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Associate Director, Launch Excellence, US Lupus
Biogen
Cambridge, USA
Full-time
Director · 8+ years experience
Hybrid
Discovered 1 weeks ago
Role Overview
Biogen is advancing an innovative pipeline in autoimmune diseases, with Lupus representing a significant near-term opportunity to bring meaningful new treatments to patients.
We are seeking an Associate Director, US Launch Excellence, Lupus to lead integrated launch readiness and execution for the US market.
This role will sit at the center of a cross-functional effort to deliver a coordinated, insight-driven, and market-informed launch working across Marketing, Medical, Market Access, Insights and Analytics, Commercial Operations, IT, HR, etc.
As a program leader, you will drive governance, planning discipline, and execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring all elements of the US launch are aligned, risk-mitigated, and responsive to real-time insights.
You will be responsible for connecting the US commercial team to complex launch efforts while tailoring launch planning for the unique scale and complexity of the US market.
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Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience with significant launch planning, launch readiness, or launch program management experience.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional launch planning efforts for at least one major product launch.
- Deep understanding of launch governance, launch readiness processes, milestone planning, and cross-functional execution.
- Proven ability to manage complex, multi-workstream programs with numerous stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Strong project management, risk management, and dependency management capabilities.
- Exceptional organizational, facilitation, and follow-through skills.
- Ability to influence without authority and drive accountability across matrixed teams.
- Experience developing and managing launch planning tools, dashboards, and reporting systems.
- Thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments with a high degree of ambiguity.
- Job Level: Management
- Additional Information
- The base compensation range for this role is: $164,000.00-$225,500.00
- 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 Biogen.
- 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.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience with significant launch planning, launch readiness, or launch program management experience.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional launch planning efforts for at least one major product launch.
- Deep understanding of launch governance, launch readiness processes, milestone planning, and cross-functional execution.
- Proven ability to manage complex, multi-workstream programs with numerous stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Strong project management, risk management, and dependency management capabilities.
- Exceptional organizational, facilitation, and follow-through skills.
- Ability to influence without authority and drive accountability across matrixed teams.
- Experience developing and managing launch planning tools, dashboards, and reporting systems.
- Thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments with a high degree of ambiguity.
- Job Level: Management
- Additional Information
- The base compensation range for this role is: $164,000.00-$225,500.00
- 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.
- 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 Biogen.
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the integrated U.S. lupus launch plan, ensuring alignment across all functional workstreams.
- Lead the U.S. Launch Operations Team and coordinate weekly, monthly, and milestone-based launch governance meetings.
- Drive accountability for launch deliverables, milestones, and readiness activities across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Patient Services, Insights & Analytics, Operations, IT, HR, and other enabling functions.
- Monitor progress against the launch plan, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and critical path activities.
- Facilitate issue resolution and escalation of launch-critical decisions to appropriate governance forums.
- Maintain launch readiness dashboards, action trackers, risk registers, and decision logs.
- Ensure cross-functional teams are prepared for key launch milestones and readiness reviews.
- Partner closely with Global and U.S. teams to coordinate timelines, transition points, and interdependencies.
- Continuously improve launch governance, planning processes, reporting tools, and operating cadence.
- Collaborate with launch planning counterparts across Biogen North America to share best practices and maintain consistency in launch planning approaches.
- Develop launch updates, readiness assessments, and strategic recommendations, ensuring key decisions, risks, and opportunities are proactively communicated to leadership
About Biogen
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech5,001-10,000Founded 1978
Biogen is a leading biotechnology company that pioneers innovative science to deliver new medicines to transform patients’ lives and to create value for shareholders and our communities. We apply deep understanding of human biology and leverage different modalities to advance first-in-class treatments or therapies that deliver superior outcomes. Our approach is to take bold risks, balanced with return on investment to deliver long-term growth.
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