Senior Manager, Special Projects, Lupus

Senior Manager, Special Projects, Lupus

Reports to: Head of Strategy & Operations, Specialty (MS & Lupus)

Job Description

The Senior Manager, Special Projects, Lupus plays a critical role in advancing U.S. Lupus launch readiness by driving execution, integration, and operational discipline across a highly matrixed organization. Reporting to the Head of Strategy & Operations for Specialty, this role serves as the day-to-day operating and execution lead for Lupus launch initiatives, partnering closely with Commercial, Medical, Access, Finance, Commercial Operations, and Analytics teams.

This role is designed for a strategic operator who can translate direction into action, manage complexity, and ensure momentum across multiple launch-critical workstreams. The Senior Manager will own PMO rigor, support budget and resourcing tracking, drive accountability to timelines, and develop high-quality materials to support Lupus LT and senior leadership decision-making.

This is a high-visibility role requiring strong judgment, executive communication skills, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous, and evolving launch environment.

What You'll Do

Lupus Operating Leadership

• Serve as the operating lead for Lupus, owning working team meeting management, materials, follow-ups, and action tracking across launch initiatives
• Act as the day-to-day integrator across Lupus cross-functional teams
• Execute against the operating cadence and priorities set by Lupus LT, ensuring decisions translate into tangible progress

Launch Planning & Special Projects

• Drive forward Lupus launch planning and priority initiatives, translating strategy into executable plans, timelines, and milestones
• Lead special projects critical to launch readiness, capability build, and risk mitigation across CLE and SLE indications

PMO, Budget & Resource Management

• Own PMO discipline across Lupus initiatives, including timelines, milestones, interdependencies, and issue tracking
• Manage Lupus budget tracking, forecasts, and variance monitoring in partnership with Finance
• Track resourcing, capacity, and readiness against launch plans; surface gaps and mitigation options
• Ensure initiatives remain on track to plan, escalating risks early with proposed solutions

• Support Lupus team build, including onboarding coordination, role clarity, and integration into the operating cadence; Help establish foundational processes, tools, and ways of working to enable rapid team effectiveness

Leadership & Executive Support

• Develop draft materials, synthesis, and insights to support Lupus LT updates and decision forums
• Prepare content for broader leadership updates and executive communications, ensuring clarity, consistency, and decision orientation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in management consulting, biotech/pharma, or related strategic operations roles
• Prior experience supporting commercial launch planning or launch readiness strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution across complex, cross-functional, and highly matrixed teams
• Strong PMO, planning, and organizational skills with attention to detail and follow-through
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing executive-ready materials (decision memos, leadership updates, syntheses)
• Proven ability to influence without authority and manage competing priorities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfort operating in ambiguity
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• Experience in immunology, autoimmune disease, or specialty launches a plus

Job Level: Management

Additional Information

The base compensation range for this role is: $140,000.00-$187,000.00

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 our DE&I efforts.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Cambridge, MA

Job ID: Biogen-REQ22242

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-10T19:09:20