The Team Lead/Senior Director Pipeline Development & Launch position reports to the Global Sterile Injectables (SI) Pipeline Development Lead within Pfizer Essential Health. Pfizer Essential Health (PEH) includes i.) brands that have lost market exclusivity (generic) and generally the mature patent protected products that are expected to lose exclusivity in most major markets, ii) the Sterile Injectables (SI) business iii) Biosimilars and iv.) current and future established products growth initiatives. The SI business is a $7B+ segment for PEH and one of the key pillars of the PEH growth strategy.
This position can be located in north suburban Chicago/Lake Forest, NYHQ or Peapack, NJ; relocation provided.
Responsibilities
Pipeline
•Facilitating collaboration with R&D in developing new formulations and guiding the portfolio, primarily complex molecules
•Developing business cases to secure funding and prioritize initiatives
•Ensuring successful shift from simple to complex
•Maintaining knowledge of external players to inform Business Development (BD)
•Maintaining a perspective across the portfolio through monthly regional pipeline reviews, New Product Launch (NPL) process, Sales & Operating Plan (S&OP) process
•Assigning products to team (not responsible for directly managing assets)
•Serving as the commercial lead for all regions for assets within responsibilities
•Providing guidance for shaping regional priorities
•Owning strategic elements in terms of framing asset strategy and driving development execution
Launch
•Leading execution of timely, multiple, global launches in a single year including working with regional counterparts
•Responsible for overseeing the development of global launch strategies to support launch, incorporating market formation expectations, and translating launch strategies into commercial forecasts and scenario planning
•Planning successful global roll-out and continuous improvement of the global generic NPL end-to-end process
Interfaces with Regional representatives (Regional Presidents, Commercial leads, SI leads), R&D (Regulatory, Development, ESD, Program Management), Pfizer Global Supply (PGS), Quality, API Sourcing, Operations), Intellectual Property, Commercial (Pipeline, On Market, Lifecycle management (LCM), BD)
Manages a Director Pipeline and New Product Launches
Qualifications
Educational Requirements:
•Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences or similar discipline is required; MBA strongly preferred
Key capabilities required:
•A minimum of 10 years of generic pharmaceutical industry experience with product development and/or commercialization including 3 years of lifecycle product management or project management experience in the Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences fields
•Market / P&L experience ideal including launch
•Strong analytics and financial acumen along with comfort with ambiguity and speed of decision making
•Strong leadership & influencing skills; matrix management
Candidates should have demonstrated:
•Experience with both development and commercialization of products
•Self-starter with successful track record of achieving product line goals
•Demonstrated ability to effectively distill a large amount of complex customer, clinical, market, and technical data from multiple sources into a clear product value proposition and to articulate and communicate this value proposition to a range of customer and internal audiences
•Strong analytical skills with experience with financial forecasts and modeling or data analysis skills. Ability to build and analyze financial models to forecast and track results
•Proven ability to build relationships and work effectively as a leader and/or team member with cross-functional teams including R&D, clinical, operations, commercial, finance, legal, and business development
•Familiarity with product development and project management methodologies in regulated environments
•Demonstrated success in managing multiple stakeholders and resolving conflict within teams
•Excellent communication skills including oral, written and presentation techniques
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