Executive Director, US New Product Commercialization

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Shape the overall Bayer pipeline/portfolio/BD&L strategic focus by integrating with global commercial and development teams, including disease area strategy teams and platform companies, to ensure strategic choices consider US implications.
• Provide aligned US commercial input into pipeline development plans and key decision points for individual assets to ensure US considerations influence strategic and tactical decisions.
• Evaluate BD&L deals as opportunities to strengthen Bayer’s pipeline and portfolio, partnering with the BD&L team to identify market opportunities aligned with US strategic needs.
• Organize cross-functional expert teams to create a well-informed US position, leveraging Bayer global, US, and external expertise efficiently.
• Conduct research and analysis on market and competitive landscape evolution, model target product profiles, assess market access and commercialization costs to inform US financial outlooks.
• Leverage and provide input into global team assessments through co-creation to advance toward early shared clarity and alignment.
• Communicate the US perspective, risks, key considerations, and contingencies clearly to executive management and decision-making bodies to promote shared understanding based on financials and assumptions.
• Create a smooth handover of assets to US Product Teams at appropriate development stages, including summaries of insights, market evaluations, and strategic assumptions.
• Operate in a patient-focused manner, ensuring full compliance with US legal, medical, and regulatory requirements, and fostering a culture that weighs benefits and risks in decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong working knowledge of the US healthcare environment.
• Leadership ability to create strategic vision and inspire teams.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to simplify complex challenges.
• Compelling verbal and written communication skills.
• Financial acumen with experience in developing financial forecasts and P&L.
• Ability to make well-informed benefit/risk decisions.
• Efficiency and ownership mindset in managing enterprise resources.
• Fostering cross-functional collaboration and genuine co-creation.
• Cross-therapeutic area agility.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (30% to 40%).
• High interpersonal and intercultural skills.
• High flexibility and commitment.

Nice to Have

• MBA or advanced degree.
• Minimum of 10 years' industry experience.
• Experience with new/pipeline products.
• Experience in new product commercialization and market access.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary between $203,104 to $304,656, with potential bonuses or commissions.
• Additional benefits including health care, vision, dental, retirement plans, PTO, sick leave, etc.