Launch Planning & Asset Manager (Pharma)

Boehringer Ingelheim; Ridgefield (CT); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Boehringer Ingelheim is seeking an experienced Asset Manager for on-site Ridgefield, CT with hybrid flexibility. You will lead the US launch excellence program for a pipeline product, coordinating cross-functional teams to develop and manage launch plans.

The role requires strong project management, strategic thinking, and the ability to align marketing, medical affairs, health systems, market access, sales, and training around launch milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, science, or related field.
• Five to seven years of overall business experience with a minimum of four years in Pharmaceutical Marketing, New Product Launch, Agile Project Management, and/or Strategy Development.
• Demonstrated strong project management, organizational, communication, attention to detail and time management skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable integrated plans and milestones.
• Demonstrated ability to influence teams without authority and align diverse stakeholders around priorities.
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical product launches, launch readiness reviews, launch governance, or launch excellence capability-building strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for launch readiness preparation, coordination with the Global Launch Excellence Office and driving action item closure post Launch Readiness Review (LRR) meetings.
• Ensures overall launch plan is developed, communicated, pressure-tested and meets corporate requirements.
• Accountable for documenting and tracking deliverables progress and interdependencies between teams as well as any risks to launch timelines and launch performance.
• Trains cross-functional teams on how to populate key launch plan deliverables.
• Acts as the primary point of contact for co-promotion launch activities, if applicable.
• Establishes and rolls out tools, templates, and governance to manage the overall launch.
• Develops and coordinates processes to ensure that all critical support functions such as Marketing, Medical Affairs, Health Systems, Market Access, Sales, Training, etc. are contributing.
• Leads Asset team working sessions to develop and manage the launch project plan.
• Builds project deliverables, including kickoff presentations, meeting decks, status memos, and final presentations.
• Facilitate cross-functional working sessions, launch summits, and governance meetings
• Leads weekly/bi-weekly team meetings pre- during and post-launch plan development.
• Acts as a strategic partner for the launch lead and core functional leads.
• Shares best practices throughout pre-launch planning period.
• Manages and oversees workstream deliverables and timelines, prioritizes launch activities and closes gaps quickly.
• Presents information to launch teams and to leadership.
• Designs the tools to measure launch readiness at the strategic, tactical, and operational level
• Supports US Launch Excellence lead in development, implementation and promotion of launch excellence frameworks and methodologies
• Supports training and education of cross functional teams on standard launch methods
• Monitor competitive, market, and launch intelligence to identify emerging trends, risks, opportunities, and best practices that inform asset strategy and launch execution.
• Capture, synthesize, and embed launch learnings into methodologies, playbooks, readiness frameworks, and best practices to strengthen enterprise launch capabilities.
• Support collaboration between US and Global asset teams by maintaining visibility to launch progress, risks, and key learnings and facilitating knowledge exchange
• Lead launch planning activities through all stages of the launch journey, ensuring alignment to key milestones, objectives, and business priorities.
• Support integrated resource planning efforts to ensure launch activities are appropriately prioritized and resourced.
• Partner with Analytics & Insights and other stakeholders to co-develop, monitor, and optimize launch metrics, readiness indicators, and performance-tracking mechanisms.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Time management

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/science/related field

Job description

Boehringer Ingelheim is seeking an experienced Asset Manager for on-site Ridgefield, CT with hybrid flexibility. You will lead the US launch excellence program for a pipeline product, coordinating cross-functional teams to develop and manage launch plans.

The role requires strong project management, strategic thinking, and the ability to align marketing, medical affairs, health systems, market access, sales, and training around launch milestones.