Alkermes

Director, New Product Planning (NPP)

Alkermes$197K — $225K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in science preferred.
  • 8-10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or consulting, focused on commercial roles.
  • Experience in neuroscience is highly preferred.
  • Extensive understanding of the product development lifecycle and commercialization across various customer perspectives.
  • Strong analytic skills with ability to interpret scientific, clinical, and commercial data.

Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive strategies and product positioning for pipeline offerings based on market insights.
  • Co-lead product development teams through clinical phases alongside internal partners to enhance asset market value.
  • Drive market research initiatives and collaborate with project teams to complete New Product Planning (NPP) tasks.
  • Monitor market trends and competitive landscapes to generate actionable insights across commercial and clinical dimensions.
  • Create market assessments and early forecasts to identify and prioritize key commercial indications.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with flexibility to work from home.
  • Opportunity for performance-based annual bonuses.
  • Access to a comprehensive benefits package.
  • Focus on employee well-being and work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Job Description

This position offers a candidate the opportunity to significantly contribute to the long-term commercial success of the portfolio. This position is responsible for providing commercially oriented guidance to early stage product opportunities through deep understanding of markets and ability to influence in matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop forward-looking strategies, market positioning and product profiles for pipeline products by synthesizing primary and secondary inputs that will inform the development and lifecycle plan
  • Co-lead (with development colleague) product teams through clinical development phases, working in conjunction with internal business partners (e.g. clinical, translational medicine, regulatory, research, commercial, CMC) to optimize the market value of asset
  • Drive completion of NPP and market research initiatives, working closely with market research colleagues and the project teams
  • Proactively monitor and generate insights from market developments and competitive landscape and incorporate insights across multiple perspectives (e.g. commercial, managed markets, clinical, and scientific)
  • Generate market assessments, TPPs, and early forecasts to prioritize commercial indications for products in key therapeutic areas


Qualifications

Basic Requirements and Education:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent; advanced science degree preferred
  • 8 to 10+ years of pharmaceutical industry and/or consulting experience with extensive experience in commercially oriented roles, e.g. NPP, specialty pharmaceutical marketing strategy, market research.
  • Experience in neuroscience preferred
  • Extensive knowledge of new product development and planning/commercialization, including understanding of therapeutic markets from multiple customer perspectives (e.g., HCP, Payers, Patients) and different business perspectives (e.g., clinical, R&D, marketing)

Preferred Skills and Knowledge Requirements:
  • Strong ability to work, influence, and gain consensus across multiple functions (e.g. research, clinical, regulatory, translational medicine)
  • Leadership presence and ability to interact effectively with multiple levels of the organization
  • Significant analytic skills, able to clearly interpret and distill scientific, clinical and commercial information
    • Understanding of key marketing and market research principles
    • Proficiency with secondary research and databases
  • Ability to effectively plan, prioritize, execute, follow up and anticipate challenges
  • Excellent organization, communication (written and oral) and facilitation skills
  • Self-motivated, builds trust easily and operates with integrity and ethics
  • Demonstrated learning agility
  • Strong history of delivering high quality, sustainable results using skills and capabilities


Travel Requirements:

Occasional travel 10%

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $197,000 to $225,000. In addition, this position is eligible for an annual performance pay bonus. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, training, knowledge, and experience. Alkermes offers a competitive benefits package. Additional details can be found on our careers website: www.alkermes.com/careers#working-here

Alkermes has recently adopted a hybrid working environment to support and meet the needs of employees and this role will operate in a flexible environment with 60% of time in the office and 40% from home. This position is eligible for the hybrid workplace model, requiring work to be completed onsite at our Waltham, MA office at least 3 days per week. This role is not eligible for fully remote work.

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About Alkermes

Alkermes plc is a fully integrated, global biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines in the fields of neuroscience and oncology. The company has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products focused on addiction and schizophrenia, and a pipeline of product candidates in development for schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder, neurodegenerative disorders, and cancer. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Alkermes plc has an R&D center in Waltham, Massachusetts; a research and manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland; and a manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Ohio. Alkermes was founded in 1987 and has approximately 2,000 employees.
Learn more about Alkermes
Size
2,211 employees
Market Cap
$4.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$110.8 million
Founded
2011
5 Year Trend
+9.5%
Revenue
$1 billion
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