Senior Manager Commercial Launch Excellence & Planning

Senior Manager Commercial Launch Excellence & Planning

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in health care, business administration, program management or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Certificates/certifications in PMP, Scrum highly desirable.
• 8 years of pharmaceutical industry or related experience with project management and launch planning experience.
• Launch experience including commercialization of new therapeutic products required, Rare Disease, Neuroscience and global experience a plus.
• Understanding of the commercial process and the principles, concepts, practices, and standards of pharmaceutical program/project management.
• Capability for strategic and critical thinking that results in significant business value.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong influence skills while not having formal authority.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills ensuring consistent and quality communications with key stakeholders.
• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively multi-task, prioritize, and deal effectively with ambiguity while working under heavy deadlines and multiple priorities.
• Ability to effectively collaborate across the organizations; interacts within and across the matrix to manage deliverables and timelines across the organization; manage department contribution to operating reviews.
• Advanced knowledge of and proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), and PMP tools.
• Demonstrated ability and experience with project management methodologies, budgets, and resource management.
• Exceptional project management skills with demonstrated experience in leading enterprise projects.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the tactical oversight of Commercial launch readiness timeline deliverables with a clear understanding of functional interdependencies, risks and critical path activities.
• Manage process for launch team governance and routines and notify Director if processes are not effective (e.g., pressure test, refine, and finalize the launch governance model, including meeting cadence, meeting norms, ways of working, etc.).
• Executing on project scope, budget, schedule, and resources.
• Provides information to Director to ensure appropriate guidance to internal/external team members to allow for resolution of cross-functional and cross launch project and operational issues.
• Responsible for engaging with key stakeholders and team members to proactively identify risks and barriers to project success, and complete assessment/mitigation planning including adequate documentation/follow-up of ongoing issues. Support issue resolution and implement solutions to achieve program/project success.
• Provide project status reports and issues, and ensures project team goals and deliverables are met, including facilitation of required communications via meeting scheduling, agenda development and follow-up activities including development of tools such as dashboards, slides, decision support models, Gantt charts and timelines to enable achievement of goals.
• Responsible for assigned Commercial program management activities including presentation content development, preparation for Sr. Mgmt. meetings, prepare minutes/actions and providing follow-up as necessary.
• Supporting timely decisions with key stakeholders and determining points of escalation.
• Provides Commercial project management expertise and support of various functional areas or working groups on Commercial Projects to drive collaboration, cross-functional clarity and alignment on commercial projects, initiatives, and operations. Responsible for the communication to Director and others as requested of project status and issues and ensures project team goals and deliverables are met.
• Generate insights into external program/project management best-practice and peer company strategies to support the advancement of Acadia’s capabilities over time.
• Support the formalization and documentation of best practices and lessons learned within the functional team.
• Identify and proactively pull through best practices, key learnings and efficiencies across Brands and functions.
• Document existing processes for internal launch critical activities in a clear and concise manner; suggesting optimization if and where applicable.
• In coordination with Commercial teams, facilitate consistent implementation of launch excellence tools and processes.
• Support the development and subsequent continued build-out of, and updates to, the Launch Playbook, inclusive of framework and end-to-end processes to support launch readiness and best practices.
• Ability to influence, build consensus, and manage conflict in challenging situations.
• Represents the organization at internal meetings and act as an interface between the organization and other groups at Acadia.
• Maintains a high compliance posture and ensures adherence to company policies, quality system requirements, as well as other legal and regulatory directives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Certificates/certifications in PMP, Scrum highly desirable.
• Rare Disease, Neuroscience and global experience a plus.