Associate Director, TA Finance Partner

Associate Director, Therapeutic Area (TA) Finance Partner

Alexion Finance

Boston- Seaport, MA

Hybrid Work- on average 3 days a week from office

At Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality.  If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you are our kind of person. 

The Rare Disease Business Unit is a dynamic, cross-functional, and cross-market organization that champions our commitment to playing to win. By harnessing the power of our unprecedented pipeline of new molecules and indications, we are driving transformative launches across multiple markets. As we continue to expand our geographical presence globally, we are dedicated to delivering meaningful impact for patients and setting new standards for innovation in rare disease treatment.

As the Associate Director, Global TA Finance Business Partner, you will be a key leader within the finance team and play a pivotal role in every aspect of the business and channeling our commercial and financial capabilities to make a positive impact on changing patients’ lives. Reporting to the VP, Global Head of Finance Commercial, this opportunity will provide high quality and impactful financial leadership to the Neurology Global Leadership Team. This role will be pivotal in ensuring that financial performance, discipline and budget control is achieved.

What you'll do

• Business Partnering with the Global TA Head (Neurology) and members of the Global Marketing and Market Access (GMMA) Leadership Team.

• Collaborate with senior global stakeholders to deliver a coherent strategy to the Senior Executive Team and providing a clear view of priorities and resource allocation to drive revenue growth and maximize profitability at the TA businesses level.

• Lead franchise level global performance tracking, insights and analytics monthly in collaboration with global and regional partners.

• Engage with R&D Finance ahead of investment decisions and TA strategy to better understand the assumptions and value of Ph3 investment decisions and propose new opportunities, highlighting any TA value implications.

• Provide finance leadership to the Neurology TA Team in delivering a TA strategy to SET, ensuring a comprehensive view of the prioritization, resource allocation, and overall ambition of the TA.

• Lead the Neurology TA Team in developing both the Long-Term Plan (LTP) and Middle Term Plan (MTP) strategic forecasts, ensuring a strong focus on driving revenue growth and optimizing resource allocation at the brand/indication and regional/market levels to maximize impact and deliver measurable results.

• Lead the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process for the TA.

• Working cross-functionally and ensuring key Investor Relations questions and discussion points are anticipated and answered.

• Understanding, managing, and influencing the TA/brand P&L and performance against budget and support with optimal resource allocation across products/indications and markets.

Essential for the role

• Bachelors degree

• Pharmaceutical finance experience

• Outstanding commercial competence, underpinned by robust analytical skills and creative thinking.

• An enterprise mentality and strong understanding of the key commercial drivers of a business.

• A strategic focus but able to work at a detailed level.

• Executive presence with well-developed business partnering skills, including the ability to influence at the most senior levels.

• Proven career progression in global companies with experience of working across different geographical regions.

• Ability to handle ambiguity and thrive in unchartered territory.

• A team player with strong interpersonal skills, in particular effective verbal, and written communications skills.

• Future looking and curious

Desirable for the role

• Bachelors degree in business, finance, economics, engineering, or accounting

• Advanced degree in a scientific field and/or MBA

• Pharmaceutical commercial finance experience

Office Working Requirements

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum o