SVP, Commercial Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Title:
SVP, Commercial Lead

Location:
Brisbane, California

About Us:

Vera Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VERA), is a late-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for serious immunological diseases. Vera’s mission is to advance treatments that target the source of immunologic diseases in order to change the standard of care for patients. Vera’s lead product candidate is atacicept, a fully humanized fusion protein self-administered at home as a subcutaneous injection once weekly that blocks both B-cell Activating Factor (BAFF) and A Proliferation Inducing Ligand (APRIL), which stimulate B cells and plasma cells to produce galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1) and associated autoantibodies, which together form immune complexes that are fundamental in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy (IgAN).

Vera is also considering evaluating the role of atacicept in other immunologic disorders. Additionally, Vera is developing MAU
868, a monoclonal antibody designed to neutralize infection with BK Virus, a polyomavirus that can have devastating consequences in certain settings such as kidney transplant. For more information, please visit:

Our values are the cornerstone of our culture. Our values inspire us every day and guide everything we do—from how we hire great people, to advancing our mission together, to achieving our ultimate goal to improve medical treatment for patients suffering from immunological diseases.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Commercial Lead will provide the leadership, strategic vision, and functional expertise required to successfully commercialize Vera Therapeutic’s pipeline, including atacicept in its lead indication of IgA Nephropathy (IgAN), also known as Berger’s disease. In this role, the Commercial Lead will be a welcomed enterprise level leader, leading a best-in‑class commercial organization to scale as needed over time.

With a global perspective on market opportunities, this leader will drive the assessment and prioritization of geographic and clinical market segments and directly influence critical decisions with key market information and analytics.

The Commercial Lead will be a key member of the leadership team and will develop and deliver a commercial strategy that is aligned with the corporate strategy. This leader will provide commercial input to development activities and will be responsible for leading a best-in‑class commercial organization. The Commercial Lead will partner closely with R&D in all pre‑launch and launch activities and be a leader that will play a critical role in helping the transformation of the company into a global commercial entity.

The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to bring commercial line of sight to the R&D portfolio and help to shape and drive an early‑stage portfolio strategy that will address areas of high unmet need in the market.

This leader will possess a high level of proficiency, demonstrated experience, and expertise in commercialization. Incorporating innovation and future‑focused best practices in this digital age. The Commercial Lead will continue to lead the competitive, forward‑looking go‑to‑market commercial model that puts patients first and will create sustainable revenue growth. The successful candidate will oversee cross‑functional commercial capabilities, stakeholder engagement, market access (pricing, reimbursement, and managed care), new product planning, marketing, commercial analytics and forecasting, sales leadership, partnership with medical, and portfolio strategy as well as government affairs and patient advocacy.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the global commercial vision for Vera Therapeutics, including a close partnership with R&D.
• Represent the voice of commercial strategy and innovation internally, to the leadership team, periodically to the board of directors, to key outside stakeholders, including physicians, patients, payers, and, as appropriate, investors and research analysts.
• Effectively represent Vera Therapeutic’s commercial vision and strategy to external stakeholders; has the credibility to effectively engage with a diverse…