Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Associate Director, Field Operations

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals$174K — $235K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, MS, PharmD, or equivalent) preferred
  • 7-8+ years of pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare industry experience
  • Experience in field force effectiveness, sales/medical operations, commercial operations, analytics, or CRM
  • Experience supporting customer-facing field teams (Sales, Market Access, or Medical Affairs)
  • Demonstrated success working in a highly cross-functional environment
  • Field experience and/or product launch experience preferred

Responsibilities

  • Partner with field leadership to define field force effectiveness priorities
  • Translate brand and medical strategy into actionable field execution frameworks
  • Identify opportunities to improve field productivity and execution quality
  • Provide data-driven recommendations to enhance field performance
  • Define and manage field KPIs, dashboards, and reporting for Commercial
  • Monitor performance trends to identify actionable insights for decision-making
  • Lead development of business reviews and performance updates for leadership

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • 401(k) with a generous company match
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Wellness days and company-wide recharge breaks
  • Generous family resources and leave
Full Job Description
Job Summary

The Associate Director, Field Force Effectiveness is responsible for driving the effectiveness, execution, and operational excellence of customer-facing field teams across Commercial and Medical Affairs.

This role partners closely with field leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure field teams are equipped with the right metrics, tools, processes, insights, and governance to execute against business priorities. The individual will translate strategy into execution by leading initiatives across field reporting, targeting and alignment, performance management, and operational cadence (e.g., POA, business reviews).

Key Responsibilities
  • Partner with Commercial and Medical Affairs leadership to define and advance field force effectiveness priorities.
  • Translate brand and medical strategy into actionable field execution frameworks and initiatives by aligning across cross-functional teams.
  • Identify opportunities to improve field productivity, focus, and execution quality
  • Provide objective, data-driven recommendations to improve field performance
  • Define and manage field KPIs, dashboards, and reporting for Commercial. Leverage information from Medical Operations to incorporate into unified field force effectiveness metrics.
  • Monitor Commercial and Medical Affairs performance trends and identify actionable insights to inform decision-making
  • Lead development of business reviews and performance updates for leadership
  • Ensure consistent visibility into field execution and business impact
  • Support development and execution of targeting, segmentation, and call planning strategies
  • Support field alignment, territory updates, and roster management processes
  • Manage Field Force Effectiveness governance process, working with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment on metrics and dashboards
  • Support Plan of Action (POA) processes, business reviews, and operating cadence


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, MS, PharmD, or equivalent) preferred
  • 7-8+ years of pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare industry experience
  • Experience in field force effectiveness, sales/medical operations, commercial operations, analytics, or CRM
  • Experience supporting customer-facing field teams (Sales, Market Access, or Medical Affairs)
  • Demonstrated success working in a highly cross-functional environment
  • Field experience and/or product launch experience preferred
  • CRM platforms (preferred: Veeva CRM)
  • Data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
  • Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  • Understanding of KPI frameworks, field reporting, and performance tracking

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U.S. Pay Range

$174,300.00 - $235,700.00

The pay range reflects the full-time base salary range we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. Base pay will be determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, and education. This role is eligible for an annual short-term incentive award (e.g., bonus or sales incentive) and an annual long-term incentive award (e.g., equity).

Alnylam's robust Total Rewards package is designed to support your overall health and well-being. We offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, a lifestyle reimbursement program, flexible spending and health savings accounts and a 401(k)with a generous company match. Eligible employees enjoy paid time off, wellness days, holidays, and two company-wide recharge breaks. We also offer generous family resources and leave. Our commitment to your well-being reflects our belief that caring for our people fuels the impact we create together.

Learn more about these and additional benefits offered by Alnylam by visiting the Benefits section of the Careers website: https://www.alnylam.com/careers

About Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that focuses on RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics. The company's products are designed to silence specific genes that cause diseases. Alnylam's pipeline includes products for the treatment of genetic, cardio-metabolic, and hepatic infectious diseases. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Learn more about Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Size
1,665 employees
Market Cap
$28.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$858.2 million
Founded
2002
5 Year Trend
+78.1%
Revenue
$492.8 million
NASDAQ

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