Is the "Director, Regional Launch Program Manager" position at Ultragenyxpharmaceutical fully remote?

Yes, this is a remote position, open to candidates in Japan.

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Key skills listed for this role include Excel.

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Director, Regional Launch Program Manager

Ultragenyxpharmaceutical·Remote(Japan - Remote)

Project Management

Excel

Job Description

Why Join Us?

Be a hero for our rare disease patients

At Ultragenyx, we fundamentally believe that taking real impactful action to care for the needs of patients and our people is always the right thing to do. To achieve this goal, our vision is to lead the future of rare disease medicine. For us, this means going where other biopharma companies won’t go – challenging the status quo and creating a new model that advances our field so more patients and caregivers can benefit from life-changing treatments. We do this by following the science, applying a novel rapid development approach, making innovative medicines at fair and reasonable prices, and creating a collaborative ecosystem to reach patients in ways that are most meaningful for them.

Our commitment and care for patients extends to our people, so culture is an essential cornerstone for Ultragenyx. We remain continuously focused on creating a supportive and inclusive environment of profound learning and growth – so employees can thrive in all areas of their lives, in and outside of work. Ultimately, we want to be an organization where we would be proud for our family, friends and children to work.

If you want to have a meaningful impact, do the best work of your career, and grow a lot, both professionally and personally, come join our team.

Position Summary:

ultrafocused – Work together to fearlessly uncover new possibilities

Ultragenyx is looking for a Director, Regional Launch Program Manager with a passion and creativity to develop great medicines for rare and ultra-rare diseases. The individual will be a self-starter with excellent project management skills and the ability to build strong rapport across functions. The successful candidate will be ready for a career defining experience and have the passion to drive a number of therapeutics for devastating diseases to final approval and launch.

This position will report to the Senior Director of Program and Portfolio Management and will be responsible for providing Program Management support to multiple program launch teams in a defined region. This role may potentially manage one or more programs and/or cross-functional initiatives, depending on the scope of a program within commercialization stages. In addition, this individual will actively support development of the department and tools/process across the portfolio.

Work Model:

Remote: Officially documented as working full-time from home, with travel to Ultragenyx's offices or other locations on occasion as needed.

Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain comprehensive, cross-functional launch readiness plans, ensuring alignment across clinical, regulatory, commercial, medical affairs, supply chain, and market access teams.

Establish launch governance structures, including escalation pathways, decision frameworks, and stakeholder communication models.

Own end-to-end launch timeline development and execution, proactively identifying critical path dependencies and mitigating risks to ensure on-time, successful product launches.

Lead development, implementation, and optimization of launch readiness tools, including integrated launch plans, risk registers, dashboards, and collaboration platforms.

Drive preparation and execution of Launch Readiness Reviews (LRRs), ensuring readiness criteria are clearly defined, measurable, and consistently applied across programs.

Facilitate cross-functional team meetings, ensuring clear agendas, actionable outcomes, accountability tracking, and effective issue resolution.

Partner with regional and global stakeholders to ensure alignment of launch strategy, including adaptation of global plans to regional market needs.

Monitor and report on key launch performance indicators (KPIs), providing actionable insights and recommendations to senior leadership.

Identify, assess, and manage risks and opportunities, leading mitigation planning and contingency strategy development.

Collaborate with commercial teams to ensure readiness across key domains including pricing, reimbursement, market access, distribution, and patient services.

Serve as a key liaison between regional teams, program teams, and executive stakeholders to ensure transparency and alignment.

Lead post-launch assessments and capture lessons learned to continuously improve launch excellence capabilities.

Collaborate with other Regional Program Managers in the LATAM and EMEA regions to share and exchange ideas, strategies, and information.

Collaborate with the Program Core Team Program Manager, Program Team Leader and Program Core team to ensure alignment of strategies and execution.

Manage post-launch commercial and medical affairs operations, in collaborations with Global and Regional teams.

Requirements:

Fluency in Japanese (written and spoken) is required, along with a strong understanding of Japanese culture and business practices. Business-level English communication skills are essential for effective collaboration with global stakeholders.

Position will be located in Japan, in the Tokyo area.

Required advanced degree with minimum of 15 years of industry experience

At least 8-10 years equivalent multi-/ cross-functional leadership experience commercialization of products.

Advanced level of science and clinical acumen.

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