Director, New Product Planning (NPP)

Socket.dev; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 197,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Alkermes in Waltham, MA seeks a seasoned portfolio strategist to guide early stage opportunities and influence matrixed teams. You will shape product profiles, coordinate with clinical, regulatory, research and commercial partners, and drive market research to inform lifecycle planning.

The role emphasizes strong analytical skills, consensus-building across functions, and a deep understanding of therapeutic markets, with a hybrid work model requiring onsite presence in Massachusetts several days

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; advanced science degree preferred.
• 8 to 10+ years of pharma industry or consulting with commercially oriented roles (e.g., market research).
• Experience in neuroscience is preferred.
• Knowledge of NPD planning, commercialization, and therapeutic markets from multiple perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Develop forward-looking strategies, market positioning and product profiles for pipeline products.
• Co-lead product teams through clinical development phases with internal partners to optimize market value.
• Drive market research initiatives and synthesize insights for decision making.
• Monitor market developments and competitive landscape; inform multiple functions.
• Generate market assessments, TPPs, and forecasts to prioritize indications.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Market insights

Analytical thinking

Strategic planning

Influence & consensus-building

Communication skills

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Advanced science degree preferred

Job description

This position offers a candidate the opportunity to significantly contribute to the long-term commercial success of the portfolio. This position is responsible for providing commercially oriented guidance to early stage product opportunities through deep understanding of markets and ability to influence in matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop forward-looking strategies,market positioning and product profiles for pipeline productsby synthesizing primary and secondary inputs that will inform the development and lifecycle plan

• Co-lead (with development colleague) product teams through clinical development phases, working in conjunction with internal business partners(e.g. clinical, translational medicine, regulatory, research, commercial, CMC)to optimize the market value of asset

• Drive completion of NPP and market research initiatives, working closely with market research colleagues and the project teams

• Proactively monitor and generate insights from market developments and competitive landscape and incorporate insights across multiple perspectives (e.g. commercial, managed markets, clinical, and scientific)

• Generate market assessments, TPPs, and early forecasts to prioritize commercial indications for products in key therapeutic areas

Qualifications

Basic Requirements and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; advanced science degree preferred

• 8 to 10+ years of pharmaceutical industry and/or consulting experience with extensive experience in commercially oriented roles, e.g. NPP, specialty pharmaceutical marketing strategy, market research.

• Experience in neuroscience preferred

• Extensive knowledge of new product development and planning/commercialization, including understanding of therapeutic markets from multiple customer perspectives (e.g., HCP, Payers, Patients) and different business perspectives (e.g., clinical, R&D, marketing)

Preferred Skills and Knowledge Requirements:

• Strong ability to work, influence, and gain consensus across multiple functions (e.g. research, clinical, regulatory, translational medicine)

• Leadership presence and ability to interact effectively with multiple levels of the organization

• Significant analytic skills, able to clearly interpret and distill scientific, clinical and commercial information

  • Understanding of key marketing and market research principles

  • Proficiency with secondary research and databases

• Ability to effectively plan, prioritize, execute, follow up and anticipate challenges

• Excellent organization, communication (written and oral) and facilitation skills

• Self-motivated, builds trust easily and operates with integrity and ethics

• Demonstrated learning agility

• Strong history of delivering high quality, sustainable results using skills and capabilities

Travel Requirements:

Occasional travel 10%

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $197,000 to $225,000. 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

Alkermes has recently adopted a hybrid working environment to support and meet the needs of employees and this role will operate in a flexible environment with 60% of time in the office and 40% from home. This position is eligible for the hybrid workplace model, requiring work to be completed onsite at our Waltham, MA office at least 3 days per week. This role is not eligible for fully remote work.

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Why join Team Alkermes?

Alkermes applies its decades of deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we seek to make a meaningful difference in the way people manage their diseases. We have a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder and narcolepsy, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various psychiatric and neurological disorders.

We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations. In 2024 and 2025, we were certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. and named one of Massachusetts’ Top Places to Work by the Boston Globe, a Best Place to Work in Greater Cincinnati by the Cincinnati Business Courier and recognized as a Best Place to Work in BioPharma by Fortune Magazine.

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.