The Associate Director, Marketing Operations will serve as the cross-functional operational lead for in-line and pre-launch brands including Ensitrelvir, an investigational oral antiviral agent being evaluated in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 infection, and have responsibility for coordinating and managing related processes, launch readiness, and communications.  The role will also coordinate and develop internal Brand plan and launch readiness presentations, orchestrate key cross-functional meetings, and conduct commercial/marketing analysis as needed.

• Manage US Brand planning and launch processes including;
  • Launch readiness tracking across the organization
  • Strategic planning and presentations to Leadership
  • Business case development and revisions
  • Operating plans and budgets
  • Launch readiness presentations
  • US Regulatory Review Committee process coordination and coordination of materials review across the portfolio of products
  • Identifying and leading analysis needed to support Ensitrelvir launch as part of Brand planning process
• Report and communicate with key internal stakeholders including Ensitrelvir Launch Leadership Team, Executive Leadership Team, and Core workstreams
• Serve as US Launch Planner for Ensitrelvir launch, managing the integrated launch process across cross-functional workstreams
• Support Marketing in communications and tasks relating to Ensitrelvir key activities and deliverables during pre-launch and launch phase
• Coordinate with other teams including Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales, Operations, Analytics, Finance, R&D, and others in the planning efforts related to pre-launch preparations for Ensitrelvir
• Support and align cross-functional processes and communications with key stakeholders

Minimum Job Requirements

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required
• A minimum of seven (7) years’ experience in pharmaceutical or biotech organization with a minimum of two (2) years’ marketing experience preferred
• Product launch experience required; primary care or consumer launch experience highly preferred
• Project management experience
• Experience creating integrated launch plans, trackers and go-to-market plans
• Proven experience developing new processes and tools to support launch project planning and tracking
• Experience working closely with Marketing leads and team members to ensure alignment on project deliverables, bottlenecks, milestones and other project items
• Experience working with cross-functional project teams in order to create, track, adapt and push forward launch deliverables
• Experience and understanding of launch governance process

Competencies

• Strong financial acumen skills and proven experience
• Proven track record of effective project leadership experience in a life sciences organization e.g., pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device company
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Technology savvy, business oriented and nimble learning abilities
• Demonstrated cross-cultural sensitivity
• Ability to lead through influence

Other Requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 10% of the year.
• Must live a commutable distance to our US Corporate Headquarters in Florham Park, NJ. Office presence required at least 3 days per week

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All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment opportunities based on valid job requirements without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, ancestry, citizenship, disability, genetic information, status as a disabled veteran, a recently separated veteran, Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veterans, and Armed Forces Service Medal Veterans, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
It is the policy of Shionogi Inc. to undertake affirmative action in compliance with all federal, state, and local requirements to recruit a diverse pool of applicants and to ensure that our employment practices are, in fact, non-discriminatory.

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