Executive Director, Therapeutic Area Strategy – Oncology, Hematology

• Support creation and update of a holistic Therapeutic Area strategy


• Provide early-phase commercial insights to project teams


• Guide therapeutic-area-specific internal pipeline development and external licensing/acquisition opportunities


• Support integrated enterprise alignment across Biomedical Research, Development, Strategy & Growth, and Commercial US and International units


• Bring external benchmarking, analysis, insights, and judgement to support sustainable short-, mid-, and long-term growth


• Apply pharmaceutical-industry and Oncology & Hematology knowledge to derive differentiating competitive advantages


• Provide commercial insights to R&D project teams, particularly for early-phase programs


• Analyze reports and publications to extract key messages, including building product forecasts


• Support development and delivery of strategic external insights


• Identify growth opportunities and emerging competitive challenges


• Create third-party views around key strategic levers and commission targeted primary research

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required


• Advanced degree (PhD, MD or other advanced University degree) and/or equivalent experience in life science/healthcare; MBA or consulting or equivalent experience highly preferred


• In-depth Therapeutic Area knowledge in Oncology and/or Hematology, or track record to acquire the expertise rapidly


• Capacity to support multiple strategic disease areas and programs


• Substantial experience evaluating new product opportunities through M&A, BD&L, and internal research programs


• 7-10 years of pharmaceutical industry and/or medical device experience


• Experience in Research & Development and/or commercial functions


• Experience conducting, commissioning, and analyzing primary research


• Experience developing strategy and shaping assets early in the lifecycle


• Recent (post-2015) local US in-market experience with US customers and healthcare systems

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Oncology and Hematology, with a strong ability to provide commercial insights and support strategic development across multiple therapeutic areas. Proven experience in evaluating product opportunities and conducting primary research to drive growth in the pharmaceutical industry.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Oncology Knowledge


• Hematology Knowledge


• Pharmaceutical Industry Experience


• Primary Research Analysis


• Strategic Development

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Therapeutic Area Strategy


• Commercial Insights


• Product Forecasting


• M&A Evaluation


• Business Development


• Research & Development


• Strategic Asset Development


• Competitive Analysis


• Benchmarking


• Licensing Opportunities

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree


• Advanced Degree (PhD, MD, MBA)

Industry Keywords

• Biomedical Research


• Healthcare Systems


• Commercial Functions


• Market Experience


• Disease Areas