Portfolio Management Lead in New Product Planning & Portfolio Strategy

Are you passionate about improving the lives of patients suffering from allergies? Do you have a strategic mindset and a vision for developing life-changing treatments? Can you drive initiatives that bring innovative respiratory allergy solutions to the market? If so, ALK is looking for a strategic thinker to join our mission-driven team.
The position
At ALK, we are dedicated to creating solutions that improve the lives of people suffering from allergies. As Portfolio Management Lead in New Product Planning and Portfolio Strategy, you will play a crucial role in guiding the development of new products and optimizing the lifecycle management of existing treatments within Respiratory Allergy, Food Allergy, Anaphylaxis and other new adjacent therapy areas. Your expertise will help ensure the success of our portfolio and that we continue to meet unmet medical needs for patients around the world.

Your primary tasks will be:

• Lead strategic portfolio initiatives and recommendations within our Respiratory Allergy Therapy area, spanning from life-cycle management ideas to innovation in our pipeline.
• Conduct comprehensive commercial assessments, including market and competitor analysis across ALKs therapy areas in collaboration with therapy area leads.
• Evolve Target Product Profiles (TPPs) for both internal and external assets across ALKs therapy areas.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including R&D, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Commercial, to align on product development and market strategies across ALKs therapy areas.
• Contribute to portfolio assessments and development of commercial guidance to R&D, as well as contributing to the annual portfolio review.
• Stay informed of market trends, therapeutic advancements, and competitive activities to provide strategic insights.

On a daily basis, you will work in a global context but interact primarily with the other therapy area leads and various headquarter functions across a diverse network of internal colleagues from Research & Development, various Commercial functions, Finance and Product Supply.

Your profile
We expect that you have:

• An advanced degree in Life Sciences, Business Administration, or a related field, with an MBA or PhD strongly preferred.
• 3- 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, experience within the field of respiratory allergy or related diseases is a plus.
• Solid understanding of drug development, regulatory landscapes, and healthcare systems.
• Ability to translate a scientific idea/project into a commercial opportunity.
• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills paired with strong business acumen.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with a talent for engaging and influencing cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Experience from having worked in one of the following areas is a plus: New Product Planning, Life-Cycle Management, Brand/Product Management, Market Access and Pricing.

Become a part of ALK
We provide an attractive working environment for individuals looking for both personal and professional development. ALK is a global pharmaceutical company specialised in allergy immunotherapy. We are driven by a high level of professionalism, integrity, an openminded approach and contributing to an inspiring and fun working environment together with our colleagues. You will be part of an engaged and informal team who values skill and knowledge creation. The result of your efforts will be significant throughout the organisation, and you will be able to actively influence and challenge the status quo.

Our offices in Denmark offer a green view of the DTU Science Park in Hørsholm. We believe that physical presence enforces strong teamwork and collaboration and creates success, so it is important that you enjoy coming to work at our site with a degree of flexibility to also work from home.

Apply
Apply by attaching your CV and a short letter of motivation, no later than 15 December 2024.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. Hence, we prefer that you do not add images in your application documents. We evaluate applications and call for interviews on an ongoing basis, so don't wait to apply! We reserve the right to take down the advert when we have found the right candidate.

Do you want to learn more about our company, we encourage you to visit us at www.alk.net. For further information regarding the position please contact Sarah Buchs, Senior Director New Product Planning & Portfolio Strategy on +45 40 97 61 73.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!