Head of New Product Planning, Commercial

ZipRecruiter; Bedford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in medical imaging is seeking a Head of New Product Planning in Bedford. This role will define the commercial strategy for early-stage products, conducting market assessments and collaborating across functions while embodying core values of respect and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in biotech/pharma strategic roles.
• Experience in market research and in-line marketing.
• Proven track record in new product planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial assessments of potential therapeutic targets.
• Develop target product profiles for early-stage R&D programs.
• Manage external vendors and partner with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Project Management

Collaboration

Leadership without authority

Education

Bachelor's Degree (Master’s preferred)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

Lantheus is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with offices in Canada and Sweden. For more than 60 years, Lantheus has been instrumental in pioneering the field of medical imaging and has helped physicians enhance patient care with its broad product portfolio.

Lantheus is an entrepreneurial, agile, growing organization that provides innovative diagnostics, targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that empower clinicians to find, fight and follow disease. At Lantheus our purpose and values guide our behaviors in all interactions and play a vital role in creating a dynamic environment that contributes to our success. Every employee is crucial to our success; we respect one another and act as one knowing that someone’s health is in our hands. We believe in helping people be their best and are seeking to bring together a diverse group of individuals with different viewpoints and skill sets to be a part of a productive and inclusive team.

Summary of Position:

The Head of New Product Planning will shape the early commercial strategy for Lantheus’ portfolio and lead the commercial assessment of external opportunities.

This role will help build the foundational commercial strategy for early-stage portfolio and lifecycle management through core activities including disease landscape assessment and Target Product Profile development and serve as a commercial representative on early asset teams, providing commercial insights and recommendations.

The Head of New Product Planning will work closely with many cross-functional partners, including Research, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and Corporate Development and also manage external vendors. This position is responsible for presenting findings broadly across the organization, including to senior management.

Key Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Lead commercial assessments of potential therapeutic targets and programs.
• Conduct assessments to gain a clear understanding of current and future unmet needs and market dynamics.
• Lead the development of target product profiles for all early-stage R&D programs, based on a thorough understanding of market dynamics and potential future trends.
• Serve as the Global Commercial Lead on all early/mid Stage R&D programs ensuring that development plans contain data to support commercial target product profiles
• Lead in the development of the early asset commercial strategy
• Partner with Commercial Operations and Manufacturing to develop integrated forecasts and market potential assessments.
• Understand and communicate requirements for data and/or differentiation required for the successful commercialization of new products or lifecycle management initiatives.
• Translate key insights from scientific experts (internal R&D colleagues and external opinion leaders) into clear, actionable strategies for the franchise.
• Contribute to the long-term commercial strategy and ensure early R&D activities are in line with global franchise strategies.
• Assist opportunity assessments to inform Corporate Development, target selection and pipeline investment decisions.
• Serve as a commercial representative on Asset teams, Portfolio, and Science and Innovation Committees

Basic Qualifications:

• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical, communication and project management skills to effectively translate ideas and insights into actionable plans.
• Demonstrated ability to create clear global commercial strategies and work across functions to facilitate seamless execution.
• Excellent organizational skills, sufficient to multi-task in an extremely fast-paced environment.
• Ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, Market Analytics, R&D, Market Access and Corporate Development.
• Proven ability to communicate ideas and information both verbally and written in a persuasive and appropriate manner to all levels within the organization.
• Ability to lead without authority.
• This position is site-based and requires a presence on-site three days per week.

Professional Experience / Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s ) with 10+ years of experience in biotech/pharma strategic roles and experience in market research and in-line marketing, with a track record demonstrating accountability, sense of urgency and cross functional leadership.
• Experience working with external agencies.
• Proven track record of using deep customer and market insight to deliver concise insight to R&D decisions and innovative patient and physician centric business solutions.
• Forecasting and analytics experience .
• Specialty Pharmaceuticals experience required, prior oncology and buy and bill knowledge .
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Prior experience in New Product Planning.

Other Requirements:

• US Launch experience
• Global Marketing
• In-line Marketing experience

Core Values

The ideal candidate will embody Lantheus core values:

• Let people be their best
• Respect one another and act as one
• Learn, adapt, and win
• Know someone’s health is in our hands
• Own the solution and make it happen

Lantheus is an equal opportunity employer that provides a workplace free from discrimination. All qualified applicants and employees are considered without regard to , , , or expression, , , , ancestry, , , veteran status, genetic information, , marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the Lantheus Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail].

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