Director, Rare Disease Commercial Strategy Team Lead

Location: Hybrid, Tokyo, Japan

Company

hirify.global is a global pharmaceutical company operating across commercial, medical, regulatory, digital, and other healthcare functions.

What you will do

• Develop and execute the Japan commercial strategy for the Specialty Care rare disease portfolio, including hemophilia and growth hormone.
• Own portfolio performance, brand plans, operating plans, long-range forecasts, business reviews, and resource allocation.
• Lead an integrated commercial organization spanning Brand Marketing, commercial subject matter experts, Clinical Service, and other capabilities.
• Plan and coordinate launches, market-shaping activities, customer engagement, and organizational readiness for new products, indications, and pipeline assets.
• Drive omnichannel, analytics-led customer engagement and collaborate with Sales, Customer Excellence, Digital, CoLab, Medical Affairs, Access, Regulatory, Finance, Compliance, and other functions.
• Represent the therapeutic area in leadership forums while developing talent, strengthening succession planning, and managing compliance and business risks.

Requirements

• Significant pharmaceutical industry experience, including at least 5 years of commercial leadership and brand marketing experience.
• Proven experience leading high-performing teams and delivering sustainable business results.
• Experience working in global and cross-functional environments; specialty product launch and growth experience is preferred.
• Japanese at native or professional level is required for independent scientific and business discussions with physicians, KOLs, and healthcare stakeholders.
• Strong business-level English is required for discussions with global, regional, ICO, and cross-functional stakeholders, including strong written communication in Japanese and English.
• Strategic thinking, business acumen, leadership, influencing, analytical, financial, communication, coaching, and compliance capabilities.

Nice to have

• Experience in omnichannel marketing and customer engagement transformation.
• Previous leadership responsibility for marketing, sales, HSP, or other customer-facing organizations.
• TOEIC score of 800 or above as a reference point.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement in Tokyo, Japan.
• Inclusive, high-performing, and psychologically safe work environment.
• Emphasis on collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, and a Speak Up culture.
• Opportunities to develop future leaders through coaching, mentoring, talent reviews, and capability development.
• Strong compliance-first culture aligned with applicable laws, industry codes, hirify.global policies, and MHLW guidelines.