Executive Director, Lmic Pipeline and Pre-launch Planning

**Key Responsibilities**:
**1. Rapid L&MIC Assessments**:

- Conduct comprehensive assessments of pipeline assets against the healthcare needs in L&MICs
- Identify key barriers to access and possible solutions
- Develop and implement Rapid L&MIC assessments for each asset, ensuring alignment with local health priorities and challenges

**2. Strategic Development**:

- Collaborate closely with the global commercial team to develop L&MIC strategies for assets with broad impacts
- Establish clear goals for increasing patient reach through commercially sustainable approaches
- Establish appropriate partnerships to facilitate and increase access to our assets

**3. External Stakeholder Engagement**:

- Engage regularly with UN agencies, donors, and other public health stakeholders to foster partnerships that enhance health equity
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to facilitate the successful implementation of strategies

**4. Barriers to Access**:

- Identify and analyze common barriers to access in L&MICs and propose actionable solutions
- Utilize insights to inform strategy development and partnership initiatives

**5. Cross-Functional Leadership**:

- Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams in a multi-cultural environment to ensure alignment and drive progress on initiatives
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among various departments to achieve common objectives

**Qualifications**:

- 10+ years of commercial experience in the healthcare industry, with a focus on middle-income countries
- Proven experience in engaging with UN agencies, donors, and public health stakeholders
- Strong understanding of health equity issues and barriers to access in diverse healthcare settings
- Excellent project management skills, with the ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams effectively
- Strong analytical skills, including experience with market assessments and strategy development
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in diverse teams
- Prior experience in healthcare market access or commercial strategy roles
- Familiarity with public health frameworks and policies in L&MICs

**Leadership skills**:

- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic planning
- Networking & partnership
- Influence
- Execution excellence

**THE COMPANY**

Our Company has had a presence in Switzerland since 1963. With a regional office and manufacturing/packaging facility, Lucerne is considered the center of operations. Approximately 1,000 people work collaboratively at the four Lucerne locations (Tribschenstrasse, Citybay, Schachen and Kriens). A fifth location has been established in Zurich, aimed at accelerating the development and commercialization of many of our company’s medicines and vaccines, which supports our mission to save and improve lives around the world.

We are proud to be certified as a “Top Employer Switzerland” and “Top Employer Europe” showing the company’s commitment to our employees and the community around us.

The Ring Center building located in Kriens is our Regional Headquarters for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Employees from 50 nations across the region bring their diverse backgrounds and experiences together to develop solutions that benefit all our patients. From this site we provide leadership and support to more than 70 local subsidiaries around the world.

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**Employee Status**:
Regular

**Relocation**:
No relocation

**VISA Sponsorship**:
No

**Travel Requirements**:
25%

**Flexible Work Arrangements**:
Hybrid

**Shift**:
Not Indicated

**Valid Driving License**:
No

**Hazardous Material(s)**:
N/A

**Job Posting End Date**:
05/16/2025

**Requisition ID**:R345895