Biogen Posted October 1, 2026

Senior Manager, Europe Medical Strategy and Execution

Baar, Switzerland Full time
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About This Role

The Senior Manager, Europe Medical Strategy and Execution supports the implementation of strategic and operational priorities across the EU Medical organization. The role acts as a key operational partner to the EU Data Generation, Medical Strategy & Pipeline Readiness Lead, driving organizational effectiveness, business planning, governance, and cross-functional execution across the region. The incumbent serves as a central point of coordination between EU Medical Region, affiliate Medical teams, Global Medical, and other internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and delivery of key objectives. The role is responsible for project management, performance tracking, budget coordination, leadership communications, and operational excellence initiatives across EU Medical. The role also provides operational support for regional data generation, pipeline readiness, and patient access initiatives.

What You'll Do

Lead project management and execution of EU Medical strategic priorities, coordinating key regional initiatives and tracking actions, milestones, risks, and deliverables.

Provide operational support for regional data generation and medical research initiatives, including tracking milestones, budgets, and deliverables and supporting governance and reporting of registries and RWE programs.

Support launch readiness planning and tracking for priority pipeline assets, ensuring effective coordination with regional, affiliate, Global Medical, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Coordinate implementation and oversight of Patient and Healthcare Support Programs (PHSPs) in collaboration with affiliates and cross-functional stakeholders, supporting reporting, best-practice sharing, and operational consistency across EU countries.

Serve as a point of contact between EU Medical, affiliates, Global Medical, and cross-functional teams, facilitating effective information flow, communication, and alignment across the organization.

Coordinate business planning, metrics, and reporting activities, including EU Medical dashboards, KPIs, annual goal tracking, business reviews, and leadership reports and presentations.

Support regional budget planning and financial management, including budget tracking, forecasting, AOP planning, quarterly financial reviews, and monitoring expenditures related to strategic initiatives.

Support operational excellence, governance, and compliance activities, including implementation of SOPs and governance processes, identification of improvement opportunities, and alignment with company policies and compliance requirements.

Support EU Medical organizational effectiveness by coordinating leadership meetings, governance reviews, workshops, congress-related planning, and communication activities.

Manage ad hoc Medical projects and other strategic and operational initiatives as business needs require.

Who You Are

You are a highly organized and collaborative Medical Affairs professional who can translate strategic priorities into structured plans and effective execution. You are comfortable coordinating multiple initiatives simultaneously and maintaining visibility across timelines, budgets, deliverables, risks, and stakeholders in a complex, highly matrixed environment.

You are an effective communicator and stakeholder manager who can connect regional, affiliate, global, and cross-functional teams and influence without formal authority. You combine attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities and are comfortable working independently while maintaining close alignment with senior stakeholders.

You bring a continuous improvement mindset and actively look for opportunities to strengthen processes, governance, and organizational effectiveness. You embrace innovation and digital solutions and can adapt effectively as priorities and business needs evolve.

Required Skills

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Healthcare, Business Administration, or a related field; an advanced degree such as an MSc, PharmD, MBA, PhD, or equivalent is preferred.

7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industry.

Experience in Medical Affairs, Medical Operations, Medical Excellence, Strategy & Execution, Project Management, or related functions.

Demonstrated experience supporting regional or global Medical organizations and complex cross-functional initiatives.

Strong knowledge of Medical Affairs operations, governance, and compliance processes.

Experience in project and portfolio management, including tracking milestones, risks, deliverables, and multiple concurrent priorities.

Experience with budget planning, forecasting, performance reporting, dashboards, and KPIs.

Understanding of data generation, RWE, patient support programs, and launch readiness processes.

Strong organizational, stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence without formal authority.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office and collaboration tools, with fluency in English.

Job Level: Management

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.

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
BD&L & Strategic Planning
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Baar, Switzerland
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active BD&L & Strategic Planning role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 117 comparable Manager BD&L & Strategic Planning roles across 38 biopharma companies.

117Comparable roles tracked
107Currently active
38Companies hiring similar roles
23Countries represented

Salary context

44 of 117 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Manager, Portfolio Management · Sandoz $0/hr – $0/hr (≈ $0–$0/yr)
Highest disclosed · External Innovation, Associate Director · Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (US) $170,400/yr – $255,600/yr
Peer group range $0 – $213,000 (median $180,500)

Where these roles are based

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United States61
China12
India10
Germany6
Japan4
Denmark2

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Seniority mix

117 of 117 peers have a known seniority level

Manager70
Associate Director42
Associate5

Therapeutic area mix

16 of 117 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Dermatology & Aesthetics9
Immunology2
Oncology2
Neuroscience1
Gastroenterology1
Cardiovascular / CVRM1

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