Nephrology Launch Lead, International

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At Sobi, each person brings their unique talents to work as a team and make a difference. We are dedicated to developing and delivering innovative therapies to improve the lives of people who live with a rare disease. Our edge comes from our team of people and our commitment to patients.

Here at Sobi, our mission and culture get us excited to come to work every day, but here are a few more reasons to join our team:

• Competitive compensation for your work
• Emphasis on work/life balance
• Collaborative and team-oriented environment
• Opportunities for professional growth
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Making a positive impact to help ultra-rare disease patients who are in need of life saving treatments

Job Description

The Nephrology Launch Lead International is responsible for launch readiness and diagnostic strategy in region International with main focus on accelerating launch preparation, accurate diagnosis and patient identification in alignment with Sobi’s mission to improve the lives of people with rare diseases. Drive cross-functional execution across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, and external partners to enable timely, compliant adoption of diagnostic pathways, pre-launch/customer engagement and launch execution. Establish scalable frameworks and metrics that translate scientific insights into actionable commercial plans while maintaining high ethical standards and patient-centricity.

Key Responsibility

• Own the end-to-end international launch roadmap for Nephrology, from disease awareness to patient identification, referral, and appropriate next steps, adapting to country-specific requirements for all key markets International
• Develop key stakeholder mapping and engagement plans across nephrologists, pathologists, payers and patient organizations; ensure compliant, fair-balanced materials and interactions
• Partner closely with Medical Affairs to align scientific narratives, medical education, and data-generation priorities; capture field insights to refine strategy and tactics
• Collaborate with Market Access on evidence needs and value messaging to support reimbursement and funding for diagnostic services where relevant
• Lead matrix teams across regions; coordinate with affiliates on launch readiness, capability building, and roll-out of toolkits, training, and metrics
• Develop and lead cross-functional, commercial and digital projects across the region
• Develop and lead the launch roadmap across the region
• Supervise the Diagnostic Lead nephrology, integrate Diagnostic project as crucial part of the launch road map
• Monitor KPIs and dashboards (e.g., diagnostic access, time-to-diagnosis, referral conversion, stakeholder reach/quality of engagement) and drive continuous improvement
• Operate within all applicable laws, industry codes, and Sobi policies; uphold high standards of integrity, data privacy, and non-promotional conduct - Ensure a two way dialogue with relevant global stakeholders to ensure launch readiness plans, best practices, and global initiatives are communicated appropriately

Qualifications

• 6+ years of commercial or medical experience within rare diseases; direct experience in rare kidney diseases strongly preferred
• Proven track record in international launch planning and execution, including diagnostic strategy development with labs/pathology and HCP networks
• Strong understanding of nephrology care pathways, diagnostic modalities (e.g., complement testing, renal biopsy workflows), and barriers to patient identification
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence in a matrix, translate scientific insights into action, and deliver measurable outcomes
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration; strong communication and scientific literacy
• Confident, day-to-day user of enterprise AI productivity tools — Microsoft 365 Copilot (across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams) — able to translate that fluency into faster, better team output
• Comfortable reading and acting on commercial dashboards (Power BI or equivalent) and standard analytics outputs (segmentation, performance KPIs, omnichannel engagement metrics)
• Ability to scope digital and AI use cases— translating commercial needs into deliverable, compliant solutions and governing the work end-to-end
• Fluent English; additional languages desirable

Additional Information

All Sobi employees need to demonstrate behaviors in line with Sobi's core values: Care, Ambition, Urgency, Ownership and Partnership. Are you ready to be on the Sobi team? Come join a culture that empowers every person to be the person that makes a difference for rare disease.

Why Join Us?

We are a global company with over 1,900 employees in more than 30 countries and are committed to the societies where we operate. With a deeply skilled management team directing our day-to-day wins, and a Board with a stellar track record, we’re ready to take on the world’s diseases, ailments and adversity. Our people believe they have the power to make a positive impact in others’ lives because that’s exactly what we do here. If you’re seeking a career that taps into your talents in a way that makes the world a better, healthier place, we just may have a job for you.

We know our employees are our most valuable asset, and our culture conveys that. We offer a competitive benefits package, to support the health and happiness of our staff.

Sobi Culture

At Sobi, we refuse to accept the status quo. This is because we have witnessed first-hand the challenges facing those affected by rare diseases, and have used this knowledge to shape our business to find new ways of helping them.

As a specialized biopharmaceutical company, we are dedicated to rare diseases. And we see this focus as a strength. By effectively turning our research into ground-breaking treatments, we help make medicine more accessible and open up more possibilities for patients and more opportunities for those caring for them. This has been our approach since day one, but we know we can’t change the world of rare diseases on our own. Accomplishing this requires strong partnerships with patients, partners and stakeholders across the entire value chain. Together, we define how our business can create solutions that serve the needs of those affected by rare diseases while facilitating sustainable growth.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Sobi is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at Sobi are based on business needs, job requirements and individual

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