Director, Innovative Growth

Director, Innovative Growth

At Biogen, we believe commercial innovation is critical to our patient-focused mission to caring deeply and changing lives. As the US healthcare landscape continues to evolve, the traditional pharma / biotech focused approach to bringing therapies to patients is no longer optimal. Increasingly, transformational break-through therapies will require innovative growth solutions focused on both internal strategic initiative optimization and new, unique external innovations (e.g., AI tools, patient identification processes, etc.). The role involves driving strategic initiatives and fostering a culture of innovation for the Biogen North America commercial organization. This role will focus on innovating and modernizing internal operations and processes for Biogen North America via creative experimentation with new pilots and by introducing new external tools, best practices and technologies.

The Director, Innovative Growth will be a key contributor to a team responsible for executing high impact innovation and enterprise modernization initiatives to drive growth across the North American commercial organization. This leader has shown the ability to lead and execute within complex healthcare organizations, possesses a deep understanding of the broad US healthcare landscape and an ability to connect emerging healthcare trends back to business needs. This leader will work collaboratively and cross-functionally to define problem statements that can be addressed by new tools, technologies, and processes. This role reports to the Senior Director, Head of Innovative Growth and will be responsible for the execution of innovative growth projects as well as continued management of strategic relationships.

What You'll Do :

• Support Biogen North America's Enterprise Modernization program, working cross-functionally to continuously drive new initiatives to modernize and rethink existing ways of working and internal operations and processes
• Source and bring in novel, external solutions-providers, vendors, experts, and best practices to drive growth within our businesses
• Develop business cases and investment proposals for innovation initiatives
• Drive cross-functional alignment, coordination, and communication to ensure the successful execution and delivery of innovation initiatives
• Source and communicate external insights, research, and points of view on innovation
• Support the annual "Innovation Pitch" event to showcase external start-ups, vendors, and solutions providers that address key challenges and needs for our business areas
• Arrange events / discussions / panels for leaders and colleagues, featuring key innovation topics and external speakers and experts

Required Skills :

Additional Information :

The base compensation range for this role is : $195,000.00-$269,000.00

Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity. Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance. In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees' and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to :

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.