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Reporting to the VP, Global Commercial Operations & Strategy, the Director leads operationalization of Ultragenyx's global commercial governance model, with primary focus on global pricing governance and commercial planning.
Scope:
- Global remit spanning North America, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC, covering in-line commercial products and pre-launch assets
- Accountable for enabling decision-making across pricing, forecasting, commercial analytics, portfolio prioritization, and distributor governance
- Operates across Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, Market Access, and Regional organizations to drive enterprise alignment
The role interfaces regularly with senior leadership through governance forums and executive materials, working in close partnership with function and Region teams.
The role sits within a small, collaborative team that values clarity, pragmatism, and constructive problem-solving. The successful candidate will bring a solid grounding in pricing or market access and the appetite to broaden across commercial, the operational rigor to institutionalize governance forums, and the strategic judgment to facilitate thoughtful, high-impact decisions—and will be someone others genuinely want to work with on complex problems.
Work Model:Flex: This role will typically require onsite work 2-3 days each week, or more depending on business needs. In many locations, the business will set certain days each week that Flex employees are required to be onsite.
Responsibilities:- Own the operational leadership of the Pricing Operations Group - agenda-setting, decision framing, team coordination, materials, and executive escalation - in support of pricing decisions owned by Market Access and Commercial partners.
- Build and steward the global pricing tracker and reporting infrastructure, leading collection, validation, and reporting of pricing information with Regional and Market Access teams under disciplined controls on data sensitivity and access.
- Steward pricing corridor frameworks, approval thresholds, and exception management processes, and drive continuous improvement of pricing governance as the portfolio and geographic footprint evolve.
- Lead the operational cadence of the forecast consensus process and own the forecast assumptions log and change-control process, ensuring a single, traceable, and reconciled view of demand.
- Partner with Commercial, Finance, and Supply teams to improve forecast transparency, reconciliation quality, and organizational alignment.
- Lead ongoing operation of the Global Commercial KPI governance framework, in partnership with Finance, including metric definitions, ownership, calculation logic, data sources, cadence, and reconciliation rules.
- Partner with functions and Region teams to develop executive dashboards and performance narratives that connect data to business implications and recommended actions.
- Support enterprise investment and prioritization decisions through structured analyses, business cases, and executive decision materials, and assess the commercial implications of strategic alternatives and resource-allocation trade-offs.
- Partner with Regional teams and the VP, Global Commercial Operations & Strategy to design and stand up the global distributor governance framework, codifying performance standards, oversight cadence, escalation paths and best practice sharing.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Life Sciences, or related discipline.
- 10+ years of experience within the biopharmaceutical industry.
- Direct experience in Market Access and/or Pricing (including Pricing Operations), with demonstrated exposure to pricing governance or global pricing decision-making.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex initiatives without direct authority in global, matrixed organizations.
- Strong analytical and financial acumen, including comfort with Power BI, Excel-based analytics, and executive reporting tools.
- Solution-oriented approach to ambiguous problems - with a demonstrated ability to move from problem identification to actionable path forward while maintaining constructive relationships
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills; ability to translate analysis into recommendations for senior leadership.
- Direct experience operating within global pricing governance frameworks (corridors, thresholds, exception management)
- Experience partnering with or working within Global Market Access, HEOR, or Pricing & Reimbursement functions, including launch pricing decisions for rare disease, specialty pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or gene therapy products
- Experience with commercial forecasting, business planning, performance management, product launch planning, and distributor-based commercial models
- Prior experience in management or strategy consulting with a life sciences focus (particularly in pricing, market access, or commercial excellence), combined with substantive biotech experience.
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The typical annual salary range for this full-time position is listed below. This range reflects the characteristics of the job, such as required skills and qualifications and is based on the office location noted in this job posting. The range may also be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location.
This position is eligible for annual bonus and equity incentives. Actual individual pay is determined by demonstrated experience and internal equity alignment.
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital and veteran status, and any other status or classification protected by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Reasonable accommodation will be provided for all protected statuses or classifications protected by applicable law, including individuals with disabilities, disabled veterans, for pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, and based on sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants can request an accommodation prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, you may contact Talent Acquisition by emailing us at [email protected].
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Life Sciences, or related discipline
- 10+ years of experience within the biopharmaceutical industry
- Direct experience in Market Access and/or Pricing, including Pricing Operations
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex initiatives without direct authority in global, matrixed organizations
- Strong analytical and financial acumen, including comfort with Power BI, Excel-based analytics, and executive reporting tools
- Solution-oriented approach to ambiguous problems and ability to move from problem identification to actionable plans
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills; translate analysis into recommendations for senior leadership
- Direct experience operating within global pricing governance frameworks (corridors, thresholds, exception management)
- Experience partnering with or working within Global Market Access, HEOR, or Pricing & Reimbursement functions, including launch pricing decisions for rare disease or specialty products
- Experience with commercial forecasting, business planning, performance management, product launch planning, and distributor-based commercial models
- Prior experience in management or strategy consulting with a life sciences focus (pricing, market access, or commercial excellence) combined with substantive biotech experience
Ultragenyx Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ultragenyx and has not been reviewed or approved by Ultragenyx.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits begin on the first day with multiple medical plan options alongside dental and vision coverage. Employer-funded HSA contributions and employer-paid mental health support via Spring Health add notable depth to healthcare support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is broadened by two fully paid company shutdown weeks in August and December in addition to holidays and baseline vacation. Paid sick time, paid volunteer time, and a substantial paid leave program further expand time-off support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) program with a match on employee contributions and immediate vesting. An employee stock purchase plan discount also strengthens the overall financial rewards package.
Ultragenyx Insights
What We Do
At Ultragenyx, we fundamentally believe that taking real impactful action to care for the needs of patients and our people is always the right thing to do. To achieve this goal, our vision is to lead the future of rare disease medicine. For us, this means going where other biopharma companies won’t go – challenging the status quo and creating a new model that advances our field so more patients and caregivers can benefit from life-changing treatments. We do this by following the science, applying a novel rapid development approach, making innovative medicines at fair and reasonable prices, and creating a collaborative ecosystem to reach patients in ways that are most meaningful for them.
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