Senior Director, Head of New Product Strategy and Commercialization

The Importance of the Role

Job Title: Head of New Product Strategy and Commercialization
Department: Commercial Operations
Reports to: VP, Commercial Operations
Location: Cambridge, MA

Primary Responsibilities

• Own the asset strategic roadmap and long-term vision, ensuring commercial perspective is embedded in enterprise decision-making
• Be accountable for delivery of the asset objectives against corporate goals, including key strategic recommendations, trade-off decisions, and execution milestones
• Drive asset-level cross-functional decision-making by integrating functional input, resolving ambiguity, and escalating critical issues when needed
• Identify, assess, and elevate asset-level risks and opportunities, with clear ownership of mitigation strategies and decision follow-through
• Lead the development of target product profiles for pipeline assets, based on thorough understanding of market dynamics and potential future trends
• Partner with Market Access, Medical, and HEOR to build evidence and value strategies that support payer engagement and access for commercialization
• Lead commercial assessments of potential therapeutic targets and programs

Desired Education And Skills

• Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years or MBA with 13+ years of experience in biotech/pharma strategic roles with a track record demonstrating accountability, sense of urgency and cross functional leadership
• Strong commercial acumen with significant experience in commercial strategy, brand marketing, brand strategy, and product management is required; global product launch experience in rare disease is preferred
• Extensive understanding of drug development and proven track record of using deep customer and market insight to deliver informed recommendations to R&D decisions that ensure attainment of commercial objectives
• Excellent organizational skills, sufficient to multi-task in an extremely fast-paced environment with changing priorities
• Strong leadership abilities to influence and lead across a matrix environment, drive timely cross-functional decisions, and be accountable for asset-level recommendations and outcomes
• Experience in high science, competitive markets required
• Experience supporting business development through commercial opportunity assessment and due diligence, including evaluation of external assets, markets, and strategic fit

What Now?

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Pay

The targeted salary range for this position is $222,400 - $278,000 per year.

Schedule

This position is hybrid, you will be expected to work on site at one of Sarepta’s facilities in the United States and/or attend Company-sponsored in-person events from time to time.