Vice President, Global Program Head

Overview

A global biopharmaceutical company on a mission to Solve On, Incyte follows science to find solutions for patients with unmet medical needs. Through the discovery, development, and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics, Incyte has established a portfolio of first-in-class medicines for patients and a strong pipeline of products in Hematology, Oncology and Inflammation and Autoimmunity

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Incyte has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.

The Global Program Head will lead the cross-functional project teams for high value, high cost drug development programs, both early and late stage, and will be responsible for delivering an integrated product development plan approved by governance and securing investment for the development program.

Job Responsibilities

• The Global Program Head is accountable for leading delivery of the approved programs to time, cost and quality and in accordance with corporate strategy and priorities.
• The Global Program Head will ensure team resources are assigned by the relevant functions
• In addition, the Global Program Head will contribute to therapy area strategy and sub-team leadership.
• The Global Program Head has overall responsibility for leading the global development of their product(s), ultimately to maximize the product's potential.
• Lead the overall development strategy of the product. This includes integrating cross-functional strategic plans such as commercial leadership of the target product profile, clinical leadership of the clinical development plan and CMC leadership of the pharmaceutical development plan.
• Together with the Project Manager to ensure the team has a high quality risk management plan and that significant risks to the programs have planned mitigations and are flagged in terms of likelihood and impact, to the relevant leadership.
• Participate in sub-team leadership.
• Collaborate with all relevant functions to ensure the right level of expertise and quality is built into the programs - including clinical, commercial, regulatory, CMC, operations, pre-clinical, etc.
• Collaborate with function leads to ensure their teams are fully resourced and skilled appropriately to deliver, working expeditiously to highlight any resource gaps that impact the program delivery or quality.
• Lead cross-functional delivery to the agreed development budget and timeline - collaborating with the cross-functional team members to track and manage issues in budget and timelines and bringing significant variations to corporate governance for approval based on agreed thresholds.
• Lead the cross-functional project team through the strategic planning and delivery of the development program, proactively identifying and managing issues and risks and ensuring decisions are made at the appropriate levels and with the appropriate cross-functional input.
• Proactively senses and responds to problems and opportunities; works to reduce 'cycle' time; takes action when needed.
• Collaboration and Team Work: Puts interests of enterprise above own; works well across functions and groups; builds teams effectively; inspires follower-ship; instills a global mindset.
• Results and Performance-Driven: Assumes personal ownership and accountability for business results and solutions; consistently delivers results that meet or exceed expectations; makes the customer central to all thinking; keeps the focus on driving customer value.
• Leadership: The ability to empower, grow, develop, and inspire high performing teams and individuals by providing them with clear direction linked to organizational goals.
• Functional Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of the drug development process (i.e. experience in Phase I - III development programs and submissions, Clinical, CMC and Preclinical).
• Share insights to inform R&D/therapy area strategy.
• Routinely apply insights to active projects.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, regulatory changes and scientific developments within relevant therapy areas.
• Provide strong leadership to the cross-functional project team - ensuring the complexities of development are addressed and, together with the Project Manager, ensure that expert input from all key functions are incorporated into the plans.
• Ensure all relevant documentation is accurate, current, and approved by respective leadership.
  
  

Requirements

• Proven track record of delivery lifecycle management programs
• Experience delivering MAA/NDA/BLA/JNDAs
• Experience leading a cross-functional project team through all stages of development
• Include the type of experience, any specialty skill experience, and/or supervisory/managerial experience
• 15 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry and at least 10 years leading cross functional development projects through to registration and launch
• Advanced Degree Preferred
• Willingness and ability to routinely travel domestically and abroad when necessary.
• Established track record of effective and influential oral presentations - including presenting investment opportunities to senior executive teams.
  
  

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. Management reserves the right to change or modify such duties as required.

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