Director, Product Planning; NPP

Position: Director, New Product Planning (NPP)
Job-:
Corporate Functions

Location:

Waltham, MA, United States

Schedule:

Full time, First Posted:
This position offers a candidate the opportunity to significantly contribute to the long-term commercial success of the portfolio.  This position is responsible for providing commercially oriented guidance to early stage product opportunities through deep understanding of markets and ability to influence in matrixed organization.  Qualifications Basic Requirements and

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; advanced science degree preferred8 to 10+ years of pharmaceutical industry and/or consulting experience with extensive experience in commercially oriented roles, e.g. NPP, specialty pharmaceutical marketing strategy, market research. Experience in neuroscience preferred

Extensive knowledge of new product development and planning/commercialization, including understanding of therapeutic markets from multiple customer perspectives (e.g., HCP, Payers, Patients) and different business perspectives (e.g., clinical, R&D, marketing)
Preferred Skills and Knowledge Requirements:

Strong ability to work, influence, and gain consensus across multiple functions (e.g. research, clinical, regulatory, translational medicine)
Leadership presence and ability to interact effectively with multiple levels of the organization

Significant analytic skills, able to clearly interpret and distill scientific, clinical and commercial information

Understanding of key marketing and market research principles

Proficiency with secondary research and databases

Ability to effectively plan, prioritize, execute, follow up and anticipate challenges

Excellent organization, communication (written and oral) and facilitation skills

Self-motivated, builds trust easily and operates with integrity and ethics

Demonstrated learning agility

Strong history of delivering high quality, sustainable results using skills and capabilities  Travel Requirements:

Occasional travel 10%
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $197,000 to $225,000. In addition, this position is eligible for an annual performance pay bonus.  Exact compensation may vary based on skills, training, knowledge, and experience. Alkermes offers a competitive benefits package.  Additional details can be found on our careers website:  has recently adopted a hybrid working environment to support and meet the needs of employees and this role will operate in a flexible environment with 60% of time in the office and 40% from home.

This position is eligible for the hybrid workplace model, requiring work to be completed onsite at our Waltham, MA office at least 3 days per week. This role is not eligible for fully remote work.#LI-TS1

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Develop forward-looking strategies, market positioning and product profiles for pipeline products by synthesizing primary and secondary inputs that will inform the development and lifecycle plan

Co-lead (with development colleague) product teams through clinical development phases, working in conjunction with internal business partners (e.g. clinical, translational medicine, regulatory, research, commercial, CMC) to optimize the market value of asset Drive completion of NPP and market research initiatives, working closely with market research colleagues and the project teams Proactively monitor and generate insights from market developments and competitive landscape and incorporate insights across multiple perspectives (e.g. commercial, managed markets, clinical, and scientific)
Generate market assessments, TPPs, and early forecasts to prioritize commercial indications for products in key therapeutic areas

About the company

Why join Team Alkermes?

Alkermes applies its decades of deep neuroscience expertise to develop…