Director, Global Launch Excellence
Hybrid/Onsite 2x's/wk. in Cambridge, MA
12 Month Contract
We are looking for a Director of Global Launch Excellence to support the global launch of a new treatment for psoriasis. This is a critical role for an experienced professional with a strong background in pharmaceutical launches and project management.
You'll be responsible for developing and managing an integrated global launch plan, ensuring seamless execution and alignment across all key functions. You'll serve as an integrator, bringing together cross-functional teams from Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, and Commercial to ensure a successful, on-time launch.
MUST HAVE
Significant Pharma/Biotech Industry experience specific to Product Launch
Experience in fast paced settings with large, cross functional, global stakeholder base
Willing to to be onsite for a minimum number of days per month
Flexible with working hours to accomodate global time zones
Willing to travel-domestic and/or international
Strong PM skills-PMP Certification Preferred
location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
job type: Contract
salary: $130.00 - 149.51 per hour
work hours: 9 to 5
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- Planning: Support Global Launch Activation Workshops to define the integrated global launch plan. Oversee Launch Team Meetings and Commercial Sub-Team to track progress. Organize Launch Summits to prepare regions. Guide the annual integrated Commercial Sub-Team goal-setting process for the asset.
- Launch Timelines: Manage overall global launch timelines in line with asset and brand strategies, focusing on critical path tactics. Collaborate with the Global Program Manager (GPM) and regional launch leads to align timelines and tactics. Responsible for tracking detailed GPLS functional tactics.
- Risk Management: Guide the team in identifying and mitigating risks, scenario planning, decision criteria, and milestone stage gates to ensure teams stay on track. Identify, communicate, and escalate program-wide interdependencies, issues, and key decisions to senior leadership and governance.
- Integration: Act as an integrator for the GPLS functions and Commercial Sub-Teams, driving clarity and removing barriers to enable the operational execution of launch priorities.
- Reporting and Communication: Establish and track Launch Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Manage scheduled and ad-hoc program status reporting. Coordinate the development of impactful presentations to facilitate strategic planning and decision-making, as well as preparing launch status updates for key governance committees.
- Team Ways of Working and Culture: Foster a positive team culture through expert meeting facilitation, team health checks, collaborative and values-based decision-making, clear ways of working and team engagement. Support the onboarding of new launch team members as needed.
- Continuous Learning: Facilitate After Action Reviews to identify and share key best practices and opportunities from launches.
- Community of Practice: Champion the GPLS Launch Community of Practice (CoP) to develop processes, tools, and standards to execute our future launch readiness. Drive continuous process improvement initiatives, integrating GPT and regional ways of working and best practices.
- Leverage Technology: Build and maintain tools to plan and track launch progress, enhancing team collaboration and agility.
qualifications:
Required
- Education: BA/BS degree
- Experience: 8+ years in pharma/biotech/consulting or commercial in strategic or tactical roles supporting launch readiness, with 3+ years in project/program management.
- Technical Skills: Proficient with MS Office Suite, Teams, and project management software
- Industry Knowledge: Understanding of pharmaceutical development, regulatory requirements and commercial launch excellence
- Cross-Functional Knowledge: Understanding of essential global launch activities across key areas in cross-functional program team
- Organizational Skills: Exceptional planning and organizational abilities to manage competing priorities
- Agility: Self-motivated and adaptable professional, capable of handling multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with minimal oversight
- Risk Management: Proactive in identifying risks, proposing solutions, and delivering mitigation plans
- Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills to provide context, articulate views, drive clarity, and address barriers. Excellent facilitation skills
- Decision-Making: Ability to drive value-based decisions within a cross-functional, cross-cultural, global team structure
- Master's degree or PMP certification preferred
- Leadership: Proven success in leading cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder relationships
- Influence: Ability to inspire and influence in a matrix environment to maximize launch success and address barriers
- Digital Tools: Experience with implementing digital collaboration tools, project management and use of AI
- Global Experience: Experience with global launches
skills: PMP, Product Launch, Program Management, Product Launch Planning and Execution
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
