About this role
As the Global Commercialization Lead, Friedreich's ataxia, you will be responsible for delivering the Disease Area Strategic Plan (DASP), working closely with regions to execute and evolve the global commercialization strategy, as we aim to launch in >50 markets globally. You will report to the Product Development and Commercialization Lead (PDC), Friedreich's ataxia, and will be a critical member of the global PDC team.
As SKYCLARYS expands into new geographies, you will be accountable for leading the cross-functional global brand strategy across marketing, Value & Access, medical, insights, forecasting, and advocacy and how it can best support the program’s continued growth. You will be a key strategic contributor to an integrated cross-functional team to develop and execute the disease area strategy, along with strategic priorities and assessing new business opportunities to enable sustainable market growth for the program.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the commercialization/3M functions (Marketing, Medical & Market Access) to deliver and execute on the Integrated Evidence Generation Plan (IEGP) that enables continued global launch uptake
- Ensure key customer & patient insights from launch markets are infused into the DASP, ensuring investments that support launch uptake & brand growth
- Accelerate the global launch of SKYCLARYS by ensuring the key strategic growth levers are pulled through e.g., patient finding, geographic expansion & retention
- Lead the commercialization functions and partner with regions to develop, execute & evolve the Global Brand Positioning, ensuring translation into commercial initiatives
- Coordinate with PDC Lead to ensure maximization of the value of the asset
- Accountable for comprehensive Assessment of Competition and identification of opportunities to guide/refine the global strategy amidst rapidly changing dynamics
- Collaborate with Global Finance and Insights to refine Forecasts, assess business opportunities, and guide resource allocation decisions
- Partner with regional and affiliate colleagues to support the vision and strategy to effectively ensure launch and Patient Access e.g., via innovative access mechanisms
- Facilitate Performance Reporting discussions with executive leadership via quarterly dashboard process & best practice sharing, in partnership with Regions
Who You Are:
You are a strategic and entrepreneurial leader, high-impact, hands-on leader who enjoys and has experience integrating cross-functional considerations into leading commercialization strategic initiatives, team decisions, and work products. You appreciate learning from team members and other company partners and hearing multiple perspectives to inform recommendations and decisions. You have strong rare disease launch expertise, a deep understanding of how to partner cross-functionally, and bring this point-of-view to help drive key workstreams and communications. You are passionate about making a positive impact on the Rare Disease Community.
Qualifications
Required Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree & Advanced Degree Required;
- 15+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
- Rare Disease commercial launch experience
- Experience collaborating across 3M functions, and with Regions/Key Markets including development of IEGPs and other Data Gen initiatives
- Strong analytical and leadership skills, including creative, strategic mindset
- Outstanding relationship building and communication skills, including ability to navigate throughout a matrixed organization with individuals at all levels
- Anticipated travel: up to 15% international
Preferred Skills:
- Global Rare Disease commercial launch experience
- Experience as a member of a Global cross-functional asset team
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
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About Biogen
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We apply deep understanding of human biology and leverage different modalities, to advance first-in-class treatments or therapies that deliver superior outcomes. Our approach is to take bold risks, balanced with return on investment to deliver long-term growth.
With approximately 7,000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Baar, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Solothurn, Switzerland. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries.
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What you'll do
- Lead the commercialization functions to execute the Integrated Evidence Generation Plan and ensure global launch uptake. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and refine the global brand strategy and assess new business opportunities.
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