Associate Director, External Growth and Innovation

Biogen•Cambridge, MA

1d•$164,000 - $225,500

About The Position

The Associate Director, External Growth & Innovation executes strategic partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem to create value for Biogen, patient communities, and customers. The role identifies and evaluates partnership opportunities and leads collaborations from contracting through implementation across therapeutic areas within Biogen North America. Working within a small, agile team, the Associate Director navigates a complex cross-functional commercial organization and builds relationships with external partners to turn innovative ideas into impactful, scalable solutions while staying informed about market dynamics and business priorities. The position reports to the Senior Director, External Growth & Innovation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least 8 years of progressive experience in the healthcare industry, including healthcare consulting and/or commercial biopharmaceutical experience.
Strong understanding of the U.S. healthcare ecosystem, including key stakeholders, market dynamics, and evolving industry trends.
Working knowledge of emerging healthcare technologies and innovations, including use of artificial intelligence to enhance business outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to lead through change, ambiguity, and organizational transformation.
Track record managing complex cross-functional programs involving multiple workstreams, diverse stakeholder groups, and competing priorities.
Exceptional communication and influencing skills, including the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and concisely to senior leaders and key stakeholders.
Strong project management, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities, with a focus on measurable results.
Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities, workstreams, timelines, and stakeholders with discipline and attention to detail.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing without authority.
Deep knowledge of the U.S. healthcare market and experience navigating biopharma commercial organizations.

Nice To Haves

MBA or other advanced degree.

Responsibilities

Execute strategic partnership initiatives by creating workplans, defining milestones, managing dependencies, and proactively mitigating risks.
Coordinate and influence cross-functional teams and external partners, provide leadership updates, and support partnership agreement negotiations with Legal, Compliance, and Procurement.
Guide partnership programs from pilot to scale, using performance data and insights to recommend expansion, optimization, or sunset decisions.
Build and maintain relationships with strategic partners and advocate internally for partnership investment and long-term success.
Advise Therapeutic Area teams on partnership opportunities that address unmet needs, remove barriers, and accelerate growth.
Monitor U.S. healthcare market trends, emerging care models, and ecosystem developments to identify collaboration opportunities.
Develop business cases for new partnerships by assessing strategic alignment, potential impact, scalability, feasibility, and investment requirements.
Establish and track KPIs to measure partnership effectiveness, support decision-making, and demonstrate business value.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Fitness and wellness programs, including fitness reimbursement
Short- and long-term disability insurance
At least 15 days of paid vacation
End-of-year shutdown time off from December 26 through December 31
Up to 12 company-paid holidays
Three paid days off for Personal Significance
80 hours of sick time per calendar year
Paid maternity and parental leave
401(k) program with company-matched contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per calendar year
Employee Resource Groups participation
Short-term and long-term incentive opportunities, including cash bonus and equity incentives