Therapeutic Area Strategy Director, Oncology

Role Summary

Therapeutic Area Strategy Director, Oncology. Location: East Hanover, NJ, USA (hybrid). The role supports the creation and update of a holistic oncology TA strategy, provides early-phase commercial insights to project teams, guides TA-specific internal pipeline development and external licensing/acquisitions opportunities, and aligns across Biomedical Research, Development, Strategy & Growth, and US/International Commercial units.

Responsibilities

• Brings external benchmarking, analysis and insights to support the Oncology TA Strategy Head in developing a holistic TA strategy for sustainable growth.
• Leverages understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, Oncology, and core Therapeutic Areas to derive differentiating competitive advantages.
• Provides key commercial insights to R&D project teams, particularly for early-phase programs; in-market US experience is critical.
• Analyzes reports and publications to extract key messages, including building product forecasts.
• Supports development and delivery of TA-specific strategic external insights to identify growth opportunities and emerging challenges; commissions targeted primary research.
• Ensures accurate and timely delivery of key commercial insights for early-phase projects to program teams.
• Manages the commercial transition from Strategy & Growth to US and International commercial units; seeks input from internal experts.
• Completes ad-hoc requests as defined.
• Delivers health improvement partnership projects on time and within budget; contributes to other HCS group activities.
• Receives feedback from project sponsors and stakeholders on output quality and interaction.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD, MD, or other advanced degree) or equivalent in life science/healthcare; MBA or consulting experience highly desirable.
• In-depth knowledge of Oncology, including multiple tumor types (or demonstrated ability to rapidly acquire TA expertise).
• Highly agile with capacity to support multiple strategic Disease Areas within a TA and multiple programs internal and external.
• Substantial experience evaluating new product opportunities (through M&A, BD&L, and internal research programs).
• 5–7 years of industry pharma and/or medical devices in R&D and/or Commercial functions with experience conducting/commissioning/analzying primary research and developing forecasts.
• Experience of strategy development and asset shaping early in lifecycle (any functional perspective).
• Recent (post-2015) local US in-market experience; experience working with US customers and healthcare systems.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and competitive benchmarking
• Market analysis and forecasting
• R&D and commercial collaboration for early-phase programs
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional influence

Education

• Advanced degree in life sciences/healthcare; MBA/consulting experience desirable.