Associate Program Director- Rare Disease
Biogen
5 months ago
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
Patient Advocacy
What You’ll Do
- Lead the operations of the SMA PDC supporting the Rare Disease Franchise, including creating, tracking, and updating monthly PDC Dashboards, Action Log, and Risk Registry.
- Drive program goal planning and execution, including identification of key strategic issues and decisions.
- Manage team agendas and meetings in collaboration with PDC Leads.
- Support PDC teams in preparation for successful launches of assets and in developing strategies to maximize the portfolio in the short and long term.
- Support PDC leads in development of an integrated disease area strategic plan for assets.
- Identify, resolve, and escalate issues; drive scenario planning and communicate with internal stakeholders.
- Ensure engagement and alignment across cross-functional stakeholders (Legal, PO&T/Manufacturing, Regulatory, Drug Safety, R&D, Medical); facilitate communication and may lead additional cross-functional workstreams across multiple disease areas.
- Support the PDC lead in creating a high-performing team (measure team health, run after-action reviews, ensure diversity of thought, drive meeting hygiene, optimize team processes and decision-making).
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA preferred.
- 7+ years’ experience in drug development and commercialization with strong business acumen and executive/general management perspective.
- Strong analytical and leadership skills with a creative, problem-solving mindset.
- Ability to identify key priorities quickly, align strategic and tactical plans, and influence/motivate cross-functional teams.
- Outstanding relationship-building and communication skills.
- Experience establishing and managing external collaborations, including contractual, financial, and compliance considerations.
- Very strong project leadership and project management skills.
- Prior experience in Product Development & Commercialization, Global Medicines & Commercialization, or cross-functional R&D teams (preferred).
Travel
- Up to 15%
Job Level
- Management
Benefits (as listed)
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
- Fitness & Wellness programs including fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Minimum 15 days paid vacation and end-of-year shutdown (Dec 26–Dec 31)
- Up to 12 paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
- 401(k) with company match
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
- Lead the operations of the SMA PDC supporting the Rare Disease Franchise, including creating, tracking, and updating monthly PDC Dashboards, Action Log, and Risk Registry.
- Drive program goal planning and execution, including identification of key strategic issues and decisions.
- Manage team agendas and meetings in collaboration with PDC Leads.
- Support PDC teams in preparation for successful launches of assets and in developing strategies to maximize the portfolio in the short and long term.
- Support PDC leads in development of an integrated disease area strategic plan for assets.
- Identify, resolve, and escalate issues; drive scenario planning and communicate with internal stakeholders.
- Ensure engagement and alignment across cross-functional stakeholders (Legal, PO&T/Manufacturing, Regulatory, Drug Safety, R&D, Medical); facilitate communication and may lead additional cross-functional workstreams across multiple disease areas.
- Support the PDC lead in creating a high-performing team (measure team health, run after-action reviews, ensure diversity of thought, drive meeting hygiene, optimize team processes and decision-making).
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required; MBA preferred.
- 7+ years’ experience in drug development and commercialization with strong business acumen and executive/general management perspective.
- Strong analytical and leadership skills with a creative, problem-solving mindset.
- Ability to identify key priorities quickly, align strategic and tactical plans, and influence/motivate cross-functional teams.
- Outstanding relationship-building and communication skills.
- Experience establishing and managing external collaborations, including contractual, financial, and compliance considerations.
- Very strong project leadership and project management skills.
- Prior experience in Product Development & Commercialization, Global Medicines & Commercialization, or cross-functional R&D teams (preferred).
Travel
- Up to 15%
Job Level
- Management
Benefits (as listed)
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
- Fitness & Wellness programs including fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Minimum 15 days paid vacation and end-of-year shutdown (Dec 26–Dec 31)
- Up to 12 paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
- 401(k) with company match
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation