Director, Corporate Strategy

Sarepta Therapeutics•Cambridge, MA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Why Sarepta? Why Now? The promise of genetic medicine has arrived, and Sarepta is at the forefront. We hold a leadership position in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) and are building a robust portfolio of programs across muscle, central nervous system, and cardiac diseases. In 2023, we launched our fourth therapy and the first ever gene therapy to treat Duchenne. We’re looking for people who see unlimited potential in themselves and who are motivated by an unwavering commitment to patients. What Sarepta Offers At Sarepta, we care deeply about all the people in our community and believe in the importance of supporting them in all aspects of their lives. We aspire to maintain a culture that acknowledges people bring their whole selves to work, and we will strive to help everyone in our community integrate their work and personal lives while maintaining productivity. We are committed to offering a range of benefits and work-life resources designed to support people in the following areas: Physical and Emotional Wellness Financial Wellness Support for Caregivers For a full list of our comprehensive benefits, see our website: https://www.sarepta.com/join-us The Importance of the Role The Director, Corporate Strategy will provide leadership, oversight delivery of the company’s long-range strategy. This leader will also be accountable for actively managing Sarepta’s portfolio prioritization process and approval. Finally, as part of the newly formed Internal Consulting team, the individual will also champion/lead various key corporate initiatives as approved by the executive committee. This role reports into Corporate Strategy and Program Management organization, which is tasked with ensuring execution of the overall corporate strategy including the company’s long-range strategic plan. This role is highly cross-functional in nature and will involve collaboration across the entire enterprise, with external partners, and directly with senior leadership. The Director of Corporate Strategy and Internal Consulting is charged with staying abreast of the overall biotech / genetic therapy landscape. The role will actively identify strategic gaps, evaluate ongoing strategic execution monitor market dynamics, and competitive intelligence.

Requirements

MBA or PhD in technical discipline
At least 8- 10 years experience with demonstrated success in leading large-scale programs/projects with proven results and effective leadership and management skills
Extensive knowledge and experience in R&D - ability to define, develop and implement portfolio strategies based on trends, opportunities, needs and market direction within pharmaceutical industry and/or health care environment.
Operational experience in investment optimization models, asset valuation and portfolio assessment techniques.
Strong financial, budget and resource planning experience
Demonstrated success in leading through influence
Demonstrated ability to integrate information and apply creative thinking and proactive problem-solving skills
Demonstrated ability to identify, build, and implement solutions to cross-functional team issues
Excellent balanced approach to process versus results-driven leadership and management skills
Excellent negotiating skills
Excellent communication and influencing skills up, down and across the organization
Strong business, analytical and planning skills
Represents attributes reflective of Sarepta’s Values: Patient focused, bias for action, commitment to excellence, empowered people, and integrity.

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning Lead a highly cross functional team to deliver Sarepta’s long range strategic plan evaluating current and future portfolio opportunities as well as corporate capabilities.
Support R&D strategy to expand current indications and enter into new disease areas
Lead and coordinate strategic off-sites and pipeline annual reviews
Align budgets and financial planning to corporate strategy and priorities
Drive process and accountabilities for creation of key cross-functional deliverables and milestones
Modify strategic recommendations based on current status of programs and risk factors
Proactively identify gaps and areas of opportunity and work cross functionally to fill gaps
Create and utilize modeling methodologies that will interrogate the portfolio and R&D resources to support internal platforms/programs and external investment opportunities
Work with finance to incorporate long-range financial plan, including investment requirements
Develop and maintain outside competitive landscape tracking major milestones, newsfeeds and insights from competitors
Provide risk assessment on timing of data and readouts to support investment decision making
Develop and maintain a portfolio prioritization and Probability of Success methodology.
Manage the cross functional team accountable for generation of the prioritization and overall view on the Sarepta Portfolio ultimately obtaining approval by the RDC and Executive Committee
Internal Consulting Beyond strategy management responsibilities, the individual will also lead key corporate initiatives as deemed critical by the Executive Committee. These projects vary heavily by type, duration and scope.
Projects will be sponsored by an Executive Committee member
These projects offset the need for costly external consultants and maintain knowledge within Sarepta