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
• 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
• Exceptional project management skills with demonstrated experience in leading enterprise projects
• Work effectively in a team as well as oversee and motivate others in a fast-paced matrix environment to achieve organizational goals and add business value

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Rare Disease, Neuroscience and global experience a plus