Sr. Director, Product Leadership

Responsibilities

• Lead the cross-functional team consisting of senior leaders in Commercial, CMC, Regulatory, Medical, and Clinical, responsible for setting and achieving product vision and strategy
• Incorporate the long-term vision to develop, optimize, and execute lifecycle management plans
• Drive the development and execution of the integrated cross-functional strategic and operational product plan and timelines
• Integrate cross-functional perspectives, ensuring technical rigor, emerging data, competition, and the evolving landscape in key markets are incorporated routinely to inform product direction
• Partner with functional leads and senior leadership to set product goals aligned with corporate goals
• Foster strong cross-functional team performance, empowering the team while driving alignment, accountability, prioritization, and timely decision making to deliver on product goals
• Proactively anticipate issues and ensure contingency plans are put in place; identify barriers and problem-solve to mitigate them; identify opportunities and how to capture them
• Establish clear product communications and deliver critical updates between teams and senior leaders, ensuring strategic alignment and awareness of changes to strategy or timelines
• Partner with corporate communications and the Executive Team to develop product communication strategies, positioning, and messaging
• Drive innovation and maximize long-term value creation by challenging the status quo

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience with 5+ years leading drug development programs/products or in life sciences consulting
• Bachelor's/Doctoral degree required, advanced degree preferred (MBA, PharmD, PhD, MD)
• Deep understanding of drug development & commercialization
• Cell and gene therapy, rare disease, and hemoglobinopathy experience strongly preferred
• Full and consistent demonstration of strong communication skills across all levels and functions – able to succinctly summarize complex issues (verbally and in writing) to move team forward
• An authentic leader who builds and maintains strong relationships and trust, with exceptional ability to influence key stakeholders at all levels in a matrix environment
• Ability to inspire, empower and motivate teams without direct authority to cultivate high performance by creating an environment that invites diverse perspectives, continual improvement, and opportunistic thinking
• A strong collaborator who communicates in an open, direct, and timely manner
• Flexibility and the ability to nimbly adapt to changing conditions
• Motivated by patient focus and personal commitment to high performance and results
• Possesses high integrity and exceptional work ethic
• Strong experience with program management best practices
• Advanced PowerPoint efficiency