Director, Commercial Strategy Development

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and support the development of enterprise critical commercial initiatives.
• Identifying opportunities, creating evaluations, and recommendations, in collaboration with commercial executive leaders.
• Partner in the implementation of critical commercial priorities that require substantial cross-divisional collaboration, strategic thought-partnership, and negotiation to deliver the best solution and impact for the business.
• Use existing or develop novel strategic frameworks to lay out potential options, evaluate implications and conduct ‘what you need to believe’ or similar analytical analyses to drive to a final recommendation.
• Bring outside-in perspectives, contributing new ideas and priorities to commercial leadership, leveraging experience and depth of understanding of evolving industry trends.
• Collaborate with commercial leader on prioritized therapeutic area needs and launch excellence providing strategic thought-partnership.
• Manage directly and indirectly internal and external associates dedicated to our programs.
• Create thriving and psychologically safe engagements, leading without authority to provide new and novel strategic perspectives.

Position Qualifications

• Education and Industry Experience Requirement: Bachelor's degree or equivalent required, Master in Business Administration or PhD preferred. Minimum of 4+ years of strategy management consulting experience from a top-tier firm (e.g., BCG, McKinsey, Bain). Minimum of 5+ years of biopharmaceutical experience across diverse roles of increasing responsibility, including commercial experience in US/Global marketing and asset launches required.
• Required Skills: Use existing or develop novel strategic frameworks to lay out potential options, evaluate implications and conduct ‘what you need to believe’ or similar analytical analyses to drive to a final recommendation. High business acumen distilling complex commercial problems, create structured framing, assessments, and actionable recommendations in collaboration with commercial colleagues. Analytical expertise and external landscape knowledge to build data-driven insights to inform recommendations. Strong ability to influence decision-making in a highly matrixed organization, demonstrating empathy, collaboration, and high Emotional Intelligence. Demonstrated ability to thrive in ambiguity, excelling in bringing cross-functional colleagues together leading high-priority initiatives. Ability to prioritize time and problem solve to focus on most impactful initiatives. Strong communicator with excellent verbal and written skills; ability to communicate effectively with senior management and across all levels of the business. Driven, curious, and collaborative professional with a growth mindset, strong organizational skills, and a willingness to learn.

Preferred Skills

• Business Development.
• Commercial Awareness.
• Industry Knowledge.
• Innovation.
• Portfolio Strategies.
• Strategic Consulting.
• Strategy Execution.