AI & Analytics Deployment
Operationalizing AI/LLM frameworks and real-time analytics platforms that give commercial leadership visibility into performance.
M&A IT Integration
Post-acquisition technology integration — harmonizing systems, processes, data, and teams across merging organizations.
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How We Work With Your Team
Tailwinds Advisory operates as an extension of your leadership team, not a replacement for it. In a typical Program Executive engagement:
Your Head of IT keeps running day-to-day IT operations — infrastructure, support, security, and business-as-usual.
Tailwinds Advisory takes executive ownership of the defined program — driving the workstreams, managing vendors, making decisions, and reporting progress to your C-suite.
We bring a proven playbook built from 12+ biotech launches, giving your IT leader the frameworks, strategy, and executive support to succeed. When the program is delivered, your IT leader gets the credit — and the organization they need to keep scaling.