Strategic Growth Director

3 weeks ago

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

The Associate Director, Corporate Strategy & New Businesses Integration contributes to defining, prioritizing, evaluating, and pursuing strategic growth and value creating opportunities for Biogen. This role 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. You will help shape multi-faceted disease area strategies including exploration into new areas for growth. You will support and lead market landscape and asset-specific evaluations with an emphasis on objectivity. You will contribute to business case development to inform investment recommendations to senior decision makers. You will operate with entrepreneurial spirit and urgency to positively influence Biogen's ability to deliver new medicines to individuals across the globe afflicted by some of the most complex and challenging diseases.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support strategic fit and commercial assessments, including scenario analyses, to inform investment case 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

You are a self-motivated team-player with demonstrated ability to excel in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You are intellectually curious and results-driven with a passion for winning. You operate with a focus on balancing robustness with efficiency and with appropriate autonomy and resourcefulness. You are comfortable working across several workstreams running in parallel and a practitioner of active prioritization. You excel in communication and building trust and credibility at all levels of the organization. You act with unparalleled ethics and integrity consistent with company values.

Requirements

• 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

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.

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates. 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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