Senior Director, External Growth & Innovation

Jobtailor; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Biogen is seeking a senior innovator to shape its commercialization strategy and growth. You will drive AI-enabled opportunities, redesign operating models, and collaborate across marketing, medical affairs, and leadership to scale high-impact solutions.

With 12+ years in healthcare and an MBA preferred, you will lead cross-functional programs, assess feasibility, and measure ROI to accelerate Biogen's growth across therapeutic areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree; MBA preferred.
• 12+ years in healthcare/pharma/biotech or healthcare consulting.
• Broad experience across healthcare commercial disciplines.
• Deep understanding of healthcare ecosystems.
• Ability to lead through change and ambiguity.
• Proven cross-functional project management with external partners.
• Ideally working knowledge of AI/ML in healthcare and EHR/digital health tools.
• Familiarity with U.S. access and reimbursement dynamics.
• Experience designing scalable operating models with ROI impact.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of Biogen’s commercial strategy and growth drivers.
• Identify bold ideas and opportunities to keep Biogen at the forefront.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive innovation strategy aligned with goals.
• Identify and scale AI-enabled solutions to shorten diagnosis paths.
• Re-architect how work gets done using AI and new operating models.
• Lead evaluation and scaling of new technologies with franchises and functions.
• Build measurement methods to track ROI and run-rate value.
• Engage external stakeholders to identify high-potential opportunities.
• Build relationships with innovators and potential partners.

Skills

Healthcare Commercial Strategy

AI/ML Applications in Healthcare

Project Management of Complex Programs

Operating Model Design and Process

Healthcare Ecosystem Knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

MBA Preferred

Tools

Digital Health Tools

EHR Ecosystems

Job description

• Develop a deep understanding of Biogen’s commercial strategy and growth drivers.
• Leverage your commercial expertise to identify bold ideas, opportunities and new capabilities that keep Biogen at the forefront of our therapeutic areas.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive innovation strategy that aligns with Biogen’s mission, values, and business objectives and gain support across marketing, medical affairs, operations, legal, compliance and leadership.
• Identify, evaluate, and help scale AI-enabled solutions that our stakeholders that shorten the path from symptoms to diagnosis.
• Partner across functions to re-architect how work gets done—applying AI, process redesign, and new operating models—to sustain our growth and help automate support teams.
• Lead the implementation of new technologies and collaborations by helping franchises and functions assess, test, and scale new technologies and capabilities.
• Build measurement methodologies that track return on investment and annualized run-rate value and make the case to scale high-return solutions across therapeutic areas.
• Consistently scan and engage external stakeholders including technology companies, new models of care delivery and ecosystem catalysts to identify the highest-potential opportunities that will accelerate growth, forge new markets or address barriers in our therapeutic areas.
• You will build relationships with innovators, emerging companies and other potential partners to create a strong network.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA preferred
• 12+ years of progressive healthcare/pharmaceutical/biotech experience and/or healthcare consulting experience preferred
• Breadth of experiences across healthcare commercial disciplines (e.g., marketing, market access, strategy, business development, management consulting) are an advantage
• Experience and deep understanding of healthcare ecosystems
• Ability to drive and lead through change and ambiguity
• Proven ability to project manage complex and innovative programs cross-functionally and with external partners
• Ideally, working knowledge of AI/ML applications in healthcare, EHR ecosystems, and/or digital health tools, with the judgment to assess technical feasibility and commercial impact.
• Familiarity with U.S. access and reimbursement dynamics affecting patient access.
• Experience designing and scaling operating model and process improvements with demonstrable ROI and measurable business outcomes; able to clearly articulate the impact of those initiatives beyond tool deployment.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in developing and implementing comprehensive innovation strategies within the healthcare sector, leveraging AI and process redesign to drive growth and improve operational efficiency. Proven ability to build relationships with stakeholders and assess the commercial impact of new technologies and capabilities.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Healthcare Commercial Strategy
• AI/ML Applications in Healthcare
• Project Management of Complex Programs
• Operating Model Design and Process Improvement
• Healthcare Ecosystem Knowledge

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Innovation Strategy Development
• Measurement Methodologies
• Market Access
• Business Development
• Change Management

Soft Skills

• Relationship Building
• Leadership Through Change
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• MBA Preferred

Industry Keywords

• Healthcare
• Pharmaceutical
• Biotech
• Healthcare Consulting
• U.S. Access and Reimbursement Dynamics

Tools & Technologies

• Digital Health Tools
• EHR Ecosystems