Director, US BD&L and Commercial Mergers & Integrations
About The Position
The Director, US BD&L will work under the leadership of the ED US BD&L and Commercial Mergers & Integrations to partner with an extended team of US cross-functional experts providing strategic support across therapeutic areas, with a preference for candidates who bring relevant expertise through scientific, clinical, pipeline, commercial, or BD&L experience. This individual will help ensure strong US perspective and alignment across asset assessments, opportunity prioritization, and cross-functional input, while supporting effective partnership with the global team in Strategy and growth (BD&L) as well as the M&A group. The Director, US BD&L will offer strategic support in an agile way, depending on the priorities. This leader is expected to demonstrate accountability and responsibility for broader enterprise leadership in her/his decisions and engagement across the US Pharma organization and the Global Pharma Organization. This leader has a passion for transformational enterprise leadership, decisive strategy in service of delivering higher impact for patients, customers, healthcare systems with higher quality, speed and agility.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- 8+ years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience, such as commercial strategy, BD&L, pipeline strategy, insights and analytics, modeling, finance, access, or related functions.
- Strong understanding of the commercialization process, pipeline assessment, coverage and reimbursement considerations, and cross-functional decision-making.
Nice To Haves
- MBA, scientific, clinical, or health policy degree preferred.
- Cardiovascular/Cardiology expertise preferred, ideally through scientific, clinical, pipeline, commercial, or BD&L experience.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate clear and timely US input across TA pipeline leads and relevant line functions to support high-quality BD&L assessments and recommendations.
- In close collaboration with the data and insights team, integration of insights and recommendation for all sources of external data, including analysts’ reports, enterprise level competitive intelligence
- Serve as an effective bridge between US stakeholders, Strategy & Growth, TASH, and Global teams to ensure aligned, actionable, and well-integrated US perspectives.
- Lead cross-TA coverage, with a preferred core focus and deeper expertise in Cardiovascular/Cardiology and related pipeline areas, while remaining flexible and able to integrate knowledge across other therapeutic areas, including Neuroscience, Oncology, and Im-munology, as US BD&L priorities, bandwidth, and business needs evolve.
- Support merger, acquisition, and integration preparedness by contributing to coordinated US BD&L input, while demonstrating the agility, operational discipline, and people-management skills needed to pivot and support integration work during an acquisition or other priority enterprise initiatives.
Benefits
- health, life and disability benefits
- a 401(k) with company contribution and match
- a variety of other benefits
- a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
