Commercial Operations Leader: Launch & Growth

Aquestive-Therapeutics-Inc; Warren Township (NJ); On-site; USD 250,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Health care

Retirement benefits

Paid holidays

Vacation

Sick days

Job summary

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. in Warren, NJ is seeking a Head of Commercial Operations to shape and lead the launch strategy for Anaphylm and future portfolio.

You will oversee analytics, forecasting, sales operations, and systems to enable scalable commercial infrastructure, working across functions to ensure patient-centric, compliant execution. The ideal candidate will build a high-performing team, partner with the Chief Commercial Officer, and drive data-driven decision-making and governance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related business or analytical field.
• Minimum of 15 years of related experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in building-out business operations infrastructure to support product launch and commercialization through mature product life cycle.
• Experience in small/emerging biopharma as well as mature, full-scale biopharma organizations.
• Expertise in medical legal review of promotional materials and system to support appropriate infrastructure to manage the process and maintain compliance.
• Experience with procuring and analyzing third-party data to inform market understanding, monitoring competitive landscape, tracking product launch including market share and payer environment, physician targeting, and sales force effectiveness. Proven experience surveying and analyzing biotech/pharma market trends and best practices to enable forward looking plans.
• Experience with process development/project management in an emerging/growing company environment.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively across the organization including Sales, Market Access, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Clinical, Legal, Human Resources, and Compliance. Developed effective partnerships with regulatory, legal, compliance in all aspects of business operations.
• Strong people management skills, with a record of accomplishment of managing and building a complete team.
• Demonstrated effectiveness working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated leadership focused on driving results and building successful team culture, a record of people management/development accomplishment, experience leading teams and cross-functional projects, and strong interpersonal, communications and presentation skills.
• Group and project leadership (interaction with cross-functional partners, conflict resolution, and consensus-driving) and project management (planning, prioritization, objective setting, meeting management, and plan execution) with history of working and delivering on multiple projects simultaneously, with tight deadlines and changing priorities.
• Effective communication/influencing skills and executive presence.
• A genuine passion for analytics and insights with natural curiosity and interest in solving complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of a clear framework of goals and tactics that result in a first-in-class commercial operations organization; including Data Analytics, Forecasting, Sales/Business operations, Commercial Systems and processes.
• Establish and maintain the analytics and operational infrastructure and processes for supporting the commercial business.
• Serve as a strategic partner to the Chief Commercial Officer, supporting executive decision-making through coordinating cross-functional initiatives, driving alignment on strategic priorities, and acting as a central point of communication and execution across the commercial organization.
• Develop a high performing and diverse team; attract, develop and retain talented individuals positioned to meet Aquestive’s commercial growth strategy.
• Utilize a data driven approach to provide insights to the CEO, CFO and Commercial Leadership Team in support of current business and future opportunities.
• Partners with marketing in developing metrics surrounding promotional activities and creates timely reports that provide insight into the effectiveness of promotional response analyses by brand and customer segments/channels.
• Works cross-functionally with internal stakeholders (Sales, Marketing, Patient Services, Market Access, Medical Affairs, and Executive Leadership) to achieve department and company objectives.
• Delivers projects on time, meeting budgets and quality standards.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Data analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related business or analytical field

Tools

CRM systems

Data analytics platforms

Job description

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. in Warren, NJ is seeking a Head of Commercial Operations to shape and lead the launch strategy for Anaphylm and future portfolio.

You will oversee analytics, forecasting, sales operations, and systems to enable scalable commercial infrastructure, working across functions to ensure patient-centric, compliant execution. The ideal candidate will build a high-performing team, partner with the Chief Commercial Officer, and drive data-driven decision-making and governance