Vice President Dermatology

Reporting to the President of Oncology, the Vice President, Dermatology will have a broad role, offering commercial insight and driving strategy at a portfolio level. Position is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and candidate will be based out of Utah.

Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) is a leading molecular diagnostic company at the forefront of the most exciting areas in healthcare – predictive medicine, prognostic medicine and personalized medicine. With a deep understanding of the roles genes play in human disease, Myriad has developed and commercializes products that assess a person’s risk of developing disease later in life and help guide treatment decisions. These products have the potential of improving health and quality of life, reducing healthcare costs and, most importantly, saving lives. Going forward, Myriad is uniquely positioned to develop and commercialize new molecular diagnostics that prevent or mitigate the toll of mankind’s deadliest diseases, such as cancer.

As an early pioneer, Myriad Genetics discovered the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that cause the majority of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Today, the Company offers the most accurate clinical tests available to determine predisposition to hereditary breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, endometrial cancer, melanoma skin cancer, and pancreatic cancer. Myriad believes that the future of medicine lies in a shift from a treatment paradigm to a prevention paradigm.

Responsibilities:

• The primary deliverable for the Vice President is to ensure unit volume and revenue growth of the Dermatology Business Unit that exceeds the plan and forecast.
• To ensure unit volume and revenue growth, the Vice President will ensure the maximum impact from all field based activity.
• To drive the impact of customer facing teams, the Vice President will ensure investments in marketing tactics that drive customer and market impact.
• To maximize the commercial impact of the BU strategy, the Vice President will be responsible for limiting the focus of the field based teams.
• Responsible for Profit and Loss for the BU.
• Drive development of long-term Disease Area Strategy, including development of Target Product Profile for future products.
• Participate on Commercial Lead Team to provide insights and strategies for other business units.
• As the Senior Commercial Leader for the Dermatology Business Unit, ensure a consistent view of the current and future landscape and treatment paradigm for Myriad products including identification of prioritized opportunities.
• As the Commercial Lead of the Dermatology Business Unit, provide commercial advice based on deep market and customer insight, which enable critical product development choices for the early product portfolio.
• Develop preliminary commercial assessments and forecasts for products in an earlier development stage.
• Conduct commercial assessment of all global licensing opportunities (within the Dermatology Business Unit) for strategic and commercial value.
• Define Brand Plans and provide commercial input for all products within the Dermatology Business Unit.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 12 years marketing/brand commercialization functional experience with at least 4 years in a senior management position.
• Dermatology experience preferred.
• Experience managing a large organization of 25+ employees.
• Demonstrated track record of product commercialization and launch of new products.
• Broad marketing experience, including development and implementation of successful marketing plans and responsibility for marketing research, product marketing, new and strategic product planning.
• Successful management of high performing, cross-functional teams or complex organizations.
• Strong leadership and ability to represent Myriad in multiple forums both internally (executive team/Board members) and externally (GPO/Hospital System Leadership and therapeutic area KOLs).
• Experience collaborating with senior medical colleagues.
• Well-developed knowledge and understanding of new product development and commercialization processes.
• Effective team leadership necessary to work collaboratively.
• Strong therapeutic area knowledge and specialty experience is required.
• Competencies:
• Leadership: Participation in/responsibility for building and shaping an organization is critical. Proven ability to build, communicate, and execute operational and tactical strategies/plans/teams that have led directly to the commercialization of products in a practical time frame and within agreed economic parameters is highly valued. In addition, the personal skills, confidence, and credibility that have allowed him/her to integrate effectively into pre-established leadership teams are highly sought.
• Setting Strategy: The successful candidate will have demonstrated a record of innovative thinking across the entire value chain of the business enterprise. He/She will possess excellent judgment, integrity, decisiveness and the ability to architect and communicate the Company’s Commercial strategic vision to both external and internal audiences. He/She will envision the long-term market potential for Myriad’s products and position the business to capitalize on it.
• Executing for Results/Managing Teams: He/She will translate the strategy/vision into actionable plans which result in marketing and field execution that results in unit volume and revenue that exceeds plan.
• Coaching: A demonstrated ability to coach the Dermatology Business Unit to outstanding performance.
• Communication Skills: Demonstrates excellent presentation and communication skills – the ability to influence and work successfully with varied audiences including investors, scientific and technical leaders, pharmaceutical and business partners, etc.
• Entrepreneurial Drive: Desire and proven ability to have an impact. An energetic self-starter with a strong work ethic and sense of urgency.

Lifting Requirements – light work or exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently.

Physical Requirements – stationary positioning, moving, operating, ascending/descending, communicating and observing. Use of equipment and tools necessary to perform essential job functions.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; talk; or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop; kneel; or crouch The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and depth perception.