Launch Excellence Lead – Rare Disease

Ferrer Internacional SA; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading pharmaceutical company in Barcelona is looking for a Launch Excellence Lead who will be responsible for orchestrating the launch of high-impact products. The successful candidate will ensure that global strategies are translated into actionable plans. Strong experience in managing pharmaceutical launches at a regional or global level is required. The role demands strategic thinking, excellent stakeholder management, and a collaborative mindset in a multicultural environment. Join us to make a positive impact in society.

Servicios

Flexible working model

Opportunities for development and learning

Benefits for physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing

Formación

• Proven experience managing pharmaceutical launches at regional or global level.
• Ability to navigate complexity and translate vision into operational execution.
• Experience in cross-market knowledge transfer and driving continuous improvement.

Responsabilidades

• Lead planning and execution of strategic product launches.
• Guarantee effective translation of global strategies into local execution plans.
• Organize cross-functional launch meetings to ensure effective governance.

Conocimientos

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk identification

Continuous improvement

Educación

Bachelor Degree in Business/Science/Engineering or related field

Descripción del empleo

At Ferrer we use business to fight for social justice. We have long been a company that looks to do things differently; instead of maximizing shareholder returns, we reinvest much of our profit in initiatives that give back to society. Back where it belongs. We go beyond compliance and are guided by the highest standards of sustainability, ethics and integrity. As such, since 2022, we are a B Corp.

Founded in Barcelona in 1959, Ferrer offers transformative solutions for life-threatening diseases in more than one hundred countries. In line with our purpose, we have an increasing focus on pulmonary vascular and interstitial lung diseases and rare neurological disorders. Our 1,800-strong team is driven by a clear conviction: our business is not an end in itself, but a way to change lives.

We are Ferrer. Ferrer for good.

Mission

As a Launch Excellence Lead, your mission is to lead and orchestrate the launch of high-impact products, acting as the primary point of contact for the assigned launches to ensure that every product is fully prepared for successful market launches.

You will act as the main bridge between global and local teams, translating global strategies into actionable country launch plans and making sure execution is consistent, timely, and effective.
Your role is key to embedding a robust launch framework, sharing best practices across affiliates, and driving cross-functional collaboration so that every launch achieves maximum reach and impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead, planning & execution Strategic Launches: Drive the planning and execution of high-priority, complex, and strategic product launches, serving as the main liaison between global and local teamsand optimizing resouce allocation.
• Ensure Strategic Alignment: Guarantee that global strategies are effectively translated into local execution plans, fostering consistency and excellence across markets and aligning launch objectives with corporate priorities.
• Implement Governance Frameworks: Deploy a clear governance model for each launch to ensure the right stakeholders are engaged,enabling timely decision-making, andfocus on value delivery based on a standarized launch framework. Establish and continuously refine the governance model that guides all product launches, ensuring that stakeholders are aligned on principles, cadence, and decision rights.
• Facilitate Launch Coordination: Organize and lead cross-functional launch meetings to ensure effective governance and execution, fostering information accessibility, maintaining accurate and up-to-date information in planning tools and systems, and driving the cadence and discipline of governance forums to ensure that critical decisions, risks, and learnings are captured efficiently.
• Manage Timelines: Lead the development and maintenance of integrated launch timelines, incorporating inputs from R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Marketing, Patient & Cx, Supply, DDAI, Commercial teams, etc. ensuring alignment and accountability across all stakeholders.
• Drive Cross-functional Collaboration: Coordinate efforts across global and local stakeholders to secure cohesive and efficient launch execution, fostering a culture of shared ownership and ensuring information flows seamlessly across all functions.
• Identify and Mitigate Risks: Anticipate potential risks or bottlenecks, implementing proactive mitigation strategies to minimize impact on timelines and deliverables.
• Foster Continuous Improvement: Capture learnings and best practices from each launch and facilitate knowledge transfer to continuously enhance launch readiness framework and performance across markets, generating knowledge-sharing practices and embedding insights into the Launch Excellence framework for future launches.

Your role will be pivotal in shaping and evolving the Launch Excellence function itself, embedding governance frameworks, building organizational knowledge, and driving cross-functional collaboration so that every launch delivers maximum value and sustainable impact.

Why Ferrer?

• Make a positive impact in society
• Grow in a culture of trust, responsibility, and constructive feedback
• Enjoy a flexible working model & collaborative office experience to enable innovation and teamworking
• Make a real difference to the team and to yourself
• Take advantage of opportunities for development & learning
• Discover a range of benefits to support your physical, emotional and financial wellbeing
• Customize your remuneration and benefit

What you’ll need to succeed

You will rock at this company if you are a person with empathy, humility, curiosity and optimism.

You will rock at this role if you match with:

• Bachelor Degree in Business/ Science / Engineering or Related field desirable
• Proven sound experience managing pharmaceutical launchesat regional or global level, ideally within rare diseases or low-prevalence products.
• Strong strategic thinkingand ability to navigate complexity, translating vision into operational execution and measurable impact.
• Excellent stakeholder managementand influencing skillsacross multiple functions and geographies.
• Demonstrated ability to guide and support affiliatesin designing and executing effective launch plans.
• Expertise in risk identification, mitigation planning, and performance gap analysis.
• Proven experience in cross-market knowledge transferand driving continuous improvementinitiatives, embedding learnings into frameworks, tools, and organizational processes.
• Comfortable operating in multicultural, matrixed environmentswith a collaborative mindset.

If this great challenge matches your profile, then we are waiting for you!

At Ferrer, we guarantee equal treatment and opportunities in recruitment, avoiding prejudices and stereotypes for any reason in the processes of access to the company, assessing only objective criteria such as professional and academic skills and work experience.

Sector: Pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical