Senior Director, Head Launch Excellence

Scorpion Therapeutics; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a Launch Excellence leader to run LEX as a global launch operating capability within Global Marketing. You will partner with Global, Regional and Affiliate teams to build enterprise LEX under GwL, defining support levels and readiness standards.

You will hire and lead the AIN Launch Excellence team, develop dashboards and AI-enabled workflows, and scale reusable launch cases while engaging senior stakeholders to maintain brand strategy ownership locally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 22–26 years biopharmaceutical commercial experience across global/regional/local marketing.
• Demonstrated serial launch track record with senior cross-functional leadership.
• Experience leading launch excellence/readiness/operations or multi-market execution.

Responsibilities

• Define and operationalize the LEX operating model (launch-clock scope, governance, service levels).
• Set launch readiness quality standards and KPI definitions for launches.
• Translate launch strategy into integrated plans and close gaps in guidance.
• Manage LEX service levels by brand priority, market relevance, and risk.
• Hire, onboard, and lead the AIN Launch Excellence team and establish intake processes.
• Build/maintain LEX assets (dashboards, checklists, playbooks, AI workflows).
• Establish readiness routines and reporting with escalation mechanisms.
• Scale learning via onboarding, communities of practice, and post-launch reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Strategic/operational judgment

AI-enabled automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Dashboards

KPI tracking

AI-enabled workflows

Job description

What You Will Do

• Lead and run Launch Excellence (LEX) as a practical global launch operating capability within Global Marketing.
• Partner with Global, Regional and Affiliate teams to establish an enterprise LEX capability under the Global with Local (GwL) model.
• Define support levels (hands-on, guided, self-service), identify critical-path risks early, and build LEX capability in the Amgen India Capability Center (AIN), including AI-enabled automation for repeatable launch activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and operationalize the LEX operating model (launch-clock scope, global-to-local handoffs, governance, decision rights, service levels, escalation paths).
• Set launch readiness quality standards (LRRs, milestones, leadership touchpoints, risk/decision logs, launch performance) using serial launch judgment.
• Translate launch strategy into integrated launch plans and market activation support; close launch guidance/process gaps.
• Manage LEX service levels by brand priority, market relevance, launch complexity, critical-path risk, and escalation triggers.
• Hire, onboard, and lead the AIN Launch Excellence team (intake processes, service menus, quality expectations, ways of working).
• Build/maintain LEX assets (dashboards, LRR tools, quality checks, GM checklists, self-assessments, KPI dictionary, playbooks, AI-enabled workflows).
• Establish readiness routines and reporting (readiness heatmaps, KPI definitions, risk triggers, decision records, escalation mechanisms).
• Scale learning via onboarding, modules, communities of practice, reusable launch cases, after-action reviews, and post-launch retrospectives.
• Engage stakeholders to improve launch quality and focus without replacing brand strategy ownership/local accountability.

Core Competencies

• Serial launch leadership; global/local marketing expertise; people leadership; strategic/operational judgment; stakeholder influence; pragmatic innovation (AI/automation, dashboards, knowledge management).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 22–26 years biopharmaceutical commercial experience across global/regional/local marketing/commercial roles.
• Demonstrated serial launch track record; senior cross-functional launch leadership across brands/markets/archetypes.
• Direct experience leading launch excellence/readiness/operations or multi-market execution (integrated plans, milestones, risk mitigation, launch governance).
• People management experience (team building, operating models, coaching in matrix environments).
• Ability to engage senior stakeholders and communicate with executive audiences.
• Strong project management, organizational and analytical skills; comfort with dashboards/KPIs and risk-based decisions.
• Preferred: experience with digital tools/dashboards/AI-enabled workflows or automation in commercial ops or launch execution.

Location/Travel

• Multiple locations (US, India, Europe); travel expected ~0–20%.