About This Role
At Biogen, we believe commercial innovation is critical to our patient-focused mission to caring deeply and changing lives. As the US healthcare landscape continues to evolve, the traditional pharma / biotech focused approach to bringing therapies to patients is no longer optimal. Increasingly, transformational break-through therapies will require innovative growth solutions focused on both internal strategic initiative optimization and new, unique external innovations (e.g., AI tools, patient identification processes, etc.). The role involves driving strategic initiatives and fostering a culture of innovation for the Biogen North America commercial organization. This role will focus on innovating and modernizing internal operations and processes for Biogen North America via creative experimentation with new pilots and by introducing new external tools, best practices and technologies.
The Director, Innovative Growth will be a key contributor to a team responsible for executing high impact innovation and enterprise modernization initiatives to drive growth across the North American commercial organization. This leader has shown the ability to lead and execute within complex healthcare organizations, possesses a deep understanding of the broad US healthcare landscape and an ability to connect emerging healthcare trends back to business needs. This leader will work collaboratively and cross-functionally to define problem statements that can be addressed by new tools, technologies, and processes. This role reports to the Senior Director, Head of Innovative Growth and will be responsible for the execution of innovative growth projects as well as continued management of strategic relationships.
What You’ll Do
Support Biogen North America’s Enterprise Modernization program, working cross-functionally to continuously drive new initiatives to modernize and rethink existing ways of working and internal operations and processes
Source and bring in novel, external solutions-providers, vendors, experts, and best practices to drive growth within our businesses
Develop business cases and investment proposals for innovation initiatives
Drive cross-functional alignment, coordination, and communication to ensure the successful execution and delivery of innovation initiatives
Source and communicate external insights, research, and points of view on innovation
Support the annual “Innovation Pitch” event to showcase external start-ups, vendors, and solutions providers that address key challenges and needs for our business areas
Arrange events/discussions/panels for leaders and colleagues, featuring key innovation topics and external speakers and experts
Required Skills
Bachelor's Degree in healthcare related field or equivalent
Minimum 10 years' experience in a healthcare or related industry, preferably in healthcare strategy, consulting, and innovation
Experience and deep understanding of healthcare ecosystems, with a specialization in biopharma
Deep experience across healthcare commercial disciplines (e.g. management consulting, marketing, market access, strategy, business development)
Strategic thinker: understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures, as well as how and when to influence for change
Ability to drive and lead through change and ambiguity
Proven ability to project manage complex and innovative programs cross-functionally and with external partners
Ability to clearly and succinctly convey ideas to key internal organizational stakeholders
Ability to lead within the matrix. Knows how to establish and maintain momentum both through formal channels and the informal network
Ability to work independently in executing against multiple strategic projects simultaneously under tight and rapidly evolving timelines
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- 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
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
Top Skills
What We Do
Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies worldwide for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases.
Founded in 1978, Biogen is a pioneer in biotechnology and today the Company has the leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first and only approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is at the forefront of neurology research for conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biogen also manufactures and commercializes biosimilars of advanced biologics.
With approximately 7000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries.
For more information, please visit www.biogen.com. Follow us on social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube.
