Company Profile

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Company Overview

At Vertex, we bring together the brightest minds in the relentless pursuit of creating transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we are one of only a handful of biotechnology companies founded since 1976 that has discovered and developed four or more approved medicines in our own labs. In addition to the four medicines we’ve developed to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, we have ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases.

Our U.S. headquarters are in Boston’s Innovation District, our International headquarters are located in London, UK, and we have research and development (R&D) sites and commercial offices in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Australia and Latin America. With more than two-thirds of our employees dedicated to research and development (R&D), we are consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work, including nine consecutive years on Science magazine’s Top Employers list. For company updates and to learn more about us visit www.vrtx.com. You can also get to know us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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    External Innovation Executive Director

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The External Innovation (EI) Executive Director leads end-to-end identification, evaluation, and advancement of external opportunities that materially strengthen Vertex's R&D pipeline across modalities (e.g., small molecules, biologics, CGT, RNA, delivery platforms) and enabling technologies (e.g., discovery, translational, and manufacturing tools). The role orchestrates integrated, cross-functional analyses and converts opportunity signals into clear, decision-ready ...

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    Executive Director, Global Regulatory Operations (Boston, MA)

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The Executive Director, Regulatory Operations is responsible for leading the teams of publishing, submission management, regulatory information management, compliance and the regulatory management office. This role will be accountable for creating a high quality organization that utilizes the best in technology, process and project management to deliver global submissions in a highly effective and efficient way. This role will drive the strategic framework for ...

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  • 6 days ago

    Executive Director, Head of NA Commercial Operations

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Job DescriptionGeneral Summary:The Executive Director (ED), North America Commercial Operations leads a team that supports multiple in-line disease areas, supporting each US Business Unit and their respective leadership teams within North America Commercial. The ED oversees 6 district functions: Commercial Data Management, Digital Customer Engagement, Field Operations, Marketing Operations, Field Training, and Business Engagement Leads. This position reports to the Vice President, North America ...

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