The ideal candidate will become a leader in Forest’s strategic decision making and portfolio development. This individual will lead objective, in-depth, analyses and recommendations on both new product opportunities presented to the company and on what future commercial opportunities should the company actively seek.  The scope of responsibility assigned to the candidate will be commensurate with their experience and management capability.  In principle they will have key therapeutic areas of commercial and scientific interest for which they will be the internal commercial expert, for which they will have full comprehension of the commercial, clinical and scientific competitive future landscape.  Additionally, this individual will have direct report responsibility.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop and maintain ownership for commercial and scientific expertise of key therapeutic areas.  This individual will build the vision for what these markets might look like five to ten years in the future, including how changes in diagnostics, clinical guidelines, and new therapies, will shape the landscape.

Spearhead the development of new methods and means of assessing future reimbursement environmental, global valuation, undefined novel markets, and commercialization needs.  They will manage the forecasts for future product and company acquisition opportunities, competitive products, and partner sales and profits.  This individual will provide fact based analysis utilizing primary and secondary, market research and opinion leader input to support go/no go decisions. 

Identify alternative strategies, quantifying risks and opportunities, and forecasting product sales and profits under various scenarios. This individual will present strategic options and recommendations to the licensing project team and senior management, and external partners.

Responsible for managing and developing a team of direct reports and must have a proven track record of successful direct management and matrix management of complex and highly visible teams.  This individual will need to personally lead, coach, and teach the methods outlined above based on personal mastery of these methods.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

A Bachelor’s degree is required; an advanced business or scientific degree is highly preferred.

A minimum of 10 years in business development, new products, or strategic marketing is required OR a minimum of a combination of 12 years in product management, market research, or R&D project management experience within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry is required.  A minimum of 5 years of direct management experience is required.

Extensive experience with the drug development process and licensing process is required.  Experience launching or marketing a pharmaceutical product is preferred.  Pharmaceutical sales experience is a plus.  Strong familiarity in one or more of the following therapeutic areas is required:  Primary Care, CNS, Oncology and/or Rheumatology.

Knowledge of clinical development, regulatory issues, and market dynamics in the pharmaceutical industry is required as is strong hands-on knowledge of and fluency with pharmaceutical product and market forecasting, P&L statements, and market research.

Willingness and high capability to work hands on with any element of these processes as needed is required for success in this role.

It is required that this individual have extensive experience interacting with and presenting to senior executives and presidents of pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology companies.  The ability to work with senior leaders and other cross-functional groups to define complex issues and build consensus around decisions or effectively lead discussion towards decision appropriately reflecting lack of consensus.

Exceptional, crisp, persuasive oral and written communication skills driven by solid business logic is necessary for success in this role as is the ability to influence and lead direct and matrix teams.

Strong planning and organizational skills manifested by the ability to lead multiple projects on conflicting and rapidly changing timelines is required.

The successful candidate will be highly creative, self motivated and able to independently structure and lead complex analyses.  Most importantly this individual will possess a positive can-do attitude with a strong record of developing and leading solutions to issues.

This position is based in New York City and may require up to 25% travel as is needed by the business.

If you are interested in a highly challenging, visible and rewarding career opportunity please apply to this position today!