Director of Business Operations, Rare Disease – Sleep Business Unit

About This Role

The Director of Business Operations, Rare Disease – Sleep Business Unit serves as a strategic partner to the Vice President of Sales and the Sleep Field Leadership Team (SFLT). This role ensures seamless collaboration between the Field and Headquarters, leading cross\-functional initiatives that drive operational excellence, strategic execution, and field effectiveness. In addition, the Director will oversee the Vacancy Management function, ensuring business continuity and customer engagement during territory transitions while supporting the onboarding of new field personnel.

This is a headquarters\-based position reporting to the VP of Sales, Rare Disease – Sleep BU. Alkermes has recently adopted a hybrid working environment to support and meet the needs of employees. This role will be based in the Waltham, MA office and operate in a flexible environment with 60% of time in the office and 40% from home.

Why join Team Alkermes?

Alkermes applies its decades of deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult\-to\-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we seek to make a meaningful difference in the way people manage their diseases. We have a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder and narcolepsy, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various psychiatric and neurological disorders.

We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations. In 2024 and 2025, we were certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. and named one of Massachusetts’ Top Places to Work by the Boston Globe, a Best Place to Work in Greater Cincinnati by the Cincinnati Business Courier and recognized as a Best Place to Work in BioPharma by Fortune Magazine.

Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Alkermes is an E\-Verify employer.

Degree LevelBachelor's Degree