Commercial Chief of Staff (Executive Director)
Acadia Pharmaceuticals
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Position Summary
The Commercial Chief of Staff and Transformation Lead serves as a strategic operating partner and trusted advisor to the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), helping translate Commercial priorities into clear plans, governance, communications, and execution. Working across Acadia's Commercial Leadership Team and key enterprise partners, including Brand, Field, Market Access, Patient Services, Finance, Analytics, Commercial Operations, Medical Affairs, Research and Development, Business Development, and other functional leaders, this role drives alignment and execution across the Commercial organization. The position owns and continuously enhances the Commercial operating cadence, advances strategic initiatives, strengthens decision making, and ensures follow through on critical commitments. By identifying gaps, connecting workstreams, escalating risks, and clarifying decisions, the role ensures the CCO and Commercial Leadership Team have the information, alignment, and visibility needed to act effectively. Success in this role requires strong commercial acumen, executive judgment, discretion, and the ability to influence senior leaders without formal authority while operating as an extension of the CCO's leadership agenda.
Primary Responsibilities
Education/Experience/Skills
Key Candidate Qualities:
Recognized as an influential leader and trusted advisor with the ability to operate across senior leadership forums and influence without authority. Works on issues of diverse scope and strategic importance that require evaluation of commercial, financial, operational, organizational, and cross-functional factors. Serves as an integrator and facilitator of decision quality, prioritization, and execution, while maintaining clear functional accountability across Brand, Field, Market Access, Patient Services, Finance, Analytics, Commercial Operations, Medical Affairs, R&D, BD, and other enterprise partners. Decisions and recommendations may materially impact short-term and long-term Commercial performance, organizational effectiveness, resource allocation, launch readiness, and enterprise priorities.
Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, see, talk or hear in a standard office environment and independently from remote locations. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Ability to travel by car or airplane independently overnight up to 40% of the time and work after hours if required by travel schedule or business issues.
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In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for discretionary bonus and equity awards based on factors such as individual and organizational performance. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance, and location.
What we offer US-based Employees:
EEO Statement (US-based Employees): Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications in the exact way they are described in job postings. We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and innovative company, and we are looking for the BEST candidate for the job. That candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background or may meet the qualifications in a different way. We strongly encourage you to apply, especially if the reason you are the best candidate isn’t exactly what we describe here.
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