Senior Director, External Growth & Innovation

About This Role

The Senior Director External Growth & Innovation will drive commercial innovations that create value for our business patient communities and customers. This key leader will conceptualize develop gain organizational buy-in and implement new technologiesand help build advanced capabilitiesfor our therapeutic areas in collaboration with the North American Leadership. The role requires partnering across the commercial organization and navigating constructive debate building trust and creating alignment all while remaining grounded in market dynamics. You are part of a small agile team in a role that reports to the Vice President Head of External Growth & Innovation.

What Youll Do

• Develop a deep understanding of Biogens 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 Biogens 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 doneapplying AI process redesign and new operating modelsto 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.

Who You Are

You are a strategic executive with strong business acumen focused on making an impact on patient communities and the growth of our organization. You work well in ambiguity and have a track-record of leading without authority to gain cross functional support. You have in-depth experience in the U.S. healthcare marketideally with understanding of commercial organizations in biotech or pharmaand are fluent in the patient healthcare provider and payer dynamics which you leverage to assess and implement opportunities that scale. You have executive presence to advocate for your ideas. You are fluent in how AI data platforms and evolving access dynamics are reshaping commercial execution and you can identify genuine value-generating opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelors 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.

• Up to 5% travel expected

Additional Information

Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including but not limited to relevant skills & experience job location and internal equity.

Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual business unit and company performance.

In addition to compensation Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees and their families physical financial emotional and social well-being; including but not limited to:

• Medical Dental Vision & Life insurances
• Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
• Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
• A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
• Up to 12 company paid holidays 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
• 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $10000 per calendar year
• Employee Resource Groups participation

Why Biogen

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning growth and expanding their skills. Above all we work together to deliver life-changing medicines with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds cultures and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.Read onto learn more about Biogen.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status race color national origin ancestry ethnicity religion age veteran status disability genetic information or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.