Executive Director, U.S. Brand Lead - Neurology; Rare Disease

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Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this role, the Executive Director, U.S. Brand Lead – Neurology (Rare Disease) owns the U.S. commercial strategy, execution, forecast, budget, and performance for the UPLIZNA Neurology indications: generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). The role also owns the U.S. BKEMV business and leads the BKEMV marketing team. The role was created in recognition of the increasing scope and complexity of UPLIZNA’s growth drivers and the need for dedicated senior leadership for the Neurology indications.

Reporting to the General Manager, Neurology & IgG4-RD, the Executive Director is a member of the Neurology & IgG4-RD Leadership Team and is accountable to the General Manager for business results.

• Own the U.S. commercial strategy and annual and long-range plans for UPLIZNA in gMG and NMOSD, and BKEMV, consistent with the cross-indication strategy and direction set by the General Manager.
• Own the Neurology forecast and its commercial assumptions, with inputs and support from Forecasting, Data & Analytics, and Finance.
• Own the Neurology and BKEMV budgets and allocate resources against approved priorities; recommend changes in investment to the General Manager as business needs evolve.
• Deliver revenue and profitability objectives by identifying growth opportunities, addressing barriers, and making timely changes to strategy, execution, targeting, channel mix, and investment.

• Lead development and execution of integrated brand plans across health care professional, patient and caregiver, digital and omnichannel, peer-to-peer, congress, field, access, and patient services channels.
• Work closely with the Portfolio Strategy, Omnichannel and Thought Leader Liaison teams to drive integrated execution
• Establish priorities, governance, decision rights, milestones, and accountability across the cross-functional brand team.
• Collaborate with Sales Leadership and Training on field strategy, training, tools, messaging, and customer engagement resources; maintain a regular feedback loop between field and brand teams.
• Oversee agency and vendor partners, including strategic direction, quality, resource use, and delivery of priority work.

• Set objectives and performance measures and lead regular reviews of patient, customer, market, access, competitive, channel, and execution trends.
• Partner with Brand Analytics & Insights, Market Research, Sales, TLLs, and Finance to translate data into business decisions and executive-level performance updates.
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