Senior Director, New Product Planning (NPP)- Neuroscience

Alkermes, Inc.

Waltham, MA

Full-Time

Senior Director, New Product Planning (NPP)- Neuroscience

Alkermes, Inc.

Waltham, MA

Full-Time

Dec 13, 2025

Other

Job Description

Position: Senior Director, New Product Planning (NPP) - Neuroscience
This position offers a candidate the opportunity to significantly contribute to the long-term commercial success of the portfolio. This position is responsible for leading clinical development stage programs towards commercial success through market assessments and effective interactions across multiple functions. This is role will work a hybrid weekly office schedule in our Waltham location.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Lead development of forward-looking strategies, market positioning and product profiles for neuroscience pipeline products by synthesizing primary and secondary inputs that inform the development and lifecycle plan
Co-lead (with development colleague) product teams through clinical development phases, working in conjunction with internal business partners (e.g. clinical, translational medicine, regulatory, research, commercial, CMC) to optimize the market value of asset
Lead commercialization readiness efforts for late-stage assets, working with commercial and development colleagues
Oversee and drive completion of NPP and market research initiatives that provide value-added insights to the pipeline programs
Track, understand, and communicate the therapeutic market trends across multiple perspectives (e.g. commercial, managed markets, clinical, and scientific)
Proactively monitor and generate insights from market developments and competitive landscape and incorporate insights into product development effort
Generate market assessments, TPPs, and early forecasts to prioritize commercial indications for products in key therapeutic areas

Qualifications

Basic Requirements and Education:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; advanced science degree preferred
10+ years of pharmaceutical industry and/or consulting experience with extensive experience in commercially oriented roles, e.g. NPP, specialty pharmaceutical marketing strategy, market research
Experience in neuroscience strongly preferred
Extensive knowledge of new product development and planning/commercialization, including understanding of therapeutic markets from multiple customer perspectives (e.g., HCP, Payers, Patients) and different business perspectives (e.g., clinical, R&D, marketing)

Preferred Skills and Knowledge Requirements:

Strong ability to communicate, influence, and gain consensus across multiple functions (e.g. research, clinical, regulatory, translational medicine)
Leadership presence and ability to interact effectively with multiple levels of the organization
Proactive identification of opportunities and challenges and development of thoughtful action plan
Significant analytic skills, able to clearly interpret and distill scientific, clinical and commercial information
- Understanding of key marketing and market research principles
- Proficiency with secondary research and databases
Excellent organization, communication (written and oral) and facilitation skills
Self-motivated, builds trust easily and operates with integrity and ethics
Strong history of delivering high quality, sustainable results using skills and capabilities
Ability to work a hybrid weekly office schedule in our Waltham office

Travel Requirements:

Occasional travel to conferences (~10%)

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $248,,000 to $273,000. In addition, this position is eligible for an annual performance pay bonus. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, training, knowledge, and experience. Alkermes offers a competitive benefits package. Additional details can be found on our careers website: www.alkermes.com/careers#working-here

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Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Lead development of forward-looking strategies, market positioning and product profiles for neuroscience pipeline products by synthesizing primary and secondary inputs that inform the development and lifecycle plan
Co-lead (with development colleague) product teams through clinical development phases, working in conjunction with internal business partners (e.g. clinical, translational medicine, regulatory, research, commercial, CMC) to optimize the market value of asset
Lead commercialization readiness efforts for late-stage assets, working with commercial and development colleagues
Oversee and drive completion of NPP and market research initiatives that provide value-added insights to the pipeline programs
Track, understand, and communicate the therapeutic market trends across multiple perspectives (e.g. commercial, managed markets, clinical, and scientific)
Proactively monitor and generate insights from market developments and competitive landscape and incorporate insights into product development effort
Generate market assessments, TPPs, and early forecasts to prioritize commercial indications for products in key therapeutic areas

Qualifications

Basic Requirements and Education:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; advanced science degree preferred
10+ years of pharmaceutical industry and/or consulting experience with extensive experience in commercially oriented roles, e.g. NPP, specialty pharmaceutical marketing strategy, market research
Experience in neuroscience strongly preferred
Extensive knowledge of new product development and planning/commercialization, including understanding of therapeutic markets from multiple customer perspectives (e.g., HCP, Payers, Patients) and different business perspectives (e.g., clinical, R&D, marketing)

Preferred Skills and Knowledge Requirements:

Strong ability to communicate, influence, and gain consensus across multiple functions (e.g. research, clinical, regulatory, translational medicine)
Leadership presence and ability to interact effectively with multiple levels of the organization
Proactive identification of opportunities and challenges and development of thoughtful action plan
Significant analytic skills, able to clearly interpret and distill scientific, clinical and commercial information
- Understanding of key marketing and market research principles
- Proficiency with secondary research and databases
Excellent organization, communication (written and oral) and facilitation skills
Self-motivated, builds trust easily and operates with integrity and ethics
Strong history of delivering high quality, sustainable results using skills and capabilities
Ability to work a hybrid weekly office schedule in our Waltham office

Travel Requirements:

Occasional travel to conferences (~10%)

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About Alkermes, Inc.

At Alkermes, we apply our deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. With our portfolio of marketed medicines and investigational pipeline candidates, we seek to make a meaningful difference in the way people manage their diseases. Our patient-inspired science, integrated research strategy, sophisticated development capabilities and specialized commercial infrastructure enable us to pursue the development and commercialization of innovative new medicines, including those for people with conditions that have traditionally been overlooked or stigmatized.

Our greatest strengths at Alkermes are our people and our inherent empathy for patients, families and caregivers. Neurological and psychiatric disorders strike people at the core of who they are and impact many facets of their lives. We work with urgency to develop new treatment options for people living with these conditions.

Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, we have an R&D center in Waltham, Massachusetts; a research and manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland; and a manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Ohio.

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