The Head of Fillers and Regenerative Injectables PCS (Pipeline Commercialization & Strategy) is responsible for shaping the integrated strategic vision, direction and implementation for the hyaluronic acid, biostimulatory, and regenerative injectables portfolio. The individual is responsible for all aspects of the new product pipeline and overall strategy for the Allergan Aesthetics Fillers & Regenerative Injectables portfolio to help support our long-term leadership of the category through innovation and category expansion.
This individual will lead a team to develop and deliver against a pipeline strategy that contributes business growth, drives category leadership, and optimizes the portfolio value. This includes building a deep understanding of the global market landscape, trends, customer and consumer needs, and creating a plan to address gaps through internal and external innovation. They will provide the strategic oversight and guidance to manage the interdependencies and learnings across our injectables franchises to maximize the success of our pipeline.
The role demands strong leadership and close collaboration with global, cross-functional colleagues, including R&D, Operations, US and International Consumer and Customer Marketing, and Area and Affiliate level delivery teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Acts as the accountable commercial owner of the global fillers & regenerative injectables pipeline and franchise strategy
- Builds and leads a high-performing team to gather key global commercial insights - based on market research, competitive intelligence, KOL perspectives and internal insights - to deliver a robust portfolio strategy
- Supports their team to identify opportunities for growth via new product introduction and portfolio optimization – creating a unified internal and external innovation strategy
- Responsible for ensuring robust early commercial planning and smooth transition of pipeline programs to downstream execution teams
- Develops close working relationship with leaders across R&D, regulatory/legal, medical affairs, market research, operations, marketing and key opinion leaders; bringing together the best of the business to drive results in a heavily matrixed, fast-paced environment
- Navigates competing priorities across functions and regions to align on the best path forward for the overall global fillers & regenerative injectables business
- Ensures strong cross functional and leadership alignment on the strategy and key commercial inputs into the associated pipeline programs
- Maintains robust understanding of competitor insights and associated implications for the Allergan Aesthetics facial injectables portfolio
- Supports agile decision making to adapt strategy as needed based on evolving insights and pipeline developments
- Maintains accountability for the development of rigorous forecasts to support portfolio optimisation and business decision making, and a rigorous LRP submission
- Owns budget and proactively partner with Finance to ensure timely review of and management of financial resources