Position has potential to be remote unless candidate is local to Boston. If in Boston, position will be hybrid based in Cambridge. Remote only for those out of state.
About This Role
The Associate Director, Specialty Field Excellence Lead supports flawless execution against the strategic objectives of customer facing commercial field teams. This role reports to the head of field excellence and operations and collaborates with the Specialty business unit to optimize, represent and enable commercial field-based employees. The key goal of this position is to readily translate and transfer information from HQ to the field and back to enable agile decision making while achieving a high standard of execution in a dynamic launch environment.
What You’ll Do
• Align field team with business unit strategic objectives through operational initiatives, leadership reporting and executional expectation setting
• Understand adoption of HQ strategy to help the business unit and field leaders be more effective and prioritize the workstreams and operational tools that will have the largest potential impact
• Gatekeeper for HQ communication to field teams to ensure appropriate visibility for key brand, compliance, and home-office messages and maximize time spent with customers
• Collaborate with incentive compensation (IC) team to align business unit strategy and IC
• Represent and appropriately prioritize the needs of the business unit to internal operations and data teams
• Support and strengthen inter-company operational relationships
Who You Are
You enjoy being involved in what is happening and rolling up your sleeves to see a project succeed. You are someone who relies on the data to make decisions. You love to leverage insights to develop solutions.
Qualifications
Required Skills:
• 7+ years Commercial experience (Marketing and/or Operations)
• Operational experience working with a large number of stakeholders on firm deadlines
• Commercial biotech/pharma experience
• Executive presence with experience presenting to VP+ stakeholders
• Detail oriented with a history of bringing projects to completion
Preferred Skills
• Field sales experience
• MBA or entrepreneurial experience
• Excel fluency
Education: Bachelor’s Degree; Advanced Degree preferred
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
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