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Associate Director – T1D Strategy & Operations
| Company | Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
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| Location | Boston, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $139600 – $209300 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Outstanding communication of information and ideas (written, PowerPoint, verbal), to varied audiences including senior leadership and large team formats; can simplify the complex into a story
- Analytical, able to glean insights from data using excel and communicate in a compelling, visual way
- Strong collaboration skills, with an ability to influence multiple stakeholders; builds mutual trust, respect and cooperation among team members
- Proven project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple complex tasks and competing priorities; can hold people accountable, and adapt to new projects rapidly to effectively drive results
- Can think enterprise-wide, is highly curious, and has a strategic mindset
- Self-motivated; acts independently and prioritizes appropriately; embraces unexpected changes or challenges and drives to improved solutions in a fast-paced environment
- Proven ability to work in and influence a cross-functional team promoting collaboration and high performing team behaviors with an unwavering focus on what is best for the patients we serve
- Consistently displays sound ethics, good judgment and demonstrates Vertex’s core values
- Bachelor’s degree
- 8+ years of progressive, relevant experience (or an equivalent combination of experience & education) in strategic planning and program management; healthcare/biopharmaceuticals or consulting experience
Responsibilities
- Partners with the US T1D VP & BU Leadership Team to proactively shape the launch plan, and autonomously manages launch activity tracking and launch readiness team
- Drives the development of high-impact executive, cross-functional and cross-team presentations and communications, including executive presentations, business reviews, and department town halls
- Manages the annual brand planning and budgeting process to ensure strategic alignment, avoid duplication, and drive milestone completion as well as the monthly budgeting process
- In partnership with commercial operations, develops dashboards for launch KPIs, monitors ROI of key initiatives and identifies focus areas to drive action that accelerates our launch plan
- Lead additional special BU strategic projects and high-profile initiatives, as appropriate
- Develop agendas and manage key meetings to ensure that important decisions and action items are fully addressed, including BU Leadership and Launch Readiness meetings
- Coordinate pull-through of HR, talent development, and team-culture related initiatives and activities including team onboarding activities and critical all team & regional meetings
- Act as a liaison between cross functional colleagues to ensure alignment and coordination on a wide variety of cross-functional initiatives including annual kick off and plan of action meetings
- Lead after action reviews of high impact projects; provide recommendations for simplification of processes and systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Launch experience strongly preferred
