Head of Rare Disease Commercial Operations & Strategy

Ipsen; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company contributions

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Parental leave

Job summary

Ipsen seeks a Head of Commercial Operations & Strategic Initiatives for Rare Disease in Cambridge, MA. You will translate franchise strategy into an integrated operating plan, govern enterprise priorities, and lead cross-functional execution across sales, marketing, market access, medical, finance, and BOS.

You will build a high-performing team, manage performance dashboards, and oversee launch readiness and commercialization planning within a hybrid in-office model at our Cambridge, MA HQ.

Qualifications

• At least 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated success serving as a senior advisor to business-unit or enterprise leadership and leading through influence across complex matrixed organizations
• Proven accountability for integrated business planning, governance, performance management, and execution of enterprise-level strategic priorities
• Experience building and leading high-performing teams, including direct people-management responsibility and leadership of cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex market, customer, financial, and operational information into clear executive recommendations and decisions
• Experience leading organizational transformation, operating-model change, or capability-building initiatives with measurable business impact
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including resource prioritization, investment evaluation, KPI development, and performance management
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills along with the ability to influence others
• Working within an environment of strict compliance to all appropriate regulatory guidelines to successfully design and execute tactics, programs and tools that achieve business objectives
• Passion for patients and a deep commitment to support success of high performing teams with high integrity and in compliance with all policies and regulations
• Able to work on a hybrid model including in-office multiple times per week from our Cambridge, MA HQ
• Willingness/ability to travel domestically; International travel may be required
• BA/BS is required
• MBA is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Translate franchise strategy into an integrated operating plan and establish the systems to deliver business objectives
• Oversee governance, strategic and business planning, performance management, commercial operations, and organizational effectiveness
• Lead RDBU portfolio of enterprise priorities and transformation initiatives
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align objectives and drive timely executive decisions
• Develop and monitor the RDBU performance-management framework with KPIs and dashboards
• Lead enterprise-wide launch readiness and commercialization planning for the Rare Disease Unit
• Set operational excellence agendas and drive process redesign and capability investments
• Provide strategic leadership for key account management and adoption of RDBU products in priority health systems

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Financial acumen

Stakeholder influence

Executive communication

Education

BA/BS required

MBA preferred

Job description

Ipsen seeks a Head of Commercial Operations & Strategic Initiatives for Rare Disease in Cambridge, MA. You will translate franchise strategy into an integrated operating plan, govern enterprise priorities, and lead cross-functional execution across sales, marketing, market access, medical, finance, and BOS.

You will build a high-performing team, manage performance dashboards, and oversee launch readiness and commercialization planning within a hybrid in-office model at our Cambridge, MA HQ.