Senior Director, External & Innovation

• Develop a deep understanding of Biogen’s commercial strategy and growth drivers.
• Leverage your commercial expertise to identify bold ideas, opportunities and new capabilities that keep Biogen at the forefront of our therapeutic areas.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive innovation strategy that aligns with Biogen’s mission, values, and business objectives and gain support across marketing, medical affairs, operations, legal, compliance and leadership.
• Identify, evaluate, and help scale AI-enabled solutions that our stakeholders that shorten the path from symptoms to diagnosis.
• Partner across functions to re-architect how work gets done—applying AI, process redesign, and new operating models—to sustain our growth and help automate support teams.
• Lead the implementation of new technologies and collaborations by helping franchises and functions assess, test, and scale new technologies and capabilities.
• Build measurement methodologies that track return on investment and annualized run-rate value and make the case to scale high-return solutions across therapeutic areas.
• Consistently scan and engage external stakeholders including technology companies, new models of care delivery and ecosystem catalysts to identify the highest-potential opportunities that will accelerate growth, forge new markets or address barriers in our therapeutic areas.
• You will build relationships with innovators, emerging companies and other potential partners to create a strong network.

• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA preferred
• 12+ years of progressive healthcare/pharmaceutical/biotech experience and/or healthcare consulting experience preferred
• Breadth of experiences across healthcare commercial disciplines (e.g., marketing, market access, strategy, business development, management consulting) are an advantage
• Experience and deep understanding of healthcare ecosystems
• Ability to drive and lead through change and ambiguity
• Proven ability to project manage complex and innovative programs cross-functionally and with external partners
• Ideally, working knowledge of AI/ML applications in healthcare, EHR ecosystems, and/or digital health tools, with the judgment to assess technical feasibility and commercial impact.
• Familiarity with U.S. access and reimbursement dynamics affecting patient access.
• Experience designing and scaling operating model and process improvements with demonstrable ROI and measurable business outcomes; able to clearly articulate the impact of those initiatives beyond tool deployment.

Demonstrates expertise in developing and implementing comprehensive innovation strategies within the healthcare sector, leveraging AI and process redesign to drive growth and improve operational efficiency. Proven ability to build relationships with stakeholders and assess the commercial impact of new technologies and capabilities.

• Healthcare Commercial Strategy
• AI/ML Applications in Healthcare
• Project Management of Complex Programs
• Operating Model Design and Process Improvement
• Healthcare Ecosystem Knowledge

• Innovation Strategy Development
• Measurement Methodologies
• Market Access
• Business Development
• Change Management

• Relationship Building
• Leadership Through Change
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Bachelor’s Degree
• MBA Preferred

• Healthcare
• Pharmaceutical
• Biotech
• Healthcare Consulting
• U.S. Access and Reimbursement Dynamics

• Digital Health Tools
• EHR Ecosystems