Sr. Director, Commercialization Excellence

Role Summary

The Sr Director, Commercialization Excellence will be responsible for supporting strategy development throughout the development continuum including early development, registration, launch and in-market. The leader will focus on building and strengthening organizational capabilities to maximize portfolio value, including defining product innovation opportunities for assets from discovery to end-of-life to optimize lifetime value and serve more patients. They will lead a team delivering commercial support for a given therapeutic area, elevate cross-functional and regional collaboration, and drive an insights-driven overall strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support strategy development across the development continuum (early development, registration, launch, in-market).
• Build and strengthen organizational capabilities to maximize portfolio value and lifecycle optimization.
• Define product innovation opportunities for assets throughout the development timeline (discovery to end-of-life).
• Lead a team delivering commercial support under a single point of contact for a given therapeutic area.
• Improve the experience for colleagues by elevating cross-functional and regional collaboration.
• Collaborate with GCSO therapy teams, R&D leaders, and Legal/IP teams to share novel approaches and best practices related to lifecycle optimization.
• Drive governance processes and asset development in partnership with TA teams and R&D CDTLs.
• Maintain an insights-driven approach to overall strategy.

Qualifications

• Required: A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.
• Preferred: MBA, JD or relevant advanced degree.
• Required: A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the pharmaceuticals business.
• Required: Understanding of drug development processes and commercialization.
• Preferred: Understanding of pricing and access environment.
• Required: Demonstrated track record of leading highly matrixed, cross-functional teams of high-level managers and executives.
• Required: Demonstrated high learning agility and problem-solving capabilities.
• Required: Demonstrated collaboration across geographies and functions with strong communication skills.
• Required: Global mindset and ability to partner cross-culturally/regionally.
• Required: Strong communication skills and influence.
• Preferred: Deep knowledge of J&J culture and portfolio ( Oncology, Immunology, Neuroscience ).
• Required: Travel up to 10% domestic and international.

Skills

• Strong commercial and business acumen with global and regional experience for cross-stakeholder collaboration.
• Proactive and collaborative with ability to influence a large matrix organization.
• Deep understanding of core therapeutic areas.
• Inspirational leadership for cross-functional partners and direct team.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA/JD or relevant advanced degree preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Travel up to 10% domestic and international.