Associate Director Global Oncology Marketing Launch Excellence

North Wales, PA (Hybrid)

$157K/yr – $247K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive the end-to-end launch planning for priority product launches, ensuring milestones, readiness, and execution excellence across global oncology, with ongoing process improvement and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Lead two to three priority product launches as the launch planner, responsible for launch readiness by ensuring key launch milestones are identified, resourced and successfully achieved
  • Drive strategic launch planning via the Launch Planning Tool and ensure consistency and evolution of all tools and processes to streamline and improve launch planning
  • Utilize dashboards and metrics to identify and escalate launch readiness risks, and partner to problem solve and mitigate risks as appropriate

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead two to three priority product launches as the launch planner, responsible for launch readiness by ensuring key launch milestones are identified, resourced and successfully achieved
  • Drive strategic launch planning via the Launch Planning Tool and ensure consistency and evolution of all tools and processes to streamline and improve launch planning
  • Utilize dashboards and metrics to identify and escalate launch readiness risks, and partner to problem solve and mitigate risks as appropriate
  • Support knowledge management and best practice sharing across the organization
  • Work in close partnership with the Global Oncology brand teams and cross-functional colleagues to ensure execution excellence with our must-win launches
  • Support the Executive Director, Integrated Business Operations & Launch Excellence as needed on operational initiatives
  • Launch standards and best practices
  • Provide input into the development of global standards for launch planning, processes, and tools to drive excellence
  • Ensure global standards for launch planning, processes, and tools to drive excellence are implemented across global oncology
  • Collaborate with centralized functions (e.g., Global Marketing Launch Excellence team) and other HH Marketing Launch Planners) to support the evolution of processes or tools and to optimize cross-enterprise planning

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree
  • MBA
  • Minimum of 5 years pharmaceutical experience
  • Strong commercial and business acumen
  • Proactive leadership style with the ability to advance work with urgency and results
  • Inclusive leadership style with strong collaboration skills and ability to build trust and credibility cross-functional teams
  • Ability to lead and influence without authority
  • Demonstrated excellence in project management and/or launch planning
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously and drive execution and results
  • Demonstrated ability to solve problems and identify solutions

Preferred

  • Previous commercial experience with a focus in marketing
  • Previous launch planning experience
  • Understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization landscape and trends

Benefits

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.
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