Director, Pipeline Commercialization

Role Summary

The Director, Pipeline Commercialization is responsible for leading program management activities across asset teams, driving cross-functional execution, and translating asset strategy into actionable plans. The role includes line management of PM staff, partnering with asset teams, and ensuring timely delivery of sub-team objectives within higher-complexity programs.

Responsibilities

• Manage, develop, coach and mentor staff. Foster and sustain a challenging, inclusive and rewarding work environment where talent is developed and diversity valued.
• Provide program management support for assigned Asset Teams and sub-teams. Serve as a key business partner in developing core strategies and delivering goals of asset teams.
• Coordinates sub-team activities and deliverables and supports the sub-team leader in driving cross-functional alignment within sub-team and structures sub-team meetings and discussions to drive good decision-making practices
• Responsible for partnering with Asset Team PM and helping sub-team prepare key messages and deliverables for, and navigate the governance process effectively and efficiently and appropriate use of each forum higher complexity (e.g. multi-indication assets)
• In partnership with the sub-team lead, drives development of (and participates in) creation of sub-team plans and deliverables to inform asset strategy, and to translate asset strategy into execution by the sub-team and associated functions. Maintains awareness of upcoming deliverables as a part of the asset development lifecycle to ensure sub-team preparedness in higher complexity (e.g. multi-indication assets
• Proactively identifies challenges or potential issues for execution, both within sub-team and partnering with asset PM cross-functionally, managing or escalating as appropriate
• Partners with project planners to ensure appropriate and accurate tracking and reporting of team deliverable timelines. Maintains operational awareness of the sub-team deliverables and upcoming needs by the asset team in higher complexity (e.g. multi-indication assets)
• Partners with sub-team members to proactively identify, communicate and manage sub-team risks, including escalation as appropriate for asset level risks
• Proactively seek learnings from other teams and share best practices
• Partners with colleagues in the PM organization and leads sub-teams to develop and implement change to drive process improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelors with 16, Masters with 14, or PhD with 8 years of CMC functional experience
• Prior experience in a relevant laboratory-based CMC function (chemistry, analytical, formulation, etc.) in order to assist CMC project teams in the planning, preparation, review and approval of submission documents.
• 6+ years in a cross-functional project / program management role. Strong program management skills and knowledge of program management practices in the pharmaceutical industry and common tools utilized
• Change management experience in implementing cross-functional/organizational initiatives
• Well-developed communication skills ‚Äì both written and oral
• Well-developed strategic thinking and leadership skills
• Prior people management experience, preferred
• Experience with both global and regional teams in the pharmaceutical industry preferred