Associate Director, Global Commercial Diagnostics

Role Summary

Seeking a highly motivated Associate Director, Global Commercial Diagnostics to join the Global Commercial Diagnostics team. You will help develop and execute the commercial diagnostics strategy across launch-brand indications, with a focus on lung cancer diagnostics, and ensure launch readiness.

Responsibilities

• Support development of the diagnostics commercialization strategy and marketing plans related to activities specific to each diagnostic, and ensure launch readiness and execution aligned with the Global franchise brand plan.
• Work directly with diagnostic partners to ensure launch readiness.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders across Global and key markets, including franchise commercial teams, medical affairs, R&D, insights & analytics, market access, and other critical functions.
• Develop partnerships with external oncology stakeholders and decision makers through patient advocacy and policy groups, diagnostic developers, thought leaders, and HTA/payer organizations to create best-in-class diagnostics capabilities aligned with portfolio commercial needs.
• Lead activities to drive awareness, adoption, access, availability, and accuracy of biomarker testing to guide patient treatment.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree (business or life sciences)
• Required: 6 years of pharmaceutical and/or diagnostics marketing experience
• Required: Experience in digital and computational pathology
• Required: Proven track record in launch and commercialization of diagnostic(s), particularly in oncology
• Required: Team-oriented leader with excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence and lead at all levels of a matrix organization
• Required: Demonstrated track record of formulating Global or in-market commercial strategies and executing commercial tactics
• Required: Ability to problem-solve in a rapidly changing, competitive environment
• Required: Excellent analytical skills, demonstrated by the ability to turn analysis into insight and action
• Required: Demonstrated ability to take an enterprise view in leading and facilitating discussions in cross-functional teams
• Required: Thorough understanding of drug development and commercialization processes
• Preferred: Advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, MBA) is a plus
• Preferred: Global marketing experience, including diagnostic and therapeutic launch experience
• Preferred: In-market launch experience
• Preferred: Solid technical background in diagnostics development and biomarker science