[Hiring] Senior Manager, Rare Disease Family Access Field Excellence @Biogen

Role Description

The Sr. Manager, Family Access Field Excellence is responsible for the professional skill development and execution efforts of the family access field team. This includes the pull-through of trainings that range from new hire through advanced & ongoing developmental needs of the nation across the portfolio. In this highly visible, cross-functional role, this individual will partner closely with:

• Field leadership
• Commercial training
• Operations
• HR
• Patient services
• Legal
• Compliance
• Reimbursement
• Sales
• Marketing

The role will be accountable for new hires throughout the onboarding process to ensure compliant and effective implementation of knowledge, skills, and processes. The incumbent will work closely with the field and field leadership by frequent field exposure to:

• Identify & share best practices
• Determine development needs
• Serve as a coaching partner for field leadership
• Be a positive force with the ongoing goal of executional excellence

As an expert in the patient journey, the role will be the liaison between:

• The field
• Rare Disease leadership
• Home office cross-functional partners
• External vendors

You will be responsible for effective training, coaching, and operational excellence in line with all approved marketing materials and messages. This individual will report to the Head of the family access team and participate as a member of the family access leadership team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree; advanced education/certification desirable with focus on adult learning, people leadership, project management and/or other applicable areas
• 5+ years of pharma/biotech experience in a commercial role
• 3+ years in family access, reimbursement, or equivalent field role; rare disease and patient-facing roles preferred
• Strong desire to lead a field-based team as part of career progression
• Breadth of various commercial experiences strongly desired
• Experience leading cross-functionally and influencing without authority preferred
• Prior experience successfully executing initiatives and projects while navigating the legal, regulatory and compliance environment preferred
• Must be able to travel 60-70% of the time including overnight and national coverage

Requirements

• Provide field coaching and support, ensuring effective use of tools, tactics, messages, and trainings provided by the business
• Participate in the development & support of marketing strategies, tactics, and messages by surveying/coaching the execution efforts in the field on a consistent basis
• Assist in the development and execution of all onboarding training of new hires
• Indirectly lead the Field Force Trainers for new hire and ongoing training execution
• Partner with field leadership to determine skill gaps, training needs and coaching opportunities through field observation
• Partner with Sr. Leadership on execution of field coaching and coaching reports
• Provide feedback and leadership to home office from regular field observation, in preparation for regional/national meetings and to highlight best practices
• Play a pivotal role in the creation and execution of development workshops at regional & national meetings to support the objectives of marketing & leadership
• Build a network of internal and external rare disease resources to support field development through advocacy, rare disease events and national conferences
• Partner with leadership and home office to utilize the family access critical skills/key experience and performance models for use in conjunction with the hiring process, professional evaluation, and development at the field level
• Help identify, coach, and develop transferable skills specific to the family access team to prepare for Biogen roles/contributions beyond family access
• Work collaboratively with Biogen counterparts across the organization to determine best practices and leverage an enterprise ONEBIOGEN approach to training, development, and field execution
• Uphold the cultural values and family access interpretation to assist leadership with examples of those values in action
• Identify and determine ongoing development needs with patient engagement, motivational interviewing, and national skill-based programs; design & execute additional national trainings
• Lead the partnership with external vendors to meet any training needs
• Support the evolution and execution of a sustainable patient support model for engagement with patients in the maintenance phase of the patient journey
• Provide individual coaching, assess metrics in partnership with patient services & leadership, and work closely with marketing to support execution of key strategic initiatives
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on all Biogen, disease, patient engagement, and product-related resources/models to support current and future patient care needs
• Participate in key cross-functional task forces with business partners such as marketing insights, competitive intelligence, patient services, and marketing
• Additional responsibilities & duties may be assigned at any time as determined by the business

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
• Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
• Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
• A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
• Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
• 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
• Employee Resource Groups participation