Senior Director, Product Planning

Amylyx has an audacious mission to usher in a new era for treating diseases with high unmet needs. Where others see challenges, we see opportunities that we pursue with urgency, rigorous science, and unwavering commitment to the communities we serve. We are a clinical‑stage company currently focused on post-bariatric hypoglycemia (PBH), Wolfram syndrome, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Our mission is powered by our people. Our core values – be audacious, be curious, be authentic, be engaged, and be accountable – creating a culture of caring. Amylyx has assembled an experienced team ready to take action because the communities we serve have no time to wait. If you share our passion and are determined to tackle some of medicine’s toughest problems, we encourage you to read the opportunity below and apply.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Senior Director, New Product Planning to provide strategic leadership across new product planning, pipeline commercialization strategy, and long‑range growth opportunities for Amylyx. The Senior Director will partner closely across Program Leadership, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Clinical Development, Business Development, Market Access, and other cross‑functional teams to assess market opportunities, define differentiated product strategies, and inform enterprise investment decisions from early development through lifecycle management.

• Lead Commercial new product planning strategy for Amylyx pipeline assets and support lifecycle management planning for marketed products, ensuring alignment with broader portfolio strategy.
• Lead insight generation and market analysis, including landscape assessments, unmet need evaluation, stakeholder research, competitive intelligence, opportunity sizing, and scenario planning.
• Develop commercial strategy recommendations that inform development plans, target product profiles, indication sequencing, investment decisions, and long‑range business planning.
• Serve as an active member of program teams generally for programs in Ph 1 and 2 and prepare for seamless asset hand‑off to brand leadership generally during Phase 3.
• Partner with Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, and Market Access to ensure commercial perspectives are integrated into evidence‑generation plans, development milestones, regulatory strategy, and access considerations.
• Define priority markets, customer segments, patient populations, stakeholder needs, value drivers, and potential positioning to support differentiated asset strategies.
• Collaborate across Amylyx to support potential Business Development for external opportunity assessments, due diligence, and strategic fit evaluations as needed.
• Build new product planning capabilities, processes, and ways of working that enable consistent, rigorous, and collaborative commercial input across Amylyx’s portfolio.

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Life Sciences, or a related field required; advanced degree such as an MBA, MPH, or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years of progressive pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare marketing experience with demonstrated success in brand management and commercial launch strategy.
• Demonstrated brand leadership resulting in successful product launches in biotechnology or specialty pharmaceuticals.
• Demonstrated success developing integrated healthcare provider, patient, caregiver, and disease awareness marketing strategies.
• Experience managing significant commercial budgets and external agency partnerships.
• Experience leading and working cross‑functional commercial teams and influencing executive leadership on enterprise‑wide strategic decisions. Demonstrated contributions as a member of…