Director, New Products Strategy and Innovation (Biopharmaceuticals)

Location: Cambridge, United States

Company

Global mid-sized biopharmaceutical company developing transformative medicines in oncology, rare disease, and neuroscience.

What you will do

• Support therapeutic-area and franchise strategy evolution across oncology, rare disease, and neuroscience.
• Lead commercial evaluations of business development and external innovation opportunities, including screening, triage, due diligence, market sizing, forecasting, and risk assessment.
• Conduct competitive landscaping, market research, pricing and access assessments, and other analyses for external assets.
• Lead early commercial planning for internal pipeline products, including indication prioritization, portfolio strategy, lifecycle management, and business-case development.
• Develop launch strategies, launch plans, readiness reviews, core messaging, global launch sequences, and lifecycle-management priorities.
• Present synthesized findings and recommendations to cross-functional teams and leadership while coordinating with business development, R&D, medical affairs, regulatory, finance, and country teams.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in a life sciences discipline and/or an MBA.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Three to five years of experience in early commercial or business development roles in the global pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry, or in life sciences strategy consulting.
• Experience with early commercial planning, launch planning, disease-area strategy, business development, due diligence, or lifecycle management.
• Strong scientific, medical, and commercial experience in oncology and rare diseases, with knowledge of business development and launch activities.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, communication, presentation, planning, project management, Excel, and PowerPoint skills.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of French or other additional languages.
• Experience in neuroscience, competitive landscaping, qualitative and quantitative market research, and business-case modelling.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, cross-functional environment focused on strategic innovation and patient impact.
• Global organization with teams in more than 40 countries and medicines available in 88 countries.
• Commitment to inclusion, equal opportunity, and respect for diverse perspectives.
• Adjustments and support are available during the application process for candidates who require them.