Director, Commercial, Portfolio & Brand Strategy Lead (Oncology / Neurology)

Job Description Summary

As the Director, Commercial, Portfolio & Brand Strategy Lead (Oncology / Neurology), you will have a leadership role responsible for managing and driving the success of multiple products across an Oncology & Neurology portfolio. This individual will lead the brand strategy, portfolio management, and development and execution of marketing plans, ensuring alignment with both short-term and long-term business goals. This role requires a deep understanding of the US healthcare access landscape, buy & bill market dynamics and distribution models, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to navigate and adapt to complex business / market dynamics.

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally.

Join us, the future is ours to shape!

As the Director, Commercial, Portfolio & Brand Strategy Lead (Oncology / Neurology), you will have a leadership role responsible for managing and driving the success of multiple products across an Oncology & Neurology portfolio. This individual will lead the brand strategy, portfolio management, and development and execution of marketing plans, ensuring alignment with both short-term and long-term business goals. This role requires a deep understanding of the US healthcare access landscape, buy & bill market dynamics and distribution models, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to navigate and adapt to complex business / market dynamics.

Your additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

Brand Strategy Development and Execution :

• Develop and execute comprehensive brand strategies for multiple products across an Oncology & Neurology portfolio, ensuring alignment with company goals and market needs
• Stay ahead of industry trends, competitor activities, and emerging therapeutic area developments to inform strategy and innovation
• Monitor brand performance and market trends, making data-drive decisions to enhance brand equity and customer engagement
• Owner for solidifying long and short-term forecasts across product portfolio (i.e. supply demand plan, portfolio reviews, financial forecasts)
• Commercial point for IP related activities across product portfolio (i.e., potential depositions, trials, settlement, launch-at-risk assessment)
• Support market access strategy development and execution to ensure outcomes align to long and short-term demand and financial forecasts

Product Portfolio Management :

Cross-Functional Collaboration :

P&L Responsibility :

Marketing Strategy :

People Management :

Minimum Requirements :

Education :

Work Experience :

Travel Requirements : Approximately 20% as business needs require.

This position will be located at the Princeton, NJ site and will not have the ability to be located remotely. Preference will be given to local candidates not requiring relocation.

Our Sandoz flexible-hybrid working approach allows US office-based employees to work up to 50% of their monthly workdays remotely.

Sandoz offers a generous employee benefits package that includes a competitive salary, health insurance coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision, a generous company match for retirement savings accounts, and generous paid time off.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $185,500 and $344,500 / year; however, while salary ranges are effective from 1 / 1 / 25 through 12 / 31 / 25, fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period. Further, final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to geographical location, experience level, knowledge, skills and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department / team performance, and market factors.

On September 30, 2021, Sandoz entered into a 5-year Corporate Integrity Agreement. Certain positions will have responsibilities to support the execution and adherence to CIA obligations, CIA-related deliverables, and any relevant audit, monitoring or Independent Review Organization (IRO) remediation.

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Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

Sandoz EEO Statement :

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Sandoz Reasonable Accommodations Statement :

Sandoz, Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to reasonable.accommodations@sandoz.com or call 1-609-422-4098 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

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EEO Statement :

Sandoz Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

Sandoz Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please connect with us outling the job requisition number in your message.

Salary Range

$185,500.00 - $344,500.00

Skills Desired

Agility, Asset Management, Business Strategy, Commercial Excellence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Orientation, Digital Marketing, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Influencing Skills, Inspirational Leadership, Marketing Strategy, Negotiation Skills, Operational Excellence, People Management, Priority Disease Areas Expertise, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Product Marketing, Product Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Partnerships