What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Head of Early Commercial Strategy position at Alexion Pharmaceuticals?
At Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, we are innovators, leaders, and collaborators. At the heart of everything we do is an intense desire to pursue the toughest challenges and truly change the world for people living with rare and devastating diseases.
Alexion’s Global Marketing and Market Access team is seeking a qualified candidate to join a dynamic team which aligns global commercial strategy, commercial excellence, and new product planning and supports regions to drive all commercial strategies and recommendations in partnership with R&D throughout the development process.
The Head of Early Commercialization leads the commercial development of Alexion’s early product candidates from FTIM to Phase 2 and conducts commercial assessments for business development opportunities. The successful candidate will help set and lead the company’s commercial strategy for future growth of Alexion’s pipeline in rare diseases in collaboration with R&D and Business Development colleagues. These responsibilities will include providing strategic guidance and commercial assessments for new products from the preclinical to proof-of-concept stages of development and evaluating business development opportunities. Success will require the individual to develop strong cross functional relationships in a multicultural environment to lead the organization through accomplishing stretch objectives in a high paced environment that is focused on the patient.
You will be responsible for :
- Leading a team which provides commercial input and strategic guidance to Alexion’s early R&D portfolio including, Discovery, Preclinical and Phase 1 / 2 clinical development programs and Business Development opportunities
- Leading all aspects of commercial decisions and input for new products including development of global market assessments, commercial input to disease / indication selection, commercial strategies, commercial implications of scientific / clinical data, disease and diagnostic market development, target product profiles, product positioning, pricing and reimbursement, forecasting, early-stage market planning, customer and patient segmentation, and other activities related to strategic market development.
- Assess rare disease and new target / platform landscape
- Understanding gaps and building a roadmap of a go-to-market framework in gene therapy commercialization
- Delivering recommendations to executive leadership for prospective Business Development transactions based on independently developed commercial assessments and due dilligence, including revenue assumptions prepared through proactively connecting with commercial leadership.
- Connecting with commercial leadership team to solicit deal specific insights to inform commercial assessments
- Develop and lead the business cases for new areas of innovation across the organizaiton (in partnership with R&D and BD)
- Developing knowledge of the competitive intelligence landscape for rare disease biotech companies in those area of interest to Alexion
- Develop and maintain strong and collaborative relationships with cross functional colleagues (i.e., Research, Medical, Market Research, Clinical, Discovery, Global Value Access and Policy, Business Development, Regulatory, Legal, Finance, Sales, etc.).
This person is an integral member of the Global Marketing and Market Access Leadership Team and will be passionate about developing and delivering life-transforming therapies for patients with severe and life-threatening rare diseases.
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Date Posted
23-Jan-2025
Closing Date
16-Feb-2025Alexion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment based on race, color, religion, creed or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), parental status (including adoption or surrogacy), military status, protected veteran status, disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. Alexion provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees. To begin an interactive dialogue with Alexion regarding an accommodation, please contact Alexion participates in E-Verify.
