Director, New Product Planning
About Servier Pharmaceuticals:
We're an organization, committed to modeling diversity, equity, and inclusion for the entire industry, and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all. We are interested in growing our team with passionate, committed, and innovative individuals. We encourage all to apply to our open roles and are always willing to consider skills and experiences outside of what is listed in the job description.
SUMMARY OF ROLE:
Servier Pharmaceuticals is a patient-centric pharmaceutical company focused in oncology and based in Boston, MA. It is part of the broader, global, and independent Servier Group headquartered in France whose medicines are used to treat 100M patients every day across 150 countries. Servier has a profound commitment to science and patients with a strong pipeline of potential therapies in oncology, cardio-metabolism, immuno-inflammation and neurology. Its unique mode of governance by a non-profit foundation guarantees its independence, its ability to have a long-term vision, and to invest exclusively for the therapeutic progress to serve patient needs.
The New Product Planning Director reports to the Chief Business Officer in the US. This position offers a candidate the opportunity to significantly contribute to the overall pipeline strategy and is responsible for providing assessments and creating new project development plans.
Specific Responsibilities:
New Product Planning
- Lead new product planning projects pre-commercialization - projects may range from preclinical to Phase 3
- Be the voice of US NPP in product core or subteams
- Lead or shape pipeline strategy in the strategic plans such as annual US business plan or 5 year strategic plan
- Lead or contribute to the development of forward-looking strategies, market positioning and product profiles for pipeline products by synthesizing primary and secondary inputs that will inform the clinical and commercial development and lifecycle plan of products / assets
- Serve as a partner and trusted advisor to functions to support and inform business decisions as they relate to US assessments and communicate learnings to Leadership Team as needed
- Create or support the commercialization plan for potential new assets
- Proactively monitor, evaluate, and communicate market developments (both scientific and commercial) and changes in competitive landscape for key therapeutic areas/markets
- Collaborate with functional area experts to develop standardized best practices for all NPP forecasts & valuation assessments and lead stakeholders effectively
- Provide strategic commercial insight (e.g. unmet needs, customer segmentation and insights, target profile, market potential, competitive landscape and risks) to global Strategic Valuation Team (GMPA) in early stage development to optimize the market value of the asset
- In support of business development activities, may support commercial due diligence process for all external in-line and pipeline opportunities for all phases
Skills and Education:
- Bachelor of Science or Arts or equivalent experience. MBA and/or Professional Advanced Degree (MD, PhD, PharmD MA, etc.) or equivalent experience is a plus
- 10+ years of relevant work experience, including marketing strategy and launch experience - 5 of which in new product planning (e.g. marketing, market research, new products planning).
- Comprehensive understanding of oncology or rare disease markets and stakeholder perspectives with a proven ability to quickly gain in-depth understanding of various disease states preferred
- History of delivering high quality, sustainable results by applying skills and capabilities
- Strong drive for success along with strong problem solving, analytical (i.e. Excel, modelling), and strategic thinking skills
- Ease with secondary resources and data.
- Experience in developing interpersonal relationships, influencing, and gaining consensus across multiple functions
- Excellent oral, written (i.e. PowerPoint, Word), presentation, and facilitation skills
- Proven ability to collaborate and work cross-functionally to drive business results and seek creative solutions in a heavily matrixed, fast-paced environment
- Ability to effectively plan, prioritize, execute, follow up, anticipate challenges, and manage multiple competing priorities
- Ability to operate as part of a global company with integrity and ethics
- Familiarity with secondary research and databases with demonstrated learning agility preferred
- Ability to clearly interpret and distill scientific, clinical, and commercial information preferred
- Strong understanding of US payer market dynamics, managed care organizations, and pricing and reimbursement considerations preferred
- Cross-functional knowledge of the drug development process and launch success factors and/or prior experience working in or with development teams preferred
Other Relevant Information:
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time; both domestically and internationally