Job Description
It is an exciting time to join our company's Global CardioMetabolic & Respiratory Team, as we build an industry leading (CMR) business and aspire to impact cardiovascular disease on a global scale. We have made significant progress advancing our broad pipeline this year. Additionally, we expect eight approvals across our broad cardiometabolic portfolio in the next five years. The Cardiometabolic business is a top corporate priority and expected to be a key growth driver for our company.
The Executive Director (ED), Global Atherosclerosis, Health Care Consumer (HCC)/Patient Strategy Lead will lead the global consumer/patient Strategy and enterprise launch readiness of our company's next Cardiovascular (CV) blockbuster. Cardiovascular disease is the number one leading cause of mortality globally and despite a multitude of approved therapies, mortality rates have been increasing in recent years. Our ability to make a meaningful impact on this devastating cardiovascular disease will be influenced by the leadership of our team.
The HCC/Patient Strategy Executive Director will develop our global HCC/Patient launch strategy embracing Commercial Excellence Framework (Listen/Learn/Lead) (L3) commercial excellence and working closely with the global cross-divisional teams and the regional and country teams. This will include strengthening the scientific evidence and narrative, embedding advanced analytics into launch planning and contributing to the development of evolving commercial models in order to build value for patients, payers and Healthcare Providers (HCPs).
Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead a successful launch through L3 Commercial Way of Working. Responsible for evaluating and developing HCC/Patient strategy around considering geographic opportunities, managing external partnerships and innovative models where appropriate.
• Responsible for developing mid to long term strategies that maximize broad patient access and profitability, mitigating competitive threats to strategy and defining appropriate country readiness to achieve and execute.
• Drive forward digital and data analytics, consumer/patient and market insights to improve commercial excellence and support consistent execution at local country level. Collaborates with Global Digital CoE to develop end-to-end digital strategy (experience design, adv analytics, technologies, partnerships)
• Develop and deploy product positioning, clear differentiation strategies and brand promotion messaging.
• Ensure Global Commercial Team of Scientific and Medical Affairs, Pricing, Policy, Patient Advocacy and Stakeholder Management and Evidence Teams, Promotions, Market Access are in the development and execution of an integrated strategy.
• Collaborate with leaders in key markets and other key stakeholders to ensure a unified HCC/Patient strategy that optimizes product value.
• Build, maintain, and communicate launch plans and track the deliverables, milestones, risks and dependencies from the cross functional launch team. Anticipate bottlenecks, explore contingencies and provide escalation management throughout new product launch.
• Hold regular Launch Readiness Meetings with program stakeholders, executive management, and coordinate stakeholder support for these meetings. Own and execute the communication plans.
• Builds the best-in-class HCC/Patient marketing team to secure executional excellence and relentlessly support talent development.
• As a senior member of the global marketing team and cross functional leadership team, partner with Cardiometabolic Global Marketing Colleagues to invest in each other's development, build a culture of inclusivity, speak-up and stretch our collective team's thinking by challenging the status quo for the purpose of creating stronger outcomes.

Education:

• Required: Bachelor's Degree
• Preferred: Advanced Degree (MBA)

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience across marketing, sales, market access or related experiences in pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries and at least 5 years demonstrated in-line marketing experience required.
• Pharma Consumer-oriented Strategy/Launch Experience
• Talent Growth: Build, manage, develop diverse teams and create an inclusive culture
• Entrepreneurship: Understand key market dynamics and seize business opportunities. Proven track record of high-performance launches and driving business results.
• Strategic Planning: Proven ability to analyze complex data and create clear long-term customer centric strategies
• Change Catalyst: Challenging Status Quo, Leading change to achieve strategic priorities
• Innovation: Demonstrate ability to leverage innovation to drive novel solutions with measurable value to customers, create a culture to encourage experimentation.
• Influence: Ability to clearly articulate messages/information across the enterprise and to all levels, including highest levels of senior leadership.
• Networking and Partnerships: Strong collaboration skills, both within commercial teams and cross divisional teams including R&D and manufacturing, medical affairs, Outcomes Research and Access

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Recent launch experience in the US market
• Global Marketing Experience is preferred
• Primary Care Marketing Experience is preferred

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Expected salary range:
$243,500.00 - $383,300.00
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Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
Domestic
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
25%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
n/a
Requisition ID:R287748