Executive Director

About This Role

At Biogen, Development Asset Leaders (DALs) serve as enterprise leaders responsible for integrating scientific, clinical, regulatory, operational, and business strategies to maximize the value of development assets. As Executive Director, Development Asset Leadership, you will lead and develop a team of experienced DALs while helping shape the strategic direction of Biogen's development portfolio.

This role is designed for a seasoned drug development executive who has successfully led clinical-stage assets through major development inflection points and understands how to balance scientific opportunity, development risk, portfolio value, and resource investment. You will serve as a leader of leaders, establishing standards of excellence in asset leadership and ensuring consistent, high-quality decision-making across programs.

Reporting to the Head of Development Asset Leadership, you will mentor Development Asset Leads responsible for advancing innovative therapies across multiple therapeutic areas and modalities, while supporting critical portfolio decisions through active engagement with governance bodies and senior leadership.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience leading cross-functional development teams, driving integrated asset strategies, and influencing enterprise-level decisions in a complex biopharmaceutical environment.

What You'll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Development Asset Leads (DALs), many operating at the Director and Senior Director level, while building organizational capability and succession strength within the function.

• Mentor DALs across early development clinical stage and/or marketed assets in the development and execution of integrated asset plans that balance scientific opportunity, probability of technical and regulatory success, competitive differentiation, timeline, cost, and portfolio value.

• Guide teams through key development milestones, including IND-enabling activities, first-in-human studies, proof-of-concept generation, portfolio investment decisions, and lifecycle strategy planning.

• Ensure effective cross-functional integration across Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Safety, Biometrics, Clinical Pharmacology, Translational Medicine, CMC, Commercial, and other partner functions.

• Support DALs in driving accountability for functional deliverables and ensuring alignment between functional plans and overarching asset strategies.

• Represent development programs and portfolio perspectives in discussions with senior leadership and governance forums, influencing critical investment and prioritization decisions.

• Partner closely with Research, Development, Commercial, Finance, and Portfolio Strategy leaders to optimize resource allocation and portfolio performance.

• Contribute to the evolution of Biogen's asset leadership model through participation in departmental initiatives, communities of practice, and organizational capability-building efforts.

Who You Are

You are a strategic and scientifically grounded development leader with a demonstrated history of advancing complex therapeutic programs through key clinical and portfolio milestones. You can seamlessly integrate scientific data, clinical strategy, regulatory considerations, commercial opportunity, and financial implications to guide investment decisions.

You are recognized for your ability to lead through influence, develop high-performing leaders, and navigate ambiguity while maintaining focus on long-term value creation. Your leadership style combines strong strategic thinking with pragmatism, humility, and a commitment to developing others.

You are energized by solving complex development challenges and helping teams make difficult trade-off decisions that ultimately improve outcomes for patients.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree required (MD, PhD, PharmD, MS, or MBA)

• 15+ years of biopharmaceutical drug development experience, including significant leadership responsibility for clinical-stage development programs.

• Direct experience serving as a leader of Development Asset Lead, Program Team Leader, Global Program Head, Portfolio Leader, or equivalent enterprise-level development leadership role.

• Demonstrated success leading the integrated development strategy for one or more clinical-stage assets through major development milestones.

• Experience advancing programs through key value inflection points, including IND clearance, first-in-human studies, proof-of-concept generation, and major portfolio investment decisions.

• Proven experience leading and developing senior scientific and development leaders within a matrixed organization.

• Deep understanding of end-to-end drug development, including translational medicine, clinical development, regulatory strategy, safety, clinical pharmacology, and pharmaceutical sciences.

• Strong understanding of Minimum Product Profile (MPP) and Target Product Profile (TPP) principles and their application to development strategy.

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and communicate portfolio value, development risk, probability of success, competitive differentiation, and resource trade-offs.

• Proven track record presenting development strategies and recommendations to senior governance bodies and executive leadership teams.

• Strong working knowledge of global regulatory requirements and drug development pathways across major health authorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading programs across multiple therapeutic areas and/or modalities.

• Experience supporting NDA, BLA, MAA, or equivalent global regulatory submissions.

• Experience participating in health authority interactions and regulatory strategy development.

• Experience in both early-stage and late-stage development environments.

Job Level: Management

Additional Information

The base compensation range for this role is: $332,000.00-$469,250.00

Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.

Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance. 

In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:

• 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

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about Biogen.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.