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At Ultragenyx we fundamentally believe that taking real impactful action to care for the needs of patients and our people is always the right thing to achieve this goal our vision is to lead the future of rare disease medicine. For us this means going where other biopharma companies wont go challenging the status quo and creating a new model that advances our field so more patients and caregivers can benefit from life-changing treatments. We do this by following the science applying a novel rapid development approach making innovative medicines at fair and reasonable prices and creating a collaborative ecosystem to reach patients in ways that are most meaningful for them.
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If you want to have a meaningful impact do the best work of your career and grow a lot both professionally andpersonally come join our team.
Position Summary:
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As a key member of the Global Brand Strategy (GBS) team the Director Global Brand Strategy is responsible for leading commercial initiatives in support of the successful commercialization of our pipeline programs. The role closely collaborates with stakeholders across Ultragenyxs region teams to identify important market trends develop and implement global commercialization strategies and communicate with senior leaders within a fast moving challenging and dynamic commercial environment. This role is also responsible for managing a consistent brand and tactical planning process for the assigned program(s).
Work Model:
Flex: This role will typically require onsite work 2-3 days each week or more depending on business needs. In many locations the business will set certain days each week that Flex employees are required to be onsite.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with Global and Region stakeholders on commercialization launch preparations for assigned program(s)
- Identify and execute on insights/market research needs to inform effective decisions
- Proactively monitor the competitive market landscape
- Deliver impactful brand and/or market development strategies that are well articulated communicated and agreed to by the relevant parties
- Help drive commercial leadership on cross-functional and cross-geography launch teams to ensure effective allocation of effort and resources
- Ensure Commercial considerations are included in program core team decisions related to data generation trial strategy clinical study site selection medical strategy development lifecycle management and manufacturing
- Oversee all aspects of global brand development and ongoing management of global brand identity for commercialized assets
- Help lead the annual brand and tactical planning process for the assigned program(s)
- Lead projects on specific program(s) as appropriate/required by the group on projects requiring GBS input example: discrete market research exploration business development partnership with internal teams
Requirements:
- 8 years of bio/pharmaceutical commercial experience
- Bachelors degree in business and/or science; advanced degree preferred (e.g. MBA MS Ph.D.)
- Successful candidates will have a proven ability to work in a multidisciplinary team with a high degree of collaboration and a strong patient focus
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and act creatively to develop and align teams to brand strategy
- Proven experience working with and managing external partners (including market research agencies creative agencies management consulting agencies and pharma commercial partners)
- Excellent analytical skills with respect to identifying market trends market sizing competitive landscape and ability to link implications to business strategy
- Successful candidates will be comfortable with change and ambiguity and can be strategic as well as tactical
- Prior Region and/or Global Marketing or Commercial Strategy experience is preferred
- Prior management consulting experience is also a plus
- Rare disease commercial experience preferred
- Excellent written and verbal/presentation communication skills and Proficient level in PowerPoint Excel SharePoint
- Up to 20% travel (international and domestic) #LI-CT1 #LI-Hybrid
Full Time employees across the globe enjoy a range of benefits including but not limited to:
Generous vacation time and public holidays observed by the company
Volunteer days
Long term incentive and Employee stock purchase plans or equivalent offerings
Employee wellbeing benefits
Fitness reimbursement
Tuition sponsoring
Professional development plans
* Benefits vary by region and country
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