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BioNTech is a Nasdaq listed Germany-based global biotechnology commercial stage company with U.S. offices in Cambridge, MA and Gaithersburg, MD, that focuses on developing cancer therapeutics, including individualized immunotherapy, as well as vaccines for infectious diseases, including COVID-19. The company's oncology pipeline contains several classes of drugs, including mRNA-based drugs to encode antigens, neoantigens, cytokines, and antibodies; cell therapies; bispecific antibodies; antibody conjugates, and small-molecule immunomodulators. BioNTech is partnered with several large pharmaceutical companies, including Roche,, Pfizer, , and Genmab. Comirnaty (COVID-19 vaccine) is its first commercialized product.

Position Location: New Jersey

Commercial Operations Director

Position Summary - Lead strategic portfolio level initiatives, optimize sales and marketing operations and build / adopt commercial capabilities within US.

What you have to offer: 

• Drives operational alignment, enablement, execution excellence and continuous improvement of commercial operations across brands, disease areas and launches
• Act as the point person to identify, communicate, plan, direct and / or lead designated commercial operations services and ensure operational efficiency across different cross functional areas
• Lead and manage key portfolio / country level initiatives for the GM in collaborations with US functions related to key business priorities
•  Oversea critical initiatives to drive excellence in our culture, operations and ways of working.
• Build excellence in commercial operations, processes and outcomes. Analyze operational critical KPIs and co-create improvement plans in partnership with functional leads
• Build US market specific launch excellence capabilities to ensure successful, coordinated and cross functional launch preparations for multiple launches
• Support investor relations process by providing US specific input in collaboration with cross functional partners
• Develop launch planning and tracking tools to drive commercialization of the portfolio across the company.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required with 8 plus years of experience in commercial operations within a in life sciences, biotech or pharma company with strong working knowledge of legal landscape, FDA promotional regulations, standard operating procedures and biotech development process required.
•  Excellent organization, analytic & communication skills
•  Resourceful and driven, enthusiastic to collaborate across Commercial Team and other departments.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and evolving environment, with a proactive and adaptable mindset to navigate change and drive continuous improvement.
•  Expert in utilizing collaboration tools such as Egnyte, Teams, OneNote, SharePoint
•  Some domestic and international travel may be required.
• Ability to manage projects and changing priorities, multitask, and meet aggressive deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Requirements: MBA

Benefits for you:
 

BioNTech US is committed to employee wellbeing and offers best-in-class benefits & HR programs to support an inclusive & diverse workforce. Salaried/Position-Targeted Hourly Employees working 30+ hours per week are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package. Benefits include but are not limited to:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

• Life, AD&D, Critical Illness Insurance

• Pre-tax HSA & FSA, DCRA Spending Accounts

• Employee Assistance & Concierge Program (EAP) available 24/7

• Parental and Childbirth Leave & Family Planning Assistance

• Sitterstream: Virtual Tutoring & Childcare Membership

• Paid Time Off: Vacation, Sick, Bereavement, Holidays (including Floating) & Year-End U.S. Shutdown.

• 401(K) Plan with Company Match

• Tuition Reimbursement & Student Loan Assistance Programs

• Wellbeing Incentive Platforms & Incentives

• Professional Development Programs

• Commuting Allowance and subsidized parking

• Discounted Home, Auto & Pet Insurance

…and more! More details to be shared.

BioNTech is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. BioNTech does not tolerate discrimination against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access BioNTech’s online application tools due to a disability, you can request reasonable accommodations by calling 1-857-228-6231or by e-mailing jobs@biontech.de. Thank you for your interest in BioNTech.