Director, Global Cell Therapy Commercial Operations
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Director, Global Cell Therapy Commercial Operations
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The role is intentionally broad in scope, spanning launch readiness, ongoing operations, and strategic transformation initiatives to support evolving business needs. The successful candidate will operate in a highly dynamic environment, partnering across regions and functions to deliver a seamless customer and patient experience
Key Responsibilities
- Champion operational excellence, process innovation, and future-readiness for current and future cell therapy platforms; benchmark best practices across regions and competitors to inform improvements
- Lead cross-functional process improvements across regions to improve the end-to-end customer experience
- Coordinate commercial input into process and ecosystem changes, including chain of identity/chain of custody solutions, in partnership with global, regional, and local teams
- Define, track, and share operational KPIs with key stakeholders; align priorities, responsibilities, and execution plans with agreed objectives and key results (OKRs)
- Develop and execute market-readiness strategies and tactics for current and future indications of the cell therapy platforms
- Serve as IT business owner as needed, advocating for customer needs and partnering with IT to streamline operations and improve scheduling, data, and user interfaces as new countries launch
- Develop and execute strategies, assets, and tactical plans in close partnership with key internal stakeholders; share learnings across regions to support consistent, scalable operations
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years in pharmaceutical or biotech, with strong commercial experience (sales, marketing, or analytics)
- Experience partnering with commercial teams to drive business outcomes
- Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into action
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives across global or regional teams
- Ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Strategic thinker with a strong execution focus
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Experience
- Experience in oncology, hematology, or cell therapy
- Experience supporting commercial planning or business planning processes
- Familiarity working across market access, supply, medical
- Experience working with external alliances or partnerships
- Exposure to process improvement or operational transformation
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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