Franchise Program Director, Immunology
About The Position
About This Role The Franchise Program Director, Immunology is a hands-on leader with accountability for driving cross-functional franchise-level strategic initiatives and managing franchise operations against robust metrics. This role partners closely with the Head of the Immunology Franchise and the cross-functional franchise leadership team (Head of Immunology Research, Head of Immunology Development, Head of Immunology Global Medical, Corporate Strategy) to define the disease area strategic plan and execute above-brand strategic initiatives in service of the franchise portfolio. This role requires a talented individual that effectively navigates cross-functional collaborations, can manage a complex set of stakeholders, communicates crisply, and enables efficient operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred
- 12+ years of drug development and/or commercialization experience in strategy & operations, portfolio management or consultancy
- Experience with global product launches and leading cross-functional teams/deliverables
- Exceptional business acumen demonstrated via a track record of leading successful cross-functional initiatives and delivering compelling executive presentations/communications
- Outstanding relationship building and communication skills, including the ability to navigate across the organization
- Travel up to 20%
Nice To Haves
- Experience with process improvement (i.e. Lean Six Sigma experience) with tangible and measurable business impact preferred
- Experience in immunology preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead above-brand cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives including but not limited to immunology or lupus disease area strategic plans, pre-launch organizational readiness including regional/local engagement, immunology/lupus communication strategy, immunology lupus health equity strategy, definition/prioritization of AI initiatives, etc.
- Engage cross-functional partners as necessary to drive collaboration and issue resolution on key deliverables or in preparation for critical decision-making at corporate governance
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the Immunology Franchise, engaging with the cross-functional franchise leadership team on above-brand initiatives and with the Product Development and Commercialization Team Leads and Program Directors where required
- Serve as the process owner for key franchise operational elements including franchise goal setting and tracking, pre-launch dashboards and quarterly Biogen Extended Leadership Team updates, and Franchise Annual Operating Plan (budgeting) process and ongoing budget tracking in partnership with finance
- Assist the Head of the Immunology Franchise with materials creation for key internal and external engagements including corporate governance, internal presentations, board and investor relations material preparation
- Partner with the Head of the Immunology Franchise to foster a strong culture and high performing team within the Franchise, including after action reviews, team health assessments, team building and development opportunities
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
