Senior Director, US New Product Planning (ADPKD Lead)

About the Role

We are seeking a strategic, commercially minded, and pragmatic leader to shape the future of our pipeline and build the foundation for successful US launches within an expanding and highly visible Business Unit. This high-impact leadership role thrives at the intersection of asset strategy, US market planning, launch readiness, and Business Unit build-out. Ideal candidates will have experience in both US business and global teams, understanding what it takes to succeed in the US market across functions.

The individual will represent the US perspective for early pipeline assets, including those approximately 3-4 years from launch, ensuring strategic decisions translate into successful launches. This role offers the opportunity to help build and expand a new Business Unit, defining the commercial foundation, capability needs, operating model, resourcing approach, and organizational priorities.

Responsibilities

• Represent the US commercial perspective on global asset teams for early pipeline assets, especially those approximately 4 years from launch.
• Lead development of US commercial strategy in partnership with global commercial, medical, market access, HEOR, analytics, operations, and finance.
• Translate asset strategy into a clear US launch blueprint, including:
  • Market development priorities
  • Launch scenarios and key assumptions
  • Capability requirements
  • Organization design implications
  • Field force and non-personal promotion considerations
  • Budget and investment needs
• Identify and frame key strategic choices related to:
  • Positioning
  • Patient finding and market development
  • Access and reimbursement readiness
  • Evidence generation priorities
  • Customer engagement model
  • Patient services and support strategy
• Develop milestone-based and scenario-based plans that prepare the organization for launch well before traditional pre-launch planning begins.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to define the capabilities, talent, processes, and infrastructure needed for launch success.
• Help shape the Business Unit growth strategy by defining what is needed to successfully absorb and commercialize new assets within an expanding BU.
• Provide strategic input on US commercialization models, including implications for specialty and institution-based markets.
• Support governance and executive decision-making with clear recommendations, tradeoffs, and risk assessments.
• Ensure a smooth transition from early planning into launch readiness and in-market execution.
• Help define the strategic and organizational foundations of a growing, high-profile Business Unit.

Requirements

• Significant experience in biotech or pharmaceutical commercial strategy, new product planning, marketing, launch strategy, or related roles.
• Meaningful experience in both:
  • US commercial/business roles
  • Global or enterprise asset/team roles
• Demonstrated success in new product planning, pre-launch strategy, or launch planning.
• Deep experience in hematology and/or rare disease.
• Strong understanding of US commercialization in complex specialty markets, including access, site-of-care, and reimbursement considerations.
• Proven ability to help build or scale commercial infrastructure for new assets entering an expanding Business Unit.
• Experience building or shaping resourcing plans, operating models, and capability roadmaps.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead through a matrixed environment.
• Strong track record of cross-functional collaboration across commercial, medical, market access, analytics, operations, finance, and patient services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in US commercial planning, brand leadership, or business leadership.
• Experience serving on a global asset team or in a global commercial strategy role.
• Experience in hematology, specialty markets, and complex launch environments.
• Experience supporting assets from development through launch readiness.
• Experience helping establish or expand a new or emerging Business Unit, franchise, or therapeutic area organization.

Skills

• Enterprise thinking — sees beyond function and understands the full set of enablers required for US launch success.
• US market insight — understands customer, access, evidence, reimbursement, and operational realities in the US.
• Cross-functional integration — connects perspectives across teams to create practical, aligned plans.
• Launch planning excellence — translates strategic choices into launch milestones, readiness plans, and execution requirements.
• Organizational and capability planning — defines what talent, structure, and capabilities will be needed over time.
• Business Unit building — understands how to establish the strategic, organizational, and operational foundations needed to bring new assets into an expanding BU.
• Executive communication — distills complexity into clear, compelling recommendations.
• Pragmatic decision-making — operates effectively under uncertainty and turns ambiguity into action.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Influence some of the most important decisions in the pipeline before launch planning is fully formed.
• Shape the future of the US business and influence asset strategy at an early stage.
• Work across US and global leadership to define how the organization prepares for future launches.
• Help build and scale an expanding, highly visible Business Unit.
• Bring both strategic rigor and practical judgment to high-impact decisions.
• Play a central role in how new assets are introduced into a strategically important growth area for the company.

Success in This Role

• The US perspective is incorporated early and meaningfully into asset strategy.
• Strategic choices are translated into actionable US launch and capability plans.
• Leadership has clear visibility into risks, tradeoffs, and investment needs.
• The organization is better prepared for launch—earlier, more thoughtfully, and with greater alignment.
• Cross-functional teams are aligned around a practical path to US success.
• New assets are positioned to enter an expanding and highly visible Business Unit with the right strategic foundation, capabilities, and operating model in place.

Pay

Pay Range: $228,000 - $342,000. This role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements. Actual base salary pay will be based on skills, competencies, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Benefits

• Inclusive market-leading benefits to support employees in their career, financial, family, and wellbeing journey.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Generous paid time off, including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and Winter.
• Educational assistance programs, including student loan repayment.
• Generous commuting subsidy.
• Matching charitable donations.
• 401(k) retirement plan.

Schedule

This is a Hybrid-Eligible role. You can choose to be designated as:

• Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or
• On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.