Director, Global Commercial Pipeline Strategy

COMPANY:

At BioCryst, we share a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with complement-mediated and other rare diseases. For over three decades we’ve been guided by our passion for not settling for “ordinary” in our quest to develop novel medicines. We leverage our expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class oral small-molecule and protein therapeutics, led by the efforts of our team of expert scientists in our Discovery Center of Excellence in Birmingham, Alabama. Our global headquarters is in Durham, North Carolina, our European headquarters is in Dublin, Ireland and our employees span the globe across sites in multiple countries. We are proud of our culture of engagement and accountability that rewards people for innovative thinking and achievement of key objectives. For more information, please visit our website at www.biocryst.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram. 

 

JOB SUMMARY:

The Director, Global Commercial Pipeline Strategy at BioCryst Pharmaceuticals will have experience in commercial strategic planning, cross-functional management, and business operations in a pharmaceutical setting and will work closely with cross-functional teams across the commercial and development organizations in leading and influencing to achieve business objectives. This role is responsible for the developing of commercial strategies for BioCryst’s growing portfolio of pipeline products for rare disease and serious medical conditions.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as commercial strategy lead within the program leadership teams (PLTs) during the development of pipeline products.
• Provide commercial insight and strategic direction to guide indication selection, target product profiles, clinical trial design, and competitive positioning during the development process.
• Partner with colleagues including regional marketing, global business analysis, market access, and medical affairs, to develop product positioning, message platforms, and market development strategies.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders and customers to uncover opportunities that could enhance disease awareness and brand strategy and performance.
• Develop early product commercialization framework to define activities required for long-term success of pipeline products
• Organizes and executes effective presentations of consistently high quality to senior management on the activities/status of projects, information/status updates and milestone presentations.
• All other duties as assigned.

 

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or science; graduate level training preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD, MBA) with 8+ years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry in commercial, medical, market access, analytics, or development or equivalent experience/education combination
• Knowledge and experience with commercial strategic planning and product commercialization, preferably in rare disease environments.
• Very strong analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and written skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects in a cross functional team environment.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams comprised of technical professionals (internal and external).
• Demonstrated understanding of key disciplines in cross-functional pharmaceutical commercialization such as commercial, medical, operations, regulatory, and supply chain.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Proficiency in managing multiple tasks and priorities.
• Ability to apply good business judgment to critically assess and prioritize issues.
• Travel up to 25% required.

 

The statements in this position description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification.  They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The manager may assign additional responsibilities and assignments from time to time.

BioCryst is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, Veterans status, disabi