Senior Pharmaceutical Development & Launch Leader

Integrated Project Management Company; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health

401(k) matching

Performance bonus

Project Mercy program

Job summary

Integrated Project Management Company (IPM) seeks experienced professionals to lead complex pharmaceutical projects across the product lifecycle—from development and regulatory execution through commercialization, launch readiness, and post‑launch management.

Successful consultants will build structure, drive accountability, manage risks, and deliver executive‑ready outputs that move critical programs forward for a diverse set of clients.

Qualifications

• 8–15+ years in pharma leading development lifecycle, regulatory, quality, readiness, and commercialization.
• Minimum 3 years of project or program management or equivalent cross-functional leadership.
• Proven success leading complex initiatives with senior stakeholders.
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross‑functional pharmaceutical development programs across preclinical, clinical, regulatory, CMC, quality, supply chain, commercialization, and post‑approval stages.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans aligned to milestones and regulatory requirements.
• Lead planning for regulatory submission readiness, inspection readiness, quality improvements, technology transfer, manufacturing scale‑up, labeling, and supply initiatives.
• Develop integrated launch readiness plans spanning Commercial, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Patient Services, and Analytics functions.
• Facilitate launch readiness assessments, governance reviews, milestone tracking, and post‑launch stabilization planning.
• Support initiatives involving market access, pricing and contracting, reimbursement, HEOR/RWE, patient access, specialty pharmacy, field readiness, and commercial operations.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Program leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Integrated Project Management Company (IPM) seeks experienced professionals to lead complex pharmaceutical projects across the product lifecycle—from development and regulatory execution through commercialization, launch readiness, and post‑launch management.

Successful consultants will build structure, drive accountability, manage risks, and deliver executive‑ready outputs that move critical programs forward for a diverse set of clients.