Head of Pipeline Strategy, GI2

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ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Accountable for end-to-end development alignment and enterprise pull-through of TA/DA strategies partnering with TAU and DDU leadership to drive integrated strategic direction and measurable outcomes across the portfolio.

• Accountable for building and continually improving the processes and capabilities underpinning TA/DA strategies in particular the capabilities to complete rapid but rigorous data-supported strategic analytics and incorporation of AI/GCCcapabilities; establishesstandards governance and new ways of working to scale AI/LLM-enabled insights and GCC delivery with speed quality and repeatability.

• Lead executive-level strategy framing and decisioning presenting TA/DA strategies to TAU LT SPD and R&D leadership teams and TET with clear options trade-offs and recommendations to secure endorsement and drive downstream execution.

• Own the external-facing TA/DA strategic narrativein partnership with IR and Corporate Communications ensuring consistency defensibility and alignment to enterprise priorities for external stakeholder audiences.

• Establish and lead surveillance and early-warning capabilities with respect to the therapeutic area landscape (competitive activity BD/M&A product approvals clinical readouts financial reporting) partnering with competitive intelligence and brand teams to translate whats happening into what it means for us including implications risk mitigations and recommended actions for executives.

• Own the commercial strategy and commercial input into overall asset strategy from PE through MDE programs setting expectations and quality gates for commercial inputs delivered via new product leads on GPTs and ensuring consistent integration into program strategy and key governance deliverables ( and PRC materials).

• Own the bi-directional regional engagement modelwith regional new product leads and regional leadership tovalidatekey assumptions reconcile regional requirements with global strategy and provide decision-ready updates and escalations at defined milestones (in partnership with relevant regional new product planning leaders).
• Accountable for forecast governance and enterprise consistencyof market- and program-level forecasts used for LRF and portfolio prioritization including standardsassumptionsvalidation scenario planning and executive-ready insights.

• Lead external asset search prioritization and evaluation aligned to TA/DA strategies partnering with DDU TAU and commercial business units to drive disciplined decision-making across the opportunity lifecycle from early projects through marketed assets.

• Own the commercial assessment value framing and forecasting governance for BD transactions ensuring assumptions are pressure-tested risks and sensitivities are transparent and recommendations enabletimelyexecutive decisions.

EDUCATION BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

• Bachelors degree in a scientific discipline required; MBA preferred or equivalent education and experience.
• 12 years pharmaceutical industry experience(or equivalent in management consultinginvestment banking or equity research)
• Significant experiencedeveloping corporate therapeutic area and/or disease area strategies anchoredin industry marketcompany and product-levelanalysis
• Experiencewithearly- to mid-stage pipeline commercial analysisnew product planning and business developmentrequired; experience with late-stagepipeline launch and lifecycle management preferred
• Ability tobreakdowncomplex ambiguous problemsidentifyrelevant analytical approaches and drive to pragmatic solutions and recommendations
• Experience withcommercial forecasting P&L analysis and dealmodels / valuationrequired; working knowledge offinancial statementscorporate financeandinvestor relationspreferred.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skillsrequired
• Exceptional communications skillsincludingthe ability toidentify distill and communicate complex issues in a succinct manner
• Executive presence anddemonstratedability to effectively advise and influence senior executives

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U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical dental vision insurance a 401(k) plan and company match short-term and long-term disability coverage basic life insurance a tuition reimbursement program paid volunteer time off company holidays and well-being benefits among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive per calendar year up to 80 hours of sick time and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

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