Associate Director, Commercial Model Innovation
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Job Description
The Human Health Division continues to transform, driven by an effort to shape our company's future by building or enhancing core commercial capabilities to drive business results. In order to execute the strategy of being more adaptive and responsive to changing market needs and to establish ourselves as a leader in the eyes of our customers, the US Market has identified a need to accelerate and prioritize Commercial Model Innovation (CMI) through the development, installation, prioritization and realization of key capabilities that will allow us to deliver a personalized customer experience and drive performance.
The Associate Director, Commercial Model Innovation is responsible for driving innovation in the US Market. Specifically, they will partner with US Market leaders and stakeholders to develop strategy, align on intent, and drive solutions through experimentation and scaling efforts designed to drive a cultural transformation that enables our vision over time.
Primary Responsibilities include and may not be limited to:
Strategy Development – deliver work across strategy continuum from early conceptual ‘white space’ design to strategy execution and realization across the US Market (i.e. Define, Design, Detailed Design, Build, Pilot, Launch, Realize)
Partners with key US Market stakeholders to advance solutions and bring them to life through an iterative planning process
Build strong, open, and collaborative working relationships among leadership, peers, and support teams within and outside the organization
Frame business case, trade-off choices, and risks for US Market Leaders
Leverage new ways of working to promote innovative design efforts (i.e. Scrum, Kanban)
Understand and implement modern Change Management practices to ensure adoption
Success Metrics:
Realization of initiatives (set by initiative level KPIs)
Responsible for delivery of US Transformation Initiative across the following three areas:
Delivery of work on-time as aligned with Sponsors
Delivery of work consistent with Quality standards (meets legal & regulatory requirements & maintains compliance technology standards where appropriate)
Delivery of work on budget (within 3% of agreed upon spend)
Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS degree)
Minimum 5 years of experience in project/program management, strategic planning, transformation, operations, change management or related role
Demonstrated proficiency in project/program management
Ability to work in ambiguous spaces
Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment to advance a common goal
Strong understanding of compliance-related concepts and application in all job-related functions
Ability to work at the North Wales, PA (Upper Gwynedd) office at least 3 days per week
Ability to travel for the role - 10%
Preferred Experience and Skills:
3 years of related industry and/or strategy development experience within the life sciences/pharmaceutical industry.
Agile Certifications/ Training
Brand Marketing or Promotions experience
Sales Experience
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