Sr. Product Manager, Global Rare Diseases

Chiesi USA

Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused biopharmaceutical group with 90 years’ experience, operating in 31 countries. More than 8,000 employees across the group are united by a singular purpose: promoting a healthier world for our people, patients, and the planet. This is what drives us as we research, develop, and market innovative drugs across our main therapeutic areas.

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Chiesi Global Rare Diseases is a Chiesi Group’s business unit established in February 2020 and focused on research, development and commercialization of treatments and patient support services for rare and ultra‑rare disorders, many of whom have limited or no treatments available.

This unit is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with a strong synergy with the headquarters in Parma.

Rare unit has a focus on research and product development for lysosomal storage diseases, rare hematology, ophthalmology disorders and rare immunodeficiencies. The unit is also a dedicated partner with global leaders in scientific research, patient advocacy and care. Discover more here.

Solving the unmet needs of patients is at the heart of everything we do s role is designed to help people solve the challenges of day‑to‑day living with rare disease that current therapeutic options cannot.

In this role, the SPM will be responsible both for driving impactful execution of the disease and brand messaging and for leading other key elements of commercial success.

We are looking for motivated, out of the box thinkers with a passion for building brands who maintain a patient first mindset every day.

• Manage development and execution of Patient and HCP branded campaign and messaging for personal and non‑personal promotion including MLR review
• Lead development of sales force materials
• Collaborate with insights and business knowledge teams to generate lead and activation plans to identify patients and caregivers living with the disease
• Manage the launch execution of field teams and implementation plan
• Collaborate with sales training team to develop training materials
• Participate in market research and interacting with customer‑facing teams to mine customer insights
• Support peer‑to‑peer programs for patients and HCPs, collaborate with medical teams to support events and congresses
• Co‑lead the development of strategic integrated marketing brand plans
• Management of budgets in line with commercial plan
• Track KPIs measuring impact of Field Execution and HCP Branded Campaign
• Act as main point of contact for the Agency of Record and Analytics/Reporting function
• Support forecasting and performance monitoring

This is not an exhaustive, comprehensive listing of job functions as the candidate may perform other duties as assigned. This role may also involve overtime.

• B.A. or a B.S. degree is required
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience with at least 3 years of marketing experience in direct product marketing experience with demonstrated ability to succeed in marketing, and at least 1 year of relevant leadership experience in sales or marketing
• A strong focus on the patient and understanding of their needs
• The ideal candidate will have in‑line brand strategy, tactical execution experience demonstrating a track record of success, as well as experience across hospitals and clinics
• Strong US marketing experience, rare disease focus preferred
• Strong project management skills: demonstrated experience managing…