Associate Director, Launch Excellence, US Lupus
Biogen
Summary
Biogen is advancing an innovative pipeline in autoimmune diseases, with Lupus representing a significant near-term opportunity to bring meaningful new treatments to patients. We are seeking an Associate Director, US Launch Excellence, Lupus to lead integrated launch readiness and execution for the US market. This role will sit at the center of a cross-functional effort to deliver a coordinated, insight-driven, and market-informed launch working across Marketing, Medical, Market Access, Insights and Analytics, Commercial Operations, IT, HR, etc. As a program leader, you will drive governance, planning discipline, and execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring all elements of the US launch are aligned, risk-mitigated, and responsive to real-time insights. You will be responsible for connecting the US commercial team to complex launch efforts while tailoring launch planning for the unique scale and complexity of the US market.
Job description
What You'll Do
- Own and maintain the integrated U.S. lupus launch plan, ensuring alignment across all functional workstreams.
- Lead the U.S. Launch Operations Team and coordinate weekly, monthly, and milestone-based launch governance meetings.
- Drive accountability for launch deliverables, milestones, and readiness activities across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Patient Services, Insights & Analytics, Operations, IT, HR, and other enabling functions.
- Monitor progress against the launch plan, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and critical path activities.
- Facilitate issue resolution and escalation of launch-critical decisions to appropriate governance forums.
- Maintain launch readiness dashboards, action trackers, risk registers, and decision logs.
- Ensure cross-functional teams are prepared for key launch milestones and readiness reviews.
- Partner closely with Global and U.S. teams to coordinate timelines, transition points, and interdependencies.
- Continuously improve launch governance, planning processes, reporting tools, and operating cadence.
- Collaborate with launch planning counterparts across Biogen North America to share best practices and maintain consistency in launch planning approaches.
- Develop launch updates, readiness assessments, and strategic recommendations, ensuring key decisions, risks, and opportunities are proactively communicated to leadership.
Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience with significant launch planning, launch readiness, or launch program management experience.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional launch planning efforts for at least one major product launch.
- Deep understanding of launch governance, launch readiness processes, milestone planning, and cross-functional execution.
- Proven ability to manage complex, multi-workstream programs with numerous stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Strong project management, risk management, and dependency management capabilities.
- Exceptional organizational, facilitation, and follow-through skills.
- Ability to influence without authority and drive accountability across matrixed teams.
- Experience developing and managing launch planning tools, dashboards, and reporting systems.
- Thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments with a high degree of ambiguity.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience with significant launch planning, launch readiness, or launch program management experience.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional launch planning efforts for at least one major product launch.
- Deep understanding of launch governance, launch readiness processes, milestone planning, and cross-functional execution.
- Proven ability to manage complex, multi-workstream programs with numerous stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Strong project management, risk management, and dependency management capabilities.
- Exceptional organizational, facilitation, and follow-through skills.
- Ability to influence without authority and drive accountability across matrixed teams.
- Experience developing and managing launch planning tools, dashboards, and reporting systems.
- Thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments with a high degree of ambiguity.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life Insurance
- Fitness & Wellness Programs
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- 15 days paid vacation
- End-of-year shutdown
- 12 paid holidays
- 3 personal significance days
- 80 hours sick time
- Paid Maternity & Parental Leave
- 401(k) Matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Resource Groups
Company overview
Founded in 1978, Biogen is a leading global biotechnology company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. As one of the oldest independent biotechnology companies in the United States, Biogen has established itself as a pioneer in neuroscience, focusing on difficult-to-treat conditions where few or no treatment options exist. The company's portfolio includes groundbreaking treatments for multiple sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, Alzheimer's disease, ALS, and Friedreich's ataxia. With approximately 7,000 employees worldwide, Biogen operates through a global network that includes research and development hubs in Cambridge, Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, and South San Francisco, along with world-class manufacturing facilities in the United States and Switzerland. The company's commitment to scientific innovation is demonstrated by its Nobel Prize-winning founders and its receipt of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Biogen's patient-centric approach drives its mission to deliver transformative medicines that improve lives while creating sustainable value for shareholders and communities.