Lead Commercial Development Manager at Exact Sciences

Lead Commercial Development Manager

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Position Overview

The Lead Commercial Development Manager is responsible for driving commercial launch readiness, successfully bringing new product offerings, product enhancements, and services to the market. This role is a hands-on position and will work with various levels of management and departments through the enterprise commercial organization, business units, and various technical and operational teams.

The Lead Commercial Development Manager leads commercial workstream(s) in managing deliverables that correspond to robust sales, marketing, and market access strategy and tactical readiness for a successful launch. Their focus is to ensure that the key elements of the commercial development process are robust and delivered on time. This includes leading commercial launch readiness review process(es), in coordination with the product development process. This role will work quickly to understand interdependencies, develop and communicate plans, prioritize appropriately, rally cross-functional teams to be united on key objectives, escalate risks and mitigations, and problem-solve collaboratively in a dynamic and matrixed organization. The Lead Commercial Development Manager will also provide post-launch support to ensure successful transition from launch readiness into steady-state commercial execution.

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lead commercial launch readiness workstream(s) to ensure comprehensive commercial launch planning and timely execution.
• Design and deploy an effective structure for commercial launch planning, based on the scope of the product/service offering, resources available, and timeline.
• Facilitate productive, cross-functional meetings with clear agendas and action items.
• Provide a clear summary of decisions, issues, and actions to ensure key stakeholders are appropriately informed and can act accordingly.
• Develop, track, and report against detailed project timelines/work plans, schedules, status reports, resource plans, budgets, and status reports.
• Serve as a member of the product core team to advance commercial launch readiness and report on progress, risks, and mitigations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Engineering, Life Sciences, Clinical Laboratory Science, Management Information Systems, or field as outlined in the essential duties.
• 6+ years of cross-functional management experience with demonstrated record of accomplishment and delivering results.
• 6+ years of experience leading experienced, complex teams or projects in a health care, life sciences, pharma, or medical device company.
• Strong understanding of program and project management processes, principles, and methodologies.
• Expert project management software skills; including Smartsheet, Miro, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Demonstrated strong, collaborative leadership - able to influence without authority, manage complex initiatives with effective planning and coordination, solve problems and resolve conflict diplomatically, build trusted cross-functional relationships, and communicate complex ideas clearly and simply.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full or part-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration or field related to job duties.
• Experience in marketing or new product planning.
• Experience with commercial operations.
• Experience in service operations management.
• Change management certification.

Exact Sciences is proud to offer an employee experience that includes paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time), paid leave for parents and caregivers, a retirement savings plan, wellness support, and health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage. Learn more about our benefits.

Our success relies on the experiences and perspectives of a diverse team, and Exact Sciences fosters a culture where all employees can develop personally and professionally with a sense of respect and belonging. If you require an accommodation, please contact us here.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, and any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law.