Senior Director, Launch Excellence

At Insmed, every moment and every patient counts — and so does every person who joins in. As a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with serious and rare diseases, you’ll be part of a community that prioritizes the human experience, celebrates curiosity, and values every person’s contributions to meaningful progress. That commitment has earned us recognition as Science magazine’s No. 1 Top Employer for five consecutive years, certification as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S., and a place on The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list in the UK.

For patients, for each other, and for the future of science, we’re in. Are you?

About the Role:

In this newly created role, the Senior Director, Launch Excellence will be responsible for driving best-in-class launch capabilities and ensuring successful commercialization of pipeline assets. This role will establish and lead Launch Excellence throughout the organization, as well as provide ongoing support/ planning for upcoming launches in the US.

The Senior Director, Launch Excellence will partner closely with cross-functional launch teams globally and regionally to develop launch disciplines and establish consistent tools, and KPIs, ensuring launch excellence against specific business deliverables.

What You'll Do:

In this role, you will develop agile launch strategies to accelerate launch planning, cross-functional team execution and integrated resource planning in alignment with the global launch ambition.

You’ll also:

• Lead launch reviews with the cross-functional brand team against key launch milestones and objectives by the pre-launch stage

• Partner with leadership across all functional areas, including medical and marketing leadership to ensure there is strategic alignment across product launch teams.

• Demonstrate leadership by influencing, coordinating, and partnering across core and interfacing workstream leadership to ensure launch readiness.

• Develop and implement launch metrics and tracking mechanisms to monitor progress and impact of product launch, providing insights to support decision-making and drive continuous improvement

• Ensure teams meet or exceed their launch readiness goals by providing strong cross-functional support and management, driving decision making, facilitating issue resolution, problem-solving, risk management, contingency planning, and decision-making

• Establish and oversee launch excellence frameworks, tools, and methodologies (including Global and US launch playbook) across the organization to ensure asset, market, and enterprise readiness. Establish processes and governance structure to support new launches and market readiness

• Drive Pre-Launch and Post-Launch performance assessments to gather learnings and drive continuous improvement. Capture lessons learned and best practices to apply to future brands and launches, evolving the launch playbook

• Proactively raise risks within the brand/launch plan to brand and marketing leads, other functional leaders, and VP. Uses business and launch expertise to inform risk mitigation strategies and assess potential resourcing needs. Leads through ambiguity and change management needed within brand and other functions as necessary to overcome obstacles and achieve launch success

• Serve as a connection point between the Global and Regional launch teams and US launch team, staying engaged with launch progress and risks and sharing launch lessons across groups

Who You Are:

You have a BA/BS in Business, Marketing, General Management, Biotechnology, or related field. You also have a minimum 10 years of commercial experience in one or more of the following functions within the biopharmaceutical/pharmaceutical, biotechnology or life sciences consulting industries: marketing, product launches, strategy, commercial operations, or related function.

Additionally you are a:

• Team player with the ability to successfully collaborate and partner in a dynamic and culturally diverse workplace

• Strategic thinker with excellent problem-solving skills and an ability to influence all levels of the company.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management skills and executive presence, with the ability to influence senior leaders across functions (marketing, sales, supply chain, finance, global strategy, etc.)

• An ability to take hands-on, “roll up your sleeves” approach toward achieving business results.

• Ability to quickly gain credibility and confidence with all levels within the company.

• Excellent track record of creating and delivering presentations to senior leaders and cross functional teams

• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail, clarity, accuracy and conciseness

• Significant experience in multiple pharma and/or biotech asset/therapy launches

• Must have excellent leadership skills; should be an effective team leader with a track record of successfully developing and upskilling team members and a proven ability to motivate teams and drive performance excellence

• Must have a track record of managing and leading in a matrix environment.

Travel Requirements

This role requires occasional domestic/international travel approximately 10-20%     

                     

Where You’ll Work  

This is a hybrid role based out of our Bridgewater, NJ Headquarters. You’ll work remotely most of the time, with in-person collaboration when it matters most.

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Pay Range:

$214,000.00-292,000.00 Annual

Life at Insmed
 

At Insmed, you’ll find a culture as human as our mission—intentionally designed for the people behind it. You deserve a workplace that reflects the same care you bring to your work each day, with support for how you work, how you grow, and how you show up for patients, your team, and yourself.

Highlights of our U.S. offerings include:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage and mental health support, annual wellbeing reimbursement, and access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Generous paid time off policies, fertility and family-forming benefits, caregiver support, and flexible work schedules with purposeful in-person collaboration

• 401(k) plan with a competitive company match, annual equity awards, and participation in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and company-paid life and disability insurance

• Company Learning Institute providing access to LinkedIn Learning, skill building workshops, leadership programs, mentorship connections, and networking opportunities

• Employee resource groups, service and recognition programs, and meaningful opportunities to connect, volunteer, and give back

Eligibility for specific programs may vary and is subject to the terms and conditions of each plan. 

Current Insmed Employees: Please apply via the Jobs Hub in Workday.

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Applications are accepted for 5 calendar days from the date posted or until the position is filled.

For New York City Residents:

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• A reasonable accommodation, if one is available under applicable law, by emailing TotalRewards@insmed.com; and/or

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