Rik Basi

Case study

Turning fragmented commercial execution into a recurring-revenue growth engine

Unified the commercial strategy for a global services portfolio around sharper positioning, differentiated customer value, and more disciplined execution.

Executive summary

Business context

A global services portfolio spanning nine life sciences business units supported a large installed base, but positioning, customer value, and commercial execution varied across the organization.

Commercial challenge

The organization needed a more coherent commercialization model: sharper segmentation, clearer customer value, stronger sales enablement, and better alignment across product, marketing, commercial, service, and executive teams.

Leadership role

Led global marketing strategy and a global team supporting commercialization across the services portfolio.

Outcomes

Scale of responsibility

$500M

Global services portfolio

Led global marketing for a services portfolio that grew from $300M to $500M across nine life sciences business units.

Commercial outcomes

25% → 28%

Service capture rate

Improved capture across a global services portfolio.

~$18M

Incremental recurring revenue

Associated with the three-point improvement in service capture.

$10M

Qualified pipeline

Generated through enriched customer data, sharper segmentation, and more focused targeting.

Leadership impact

7 → 15

Global marketing team scaled

Expanded leadership depth, strategic capability, planning discipline, and commercial influence.

What changed

Define the opportunity

  • Segmented customers and workflows based on service needs, behaviors, and commercial potential.
  • Identified customer pain points, service differentiators, and priority growth opportunities.
  • Improved customer-data capture and CRM enrichment to strengthen targeting and channel effectiveness.

Differentiate the value

  • Clarified the value proposition and proof across priority service segments.
  • Built a more consistent commercial story across product, marketing, service, and sales.
  • Developed targeted campaigns and sales tools around priority customer needs.

Deliver the model

  • Aligned cross-functional teams around common priorities, roles, and activation plans.
  • Established stronger planning, KPI, and performance-review discipline.
  • Expanded team capability and leadership depth to support execution across the portfolio.

Why it mattered

Services represented a recurring-revenue opportunity across a large installed base, but fragmented segmentation and execution limited capture. A more coherent commercialization model made the portfolio easier to prioritize, position, activate, and govern.

Capabilities demonstrated

  • Portfolio strategy
  • Segmentation
  • Positioning
  • Recurring-revenue growth
  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Commercial analytics

Commercial impact

From fragmented activity to a more focused, accountable commercial system.

The work created a more coherent commercialization model across nine business units—improving service capture, contributing to incremental recurring revenue, generating qualified pipeline, and strengthening the organization’s ability to execute at scale.

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