Associate Director, Launch Excellence, US Lupus at Biogen in Cambridge, MA

Job description

About the role: Biogen is advancing an innovative pipeline in autoimmune diseases, with Lupus representing a significant near-term opportunity to bring meaningful new treatments to patients. We are seeking an Associate Director, US Launch Excellence, Lupus to lead integrated launch readiness and execution for the US market. This role will sit at the center of a cross-functional effort to deliver a coordinated, insight-driven, and market-informed launch working across Marketing, Medical, Market Access, Insights and Analytics, Commercial Operations, IT, HR, etc. As a program leader, you will drive governance, planning discipline, and execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring all elements of the US launch are aligned, risk-mitigated, and responsive to real-time insights. You will be responsible for connecting the US commercial team to complex launch efforts while tailoring launch planning for the unique scale and complexity of the US market. What You'll Do Own and maintain the integrated U.S. lupus launch plan, ensuring alignment across all functional workstreams. Lead the U.S. Launch Operations Team and coordinate weekly, monthly, and milestone-based launch governance meetings. Drive accountability for launch deliverables, milestones, and readiness activities across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Patient Services, Insights & Analytics, Operations, IT, HR, and other enabling functions. Monitor progress against the launch plan, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and critical path activities. Facilitate issue resolution and escalation of launch-critical decisions to appropriate governance forums. Maintain launch readiness dashboards, action trackers, risk registers, and decision logs. Ensure cross-functional teams are prepared for key launch milestones and readiness reviews. Partner closely with Global and U.S. teams to coordinate timelines, transition points, and interdependencies. Continuously improve launch governance, planning processes, reporting tools, and operating cadence. Collaborate with launch planning counterparts across Biogen North America to share best practices and maintain consistency in launch planning approaches. Develop launch updates, readiness assessments, and strategic recommendations, ensuring key decisions, risks, and opportunities are proactively communicated to leadership Required Skills Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred. 8+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience with significant launch planning, launch readiness, or launch program management experience. Demonstrated success leading cross-functional launch planning efforts for at least one major product launch. Deep understanding of launch governance, launch readiness processes, milestone planning, and cross-functional execution. Proven ability to manage complex, multi-workstream programs with numerous stakeholders and competing priorities. Strong project management, risk management, and dependency management capabilities. Exceptional organizational, facilitation, and follow-through skills. Ability to influence without authority and drive accountability across matrixed teams. Experience developing and managing launch planning tools, dashboards, and reporting systems. Thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments with a high degree of ambiguity. Job Level: Management Additional Information The base compensation range for this role is: $164,000.00-$225,500.00 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 compet