Corporate Strategy Lead

7 days ago


Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Biogen Full time
About This Role

The Strategic Growth Director, Corporate Strategy & New Businesses Integration plays a crucial role in defining, prioritizing, evaluating, and pursuing strategic growth and value-creating opportunities for Biogen. This position exposes the individual to cross-functional colleagues across the organization and requires strong collaboration and partnership in the assessment of both internal and external investment opportunities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and support strategic fit and commercial assessments, including scenario analyses, to inform investment cases for prioritized growth opportunities.
  • Conduct market and competitive landscape research and analysis to understand customer unmet needs and product positioning opportunities for new therapies, and translate into actionable business insights.
  • Actively identify, track, and assess external growth opportunities in collaboration with Search & Evaluation, Business Development, and other cross-functional partners.
  • Influence and drive alignment with key cross-functional stakeholders across the value chain (i.e., R&D, PO&T, Medical, Value & Access, etc.) to bring sound business cases and investment recommendations forward to senior management.
  • Support corporate strategic planning and portfolio optimization process by providing required input and assessments, and developing content and presentations for senior management and Executive Committee.
Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated team-player with demonstrated ability to excel in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. They are intellectually curious and results-driven with a passion for winning. They operate with a focus on balancing robustness with efficiency and with appropriate autonomy and resourcefulness.

  • 10-12 years' experience in Life Sciences strategy, commercial, and/or business roles required; Advanced degree may be substituted for experience, as appropriate.
  • Bachelor's degree (minimum); MBA or science-related graduate degree preferred.
  • Track-record of strong strategic and analytical thinking and problem-solving orientation required; High attention to detail and customer-centric mindset.
  • Ability to quickly learn the fundamentals of a new disease area, market dynamics, industry trends, opportunities, and risks through efficient resource utilization.
  • Solid understanding of science and technology, and industry- and market-specific dynamics (E.g., Drug development, Regulatory environment, Access & reimbursement, etc.).
  • Experience in market landscape and asset opportunity assessments including market sizing, value proposition, and product profile development, and competitive positioning analyses.
  • Experience in market sizing and asset- and indication-specific scenario forecasting, including revenue potential and commercialization OPEX requirements; Strong technical proficiency in Microsoft Excel-based modeling.
  • Ability to analyze multi-faceted issues and translate insights into action; Ability to execute on multiple work streams in parallel and manage through ambiguity and complexity.
  • Experience operating in a matrixed organization with demonstrated track record in informing, shaping, and influencing strategic priorities and investment decisions.
  • Strong written and verbal executive communication skills, including demonstrated comfort in providing recommendations even when there is uncertainty or in-depth knowledge.
  • Forward thinker and willing to respectfully challenge the status quo.
  • Track-record of strong individual contributor experience in a matrixed organization.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Adjacent functional experience in Marketing, Market Research, Decision Analytics, Forecasting, Business Development, Finance, and Market Access, etc. is strongly considered.
About 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.

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.

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.



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