Senior Director, Commercial Strategy

Compass Pathways

2d•$240,000 - $275,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Commercial Strategy leads integrated launch planning for COMP360 in TRD, coordinating cross-functional activities across Commercial and key partner functions to ensure launch readiness. This role drives governance, execution, and visibility across milestones, risks, and dependencies to support a compliant and effective launch. This role is also future-focused, identifying opportunities for additional indications, studies, and growth for COMP360 and the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, Project Management, or a related field
Significant experience in pharmaceutical or biotech commercial launch, program management, or strategic operations roles, including experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
Demonstrated success driving launch readiness or large-scale business-critical programs in regulated environments
Strong project and program management capability, including experience with integrated planning, governance, risk management, and executive communication
Able to influence across a matrixed organization and build alignment without direct authority
Strong judgment, structured thinking, and the ability to translate ambiguity into clear plans, priorities, and actions
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders and cross-functional teams
Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, growth-stage environment with evolving priorities and high visibility
Mission-aligned and motivated by the opportunity to help transform mental health care, while reflecting Compass values of Compassion, Boldness, Inclusion, and Rigour

Nice To Haves

advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

Act as a “Chief of Staff” for Commercial Strategy
Own the integrated launch plan for COMP360 in TRD, including critical path milestones, interdependencies, deliverables, assumptions, and key decision points
Lead cross-functional launch governance, establishing operating rhythms, meeting cadences, status reporting, and escalation pathways that support effective execution
Partner across Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Quality, IT, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure launch activities are aligned, sequenced, and progressing against plan
Identify program risks, gaps, and bottlenecks early, and drive mitigation plans with appropriate owners to maintain readiness timelines
Build and maintain launch readiness frameworks, dashboards, and trackers that provide clear visibility to leadership on progress, risks, and resource needs
Coordinate the development of core launch enablers, including field readiness plans, systems readiness, process documentation, training coordination, and compliance-related activities
Support executive-level decision making by synthesizing complex cross-functional inputs into concise recommendations, trade-offs, and action plans
Ensure strong collaboration with commercial operations and technology partners to align systems, reporting, analytics, and tools required for launch execution
Manage external vendors and launch-related partners where applicable, ensuring timely delivery, clear accountability, and effective issue resolution
Contribute to post-launch planning, transition readiness, and lessons-learned processes to support sustainable execution beyond initial launch milestones
Strategy as it relates to additional indications, P3B/4 studies, RWE, etc.
Future focused planning for future indications including PTSD
Identify and explore other future opportunities for the company