Pipeline Commercial Lead, Alzheimer's and Dementia

About This Role The Pipeline Commercial Lead, Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia (AD&D) Franchise, will be accountable for building commercialization strategy for all pipeline assets in Biogen’s AD&D Franchise. The candidate is responsible for driving customer-centric decision-making in the progression of programs across Research and early Development stage gates.

What You’ll DoServe as single point accountability within AD&D franchise to lead commercial strategy on Alzheimer’s and Dementia pre-Proof of Concept(POC) R&D programs, developing commercial case and recommendations to inform internal pipeline stage gate decisions

Drive customer-centric commercial strategy into early product development programs, up to PDC formation, incorporating critical factors including health care provider, patient, payer, regulatory, device and IP input obtained from internal & external experts

Represent AD&D Franchise on the R&D governance committees to guide program strategy, advancement of pipeline assets, as well as stage gate transitions

Serve as ‘interim’ Global Commercial Leader as assets near POC readout and prepare for start of Phase III, initiating early engagement with the regions

Develop & deliver minimum and target product profile to inform clinical development program strategies and design of clinical studies from Phase I through Pivotal Deliver long range plan, including market sizing and product forecasts (epi, market share, revenue and drivers/barriers), and P&L (opex requirements for capability build and spend)
Develop, deliver, and update competitive assessment and differentiation strategies (inline and pipeline products, competitor strategies, etc.) across the portfolio

Identify and address critical business questions by designing and implementing primary and secondary research and analytics and by leveraging and collaborating with internal expertise/capabilities effectively

Proactively engage with the Franchise Head, AD&D Franchise Leadership, R&D Program Leaders and partner with cross functional teams effectively to deliver & drive forward a unified disease area strategy that is aligned from research through development and commercialization

Direct strategic pipeline projects in line with annual disease area strategic planning process to advance franchise recommendations to governance.

Who You Are You demonstrate a high degree of comfort in providing recommendations even when there is ambiguity due to uncertainty and lack of validated assumptions. In addition, you are a fast learner, quickly understanding the fundamentals of a new disease area by effectively leveraging internal and external expertise or data sources.

Qualifications Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
10 + years in commercial and or business functions required, solid biopharma experience in commercial required

Management of several diverse projects, including budgets, contracts, ability to prioritize and pivot rapidly based on evolving internal and external landscape required

Strong leadership, planning and organization, analytics, decision making and problem solving skills

Excellent presentation skills and experience in delivering presentations to executive-level audiences

Strong written and oral communication, enabling effective interaction with all levels of management and global teams/functions required

Demonstrated success in cross-functional leadership and influencing skills, highly self-motivated, independent and resourceful

Experience in managing commercial partners / vendors

Analytical thinking and problem-solving orientation

Strong project management skills

Experience with financial modeling

Preferred Skills Understanding of AD&D market dynamics and access considerations

Prior pipeline strategy experience

Job Level: Management Additional Information The base compensation range for this role is: $-$Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.

Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity…