Our Team, Your Impact
The Senior Manager, Launch Excellence, will report to the Director, Launch Excellence, with a primary focus on product launches and may also support other Commercial Excellence or commercial projects as needed. This role will champion a culture of launch excellence across the organization, building productive cross-function connections (e.g., Global, Marketing, Medical Affairs, etc.) to enhance organizational launch capabilities and business solutions.
Responsibilities include supporting integrated project and launch plans, supporting governance and planning cadences, tracking risks and dependencies, and ensuring deliverables meet quality, compliance, and operational readiness requirements. The role serves as a central coordinator across teams and agencies, providing structure, transparency, and momentum throughout the project lifecycle.
How You'll Spend Your Day
All areas of responsibility listed below are essential to the satisfactory performance of this position by any incumbents with reasonable accommodation if necessary. Any non-essential functions are assumed to be included in other related duties or assignments.
• Launch Readiness: Develop, optimize, and implement comprehensive launch readiness strategies and plans for our innovative products ensuring alignment with overall business objectives. Identify and implement best practices for launch excellence and commercial agility.
• Cross Functional Coordination: Coordinate defined cross functional workstreams across Marketing, Sales, Market Access, Commercial Operations, Regulatory, Medical, Legal/Compliance, and Supply Chain to enable aligned execution.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with business and functional stakeholders to align priorities, track dependencies, and surface risks or issues for prompt escalation.
• Performance Tracking & Reporting: Track key milestones and KPIs; prepare dashboards, status reports, and summaries to support team and leadership visibility.
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify and track risks and issues, support mitigation planning with owners, and monitor progress to resolution.
• Operational Effectiveness: Support improvements to ways of working by clarifying roles, decision points, and processes; apply standard tools and templates consistently.
• Communication & Execution Support: Deliver clear, concise written and verbal updates; synthesize information and support preparation of leadership-ready materials.
Your Skills and Experience
Any equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered.
Education/Certification/Experience:
• Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 6+ Years of Commercial Operations within the pharmaceutical industry, with at least 2+ years of launch management.
• Experience working in matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:
• Market Knowledge: Understanding pharmaceutical market dynamics, including marketing, supply chain, regulatory requirements, market access, etc.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present ideas clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences to drive organizational alignment.
• Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
• Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to working with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Innovation Orientation: Demonstrated ability to drive innovative thinking and implement best practices in product launch strategies.
• Project Management: Strong Project Management skills including organization and attention to detail as well as the ability to multitask.
• Technology: Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Project Management tool.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
Approximately 20% domestic travel.
Salary Range
The annual starting salary for this position is between $132,880 - $166,100 annually. Factors which may affect starting salary within this range and level of role may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
How We'll Take Care of You
We offer a competitive benefits package, including:
• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
• Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time and holidays.
• Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.
• Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.
The total compensation may also include restricted stock units and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
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