Senior Director, New Product Planning

The role

The Senior Director, New Product Planning provides strategic leadership across new product planning, pipeline commercialization strategy, and long-range growth opportunities. This person will partner with cross-functional teams to assess market opportunities and define product strategies from early development through lifecycle management.

What you will do

• Lead Commercial new product planning strategy for Amylyx pipeline assets and support lifecycle management planning.
• Lead insight generation and market analysis including landscape assessments and competitive intelligence.
• Develop commercial strategy recommendations for development plans and investment decisions.
• Serve as an active member of program teams for programs in Ph 1 and 2.
• Partner with Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, and Market Access to integrate commercial perspectives.
• Define priority markets, customer segments, and patient populations.
• Collaborate to support potential Business Development for external opportunity assessments.
• Build new product planning capabilities, processes, and ways of working.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Life Sciences, or a related field
• Minimum of 15 years of progressive pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare marketing experience
• Demonstrated success in brand management and commercial launch strategy
• Demonstrated brand leadership resulting in successful product launches in biotechnology or specialty pharmaceuticals
• Demonstrated success developing integrated healthcare provider, patient, caregiver, and disease awareness marketing strategies
• Experience managing significant commercial budgets and external agency partnerships
• Experience leading and working cross-functional commercial teams
• Experience influencing executive leadership on enterprise-wide strategic decisions
• Demonstrated contributions as a member of program and lifecycle teams, integrated evidence generation planning group, pricing committees, and other strategic cross-functional bodies
• Exceptional strategic thinking, analytical, leadership, problem-solving, executive communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
• Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing teams

Nice to have

• Advanced degree such as an MBA, MPH, or equivalent
• Rare disease, endocrinology, metabolic disease, neurology, or specialty pharmaceutical experience
• Experience in a growing biotechnology organization, strategic consulting environment, or cross-functional portfolio planning role

Benefits

• Competitive base pay
• Annual performance-based bonuses
• Equity awards
• Comprehensive benefits package

Before you apply

• Unable to hire employees who reside and/or work in Alaska and Hawaii
• Must have access to work in setting which enables meeting all requirements of the role

About the company

Amylyx is a clinical-stage company focused on post-bariatric hypoglycemia (PBH), Wolfram syndrome, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The company has a mission to usher in a new era for treating diseases with high unmet needs.