Key Responsibilities:

Provides strong commercial portfolio program management

Oversees and manages the commercial portfolio of projects which includes those for our commercial products, the launch readiness teams for post-POC programs & projects for general commercial business operations / initiatives

• Facilitates development and manages execution of fully-integrated product launch and continued commercialization plans 

  • Translates Strategy into Action: Partners with brand leadership and cross-functional teams to convert high-level business strategies into fully integrated, executable operational plans

  • Aligns Teams Around Shared Vision and Goals: Facilitates the development of a unified vision and aligned business objectives, helping teams identify critical success drivers and potential barriers, and design targeted initiatives to address them

  • Optimizes Cross-Functional Planning: Identifies linkages and potential gaps across functions, supporting teams in refining plans through strong prioritization, decision-making, and execution alignment

  • Champions Proactive Risk Management: Ensures teams establish and maintain comprehensive risk management plans and progress mitigation / contingency efforts as needed

  • Drives Issue Resolution and Escalation: Supports teams in resolving challenges as they arise, ensuring timely communication and escalation when necessary to maintain momentum and accountability

  • Facilitates Governance and Performance Reviews: Conducts routine reviews of project execution and brand performance within the team, ensuring adherence to governance structures such as steering committees and/or other review processes

  • Maintains Program Timelines and Communication Tools: Develops and manages tools that support clear communication, timeline tracking, and integrated logistical operations across the business and with senior leadership

• Facilitates development and manages execution of plans/teams for complex multi-disciplinary commercial business initiatives with the same principles as noted above for the products
• Partners with teams and leadership to supports the development and delivery of clear, concise, and impactful commercial business updates that inform strategic decision-making and drive organizational alignment
• Supports key commercial forums and optimizes them to meet the needs of the business  

Fosters professional growth and advancement of team members

• Leads and mentors team members and director reports in a manner which cultivates an enterprise mindset, high-performance and a collaborative team culture

Champions operational excellence and drives process improvement

• Drives continuous improvement by establishing and standardizing best practices for program management across our commercial portfolio

  • Leads the implementation of advanced processes, systems and technologies to improve rigor and transparency in program planning &/or reporting leading to enhance decision making and communication within the commercial organization and to other key stakeholders / partners across the business 

  • Supports change management initiatives, ensuring successful organizational integration of new processes/tools

We’re looking for an individual who values the team dynamic, is organizationally savvy, excels in a matrixed-management/leadership environment, and enjoys working on the details without losing site of the larger organizational goals. 

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Qualifications

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:

• BS in a scientific, business or related technical field, with an advanced degree (e.g., MBA) preferred

• 12+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with a focus on program or project management, commercial operations and/or marketing

• Significant experience leading late-stage drug development, launch or commercialization programs and/or complex commercial business initiatives

• Demonstrated history of driving business transformation and achieving commercial and operational excellence

• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority

• Actively seeks feedback and possesses a growth mindset; is open to learning from new perspectives

• Strong strategic and financial acumen, including budget management and forecasting

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and organizational abilities

• Expert knowledge of project management best practices (e.g., Agile, PMP) and tools (MS Project, MS Excel; knowledge of systems such as Planview and/or SmartSheets would be beneficial)

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $223,170 – $253,880. 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  

About Us

Why join Team Alkermes?

Alkermes applies its deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we are committed to pursuing great science, driven by deep compassion to make a real impact in the lives of patients. Alkermes has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various neurological disorders, including narcolepsy.

Beyond our important mission of developing medicines to address unmet patient needs, we actively seek to foster a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging throughout our business. We strive to ensure that all voices are respected and valued, recognizing that our diversity of thought, background and perspective makes us stronger. We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations, including being certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. in 2024, honored as a Healthiest Employer in both Ohio and Massachusetts in 2023, a Best Place for Working Parents in 2023, and to have received the Bell Seal at the Platinum level for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health America for three consecutive years (2021-2023). 

Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law.  Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Alkermes is an E-Verify employer.