Director, New Product Planning (NPP)

Alkermes

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position offers a candidate the opportunity to significantly contribute to the long-term commercial success of the portfolio. This position is responsible for providing commercially oriented guidance to early stage product opportunities through deep understanding of markets and ability to influence in matrixed organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; advanced science degree preferred
8 to 10+ years of pharmaceutical industry and/or consulting experience with extensive experience in commercially oriented roles, e.g. NPP, specialty pharmaceutical marketing strategy, market research.
Experience in neuroscience preferred
Extensive knowledge of new product development and planning/commercialization, including understanding of therapeutic markets from multiple customer perspectives (e.g., HCP, Payers, Patients) and different business perspectives (e.g., clinical, R&D, marketing)
Strong ability to work, influence, and gain consensus across multiple functions (e.g. research, clinical, regulatory, translational medicine)
Leadership presence and ability to interact effectively with multiple levels of the organization
Significant analytic skills, able to clearly interpret and distill scientific, clinical and commercial information
Understanding of key marketing and market research principles
Proficiency with secondary research and databases
Ability to effectively plan, prioritize, execute, follow up and anticipate challenges
Excellent organization, communication (written and oral) and facilitation skills
Self-motivated, builds trust easily and operates with integrity and ethics
Demonstrated learning agility
Strong history of delivering high quality, sustainable results using skills and capabilities

Responsibilities

Develop forward-looking strategies, market positioning and product profiles for pipeline products by synthesizing primary and secondary inputs that will inform the development and lifecycle plan
Co-lead (with development colleague) product teams through clinical development phases, working in conjunction with internal business partners (e.g. clinical, translational medicine, regulatory, research, commercial, CMC) to optimize the market value of asset
Drive completion of NPP and market research initiatives, working closely with market research colleagues and the project teams
Proactively monitor and generate insights from market developments and competitive landscape and incorporate insights across multiple perspectives (e.g. commercial, managed markets, clinical, and scientific)
Generate market assessments, TPPs, and early forecasts to prioritize commercial indications for products in key therapeutic areas