Sr. Director, Portfolio Strategy & Evolution, Rare Disease

Job Title: Sr. Director, Portfolio Strategy & Evolution, Rare Disease

Grade: L4

About the Job

The Senior Director, Portfolio Strategy & Evolution (aka New Product Planning) reports to the Global Head of Portfolio Strategy & Evolution within the Specialty Care Rare Disease Franchise. The Senior Director, Portfolio Strategy & Evolution (PS&E) will support the Franchise’s future growth in contributing to the development of the integrated Therapeutic Area Strategy (TAS) of Rare Disease. He/she will be a core member of the Global Project Teams and provide Commercial leadership and strategic direction on pipeline products moving from pre-clinical stages through Proof of Concept and towards commercialization. He/she will also partner closely with Business Development and M&A teams and lead commercial assessments of external opportunities.  The position is based in Cambridge, MA unless otherwise agreed to by the Global Head of PS&E.

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.​

Main Responsibilities:

1.      Drive TA/DA strategy development and execution

• Work closely with other PS&E team members and the TAS core team; liaise with R/D/C/M/BD Function Heads, Corporate Strategy, R&D Strategy, TA Heads, GBLs and GPHs. Present ad-hoc strategic assessments and recommendations to Senior Leadership, including ExCom members.

• Contribute to the development and articulation of the Rare Disease TAS by leading strategic assessments and developing sub-TA and disease areas strategies.

• Analyze disease landscapes, identify investment opportunities, develop recommendations and execution roadmaps

• Integrate cross-functional inputs and build consensus across the Function heads

• Support the preparation of the annual Portfolio Strategy Week (PSW) presentation

2.     Advance early pipeline and guide drug development with Commercial leadership

• As a Global Project Team core member, collaborate with R&D, Medical, regulatory, CMC, HEVA and MAxP and represent NPP/Commercial on the Global Project Teams

• Develop early commercial strategy and provide global commercial leadership to guide and optimize the development of pre-POC pipeline products  

• Lead the development of Target Product Profiles (TPP) based on thorough understanding of market dynamics and targeted differentiation and positioning

• Support milestone and phase transition decisions by contributing to the preparation and delivering presentations to governance bodies (TARC, RWG, DWG, IDCC)

3.      Support and execute external innovation strategy in alignment with TAS

• Partner with the BD and M&A teams (including Search & Evaluation, BD, Transaction, Finance, Legal, M&A). Present external opportunity assessments and recommendations to Senior Leadership, including ExCom members.

• Lead commercial assessments of external Business Development and M&A opportunities

• Provide commercial insights on external assets screening and participate in the BD process from external innovation to due diligence, valuation, negotiation and integration.

• Support investment decisions by contributing to the preparation of presentations to governance bodies (TxC, Investment Committee, Acquisition Committee)

4.      Deliver data-driven assessments and recommendations

• Direct integrated market analysis and competitive intelligence investigations to identify current and future trends within key disease settings and across the therapy area.

• Translate key insights into clear, actionable strategies

• Develop robust commercial assumptions and forecast /business cases for internal programs and external opportunities

• Explore opportunities/solutions to create efficiencies and increase accuracy (digital, AI etc)

About You

• Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA, MS or PhD in life science preferred

• 10+ years of relevant biopharmaceutical industry and/or consulting experience

• Experience in New Product Planning, Strategic Market