Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.
Vice President, Commercial Operations
Reports to: CCO
Location: Hybrid
Commercial Position Overview
The Vice President (VP) of Commercial Operations is a senior leader responsible for driving operational excellence, strategic planning, and execution across the company’s commercial organization. This role oversees sales forecasting, analytics, incentive compensation, systems, and processes to enable growth and maximize the effectiveness of sales teams across the United States and global markets.
The VP partners with Commercial, Finance, and Digital leadership to ensure accurate forecasting, optimize resource allocation, streamline systems, and deliver data-driven insights that support market expansion and revenue growth. This individual will lead a high-performing operations team and play a key role in building scalable processes to support the company’s commercial strategy, product launches, and long-term business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategies to optimize sales operations, aligning with corporate growth targets and market expansion plans.
- Drive forecasting, territory design, targeting, resource planning, and incentive compensation strategies in partnership with the Chief Commercial Officer.
- Oversee sales forecasting, demand planning, and financial modeling to provide timely, accurate, and actionable insights for executive decision-making.
- Implement analytics and reporting capabilities that provide transparency into sales performance and enable proactive adjustments.
- Lead improvements in CRM and reporting tools (Salesforce, Veeva, Power BI, MMIT), driving process automation and efficiency.
- Design, implement, and administer incentive compensation plans aligned to business goals.
- Build, lead, and mentor a team of sales operations professionals, fostering accountability and collaboration.
- Serve as the operational leader for product launches, market expansions, and organizational planning.
- Work with Global Business Intelligence to ensure data needs are fulfilled for Commercial team
Qualifications
- 12+ years of progressive experience in operations, commercial operations, or related functions, preferably within pharmaceuticals or biotech.
- Proven expertise in sales forecasting, sales deployment, targeting, analytics, and incentive compensation design.
- Proficiency with CRM and analytics platforms (Salesforce, Veeva, Power BI).
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence cross-functional teams across geographies.
- Demonstrates ability to build scalable processes, lead through change, and deliver measurable results.
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
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Physical & Mental Requirements:
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must be able to sit for long periods of time
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; talk and/or hear
- May occasionally climb stairs and/or ride elevators
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Employee must be able to manipulate keyboard, operate a telephone and hand-held devices
- Other miscellaneous job duties as required
Benefits We Offer:
- Unlock Your Earning Potential: Join our team and be rewarded with a competitive compensation package, including an annual bonus based on company performance, that recognizes your exceptional talent.
- Sales - In lieu of annual bonuses, we offer an Incentive compensation program that allows you to earn more - even over plan.
- Fuel Your Success: *Sales Only* - We understand the value of your hard work and provide a car reimbursement program and gas card for both business and personal use as part of our commitment to supporting you.
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: We value your well-being and offer excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage to ensure you and your family are always taken care of.
- Flexibility for Your Lifestyle: Achieve work-life balance with our hybrid work model, allowing you to work two days from home and three days in the office. *Excludes Sales, Manufacturing, and some Operations positions*
- Invest in Your Future: Our Retirement Savings Plan (401K) is designed to help you secure a comfortable retirement by matching dollar for dollar up to 5%.
- Time Off That Counts: Take advantage of our generous time off policy, which offers up to 15 vacation days annually + rollover (up to 40 hours) as well as five sick/wellness days. For new employees, vacation accrual will be prorated based on your start date.
- Meaningful Time with Your Loved Ones: We close between Christmas and New Year’s to give you an extra week off to spend quality time with your family and recharge.
- Enjoy the Holidays: Over the course of the year, Azurity recognizes 13 holidays.
- Invest in Your Education: We support your professional growth with tuition reimbursement for undergraduate and graduate level courses or certifications.
- Recognize and Be Recognized: Our Azurity High Five peer recognition platform allows you to celebrate your colleagues' accomplishments and receive recognition for your own outstanding work.
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