Lundbeck · 1 day ago
Director New Product Planning
Deerfield, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$200K/yr - $240K/yr
8+ years expLundbeck is a global biopharmaceutical company focusing exclusively on brain health. The Director, New Product Planning, will lead U.S. efforts to advance Lundbeck’s Focused Innovator strategy through the evaluation and development of both organic and inorganic pipeline assets, collaborating with various teams to drive commercial assessments and shape product strategies.
Health CareHealth DiagnosticsMedical
Hiring Manager
Laurie Meninno
Responsibilities
Partners with Global New Asset Strategy, U.S. Pipeline and BD Forecasting, Business Development, and U.S./Global Medical to assess internal pipeline and external asset opportunities for U.S. launch readiness
Represents the US as a member of Commercial/Access/Medical (CAM team) within GPT, specifically late lifecycle pipeline assets
Acquires comprehensive insights into market size and opportunities, competitive overview and landscape, payer environment, unmet needs, and ongoing competitive intelligence for the disease areas in scope
Leads the identification of key customers, KOLs and patient advocacy organizations, and meets with them, as needed, to help assess opportunities
Provides strategic input to guide primary and secondary market research in understanding full opportunity size and market potential
Develops and executes comprehensive launch plans for late-stage assets in collaboration with appropriate stakeholders
Work closely with Associate Director, US NPP to increase internal capabilities and deliver evaluation excellence for business cases and commercial evaluations
Collaborates closely with the US Market Access and Pricing team, as well as Government Affairs, to gather insights on potential impacts to future cases (e.g., IRA)
Establishes and effectively collaborates with global business development, global new asset strategy and across US functions including Commercial, Medical and others
Partners closely with US Pricing team to ensure pricing, market access, and GTN assumptions are taken into account for each case
Collaborate with members of the R&D and Medical organization to ensure appropriate TPP development specifically clinical trial endpoints
To ensure stakeholder buy-in and data-driven decision making, develops and nurtures strong working relationships with a broad range of medical, marketing, market access, forecasting, finance, and business development colleagues
Leads cross-functional matrix project teams by establishing priorities, setting objectives, and driving alignment to strategic goals
Develops and oversees metrics and key success indicators. Proactively identifies and removes obstacles
Qualification
Required
Accredited Bachelor's degree
8+ years of pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical field experience with at least four of them working in a Commercial organization
Ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Proven success in developing clear, actionable steps aligned to overall business strategy
Collaborative team player with ability to build trusted partnerships, manage stakeholders and meet shared objectives
Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to generate actionable and innovative strategic insights
Ability to use informed, sound judgment; and make timely, effective, educated and sound decisions; at times under conditions of uncertainty
Impactful oral and written communication skills with ability to persuade and influence others
Accepts clear responsibility and accountability for results
Preferred
Accredited Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field. or accredited MBA
Relevant pharmaceutical experience, particularly in market access, business development, or commercial roles
International/Global experience
Strong preference for candidate to based in Deerfield, IL office
Benefits
Flexible paid time off (PTO)
Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
Company match 401k
Company
Lundbeck
Lundbeck is a pharmaceutical company that develops products to treat people with psychiatric and neurological disorders.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$566.37MKey Investors
Michael J. Fox Foundation
2025-05-22Post Ipo Debt· $566.37M
2020-03-04Grant
1999-06-18IPO
Leadership Team
Maria Alfaiate
Executive Vice President Commercialisation and Corporate Strategy
Torben Frandsen
Vice President
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