EU Lead, Commercial Excellence, Global Rare Diseases

EU Lead, Commercial Excellence, Global Rare Diseases

Date: 13 Oct 2026

Department: GRD Operations & Commercial Excellence

Business Area: Mktg, Market Access, Bus. Excellence & Med. Affair

Job Type: Direct Employee

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Parma, IT

About us

Chiesi is an international research-focused biopharmaceutical group with 90 years’ experience, operating in more than 30 countries, with its Headquarter in Parma, Italy. More than 8,000 employees across the group are united by a singular purpose: promoting a healthier world for our people, patients, and the planet. This is what drives us as we research, develop, and market innovative drugs across our main therapeutic areas. Discover more here.

At Chiesi we are thinking generations ahead, driving sustainable innovation with purpose. This fosters a culture of reliability, transparency, and ethical behaviour at every level. As a Benefit Corporation and a certified B Corp, we have embedded sustainability in our bylaws and continuously measure our impact.

Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of who we are. We believe our differences make us stronger. We are a vibrant ecosystem of passionate, talented individuals united by strong values, each bringing unique perspectives that help us to continuously challenge the status quo for the better.

Chiesi Global Rare Diseases

Chiesi Global Rare Diseases is a Chiesi Group’s business unit established in February 2020 and focused on research, development and commercialization of treatments and patient support services for rare and ultra-rare disorders, many of whom have limited or no treatments available.

This unit is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with a strong synergy with the headquarters in Parma.

Rare unit has a focus on research and product development for lysosomal storage diseases, rare hematology, ophthalmology disorders and rare immunodeficiencies. The unit is also a dedicated partner with global leaders in scientific research, patient advocacy and care. Discover more here.

What we are looking for

This is what you will do

Reporting to the Head of Commercial & Operational Excellence, the EU Lead, Commercial Excellence, Global Rare Diseases will be the single point of accountability for commercial excellence across GRD's European and International affiliates. The role is the operating bridge between global standards and country execution: it deploys the GRD commercial model, coordinatesanalytics for launch readiness in European markets that country and global leadership rely on.

You will be responsible for

Deployment and adoption of the commercial model

• Deploy global commercial excellence standard across Europe and International affiliates, in coordination with corporate team
• Foster cross-affiliate best practice sharing for what concerns analytics and commercial excellence
• Contribute to the European commercial excellence roadmap: what gets deployed, in which markets, in what sequence, and with what capability build behind it
• Build GRD commercial excellence capability in affiliates, including country SFE, sales operations and analytics resources, and definition of the regional capability standard

Launch readiness and commercial preparation

• Support European commercial launch readiness for new products and indications, working to the global launch excellence framework by providing data and insights in support of marketing and commercial structures
• Provide the commercial infrastructure readiness view for launch markets (e.g., CRM availability, data availability, reporting, field enablement) specifying requirements to Global Commercial Operations and Business Systems
• Support the definition of the European commercial model for a launch asset within global standards: coverage model, effort assumptions, target universe, and the sequencing of market entry.

Scenario support and performance partnering

• Provide the European view in short term forecast scenario planning using the methodology and models
• Collaborate with the European affiliates for global decisions on field sizing, incentive design, launch investment and resource allocation.
• Provide early warning to global COE and EU GRD leadership on countries trajectory risk, quantified and with recommended options.

Business insights and regional analytics

• Own the European commercial data and insight requirement: what the region needs to see, at what frequency, to run and challenge its business
• Ensure alignment between global standards and regional realities is achieved by negotiation and evidence
• Expand and improve the availability of qualitative and quantitative data within the EU&Intl. region
• Prioritise and