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Associate Director – Strategy & Operations
| Company | Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
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| Location | Boston, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $147600 – $221400 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- Advanced qualification in business or project management
- 8+ years of commercial or program management experience in pharma or biotech
- Ability to undertake both strategic thinking and operational execution (through preparing, implementing, and effectively managing tactical initiatives)
- Proven ability to work in and influence a cross-functional team
- Specialized, in-depth knowledge of development project planning across multiple program areas
- Significant experience in managing complex project teams
- Results-oriented and excellent analytical, strategic, business planning, communication, and decision-making skills
Responsibilities
- Leads multiple departmental projects both strategically and operationally and is responsible for departmental program/process operations
- Proactively coordinate operational and leadership team meetings and forums, manage agendas, action items, and cadence
- Work in partnership with business leadership to ensure relevant strategic agenda topics are aligned to business goals and timelines
- Develop tools and dashboards to monitor business KPIs
- Develops plans, goals, processes, logistics for projects, gaining alignment across the team as a whole
- Be a thought partner to leadership and team members to shape strategic planning for the BU
- Works closely with department leadership to continue to maximize process efficiency and align department goals and strategy
- Regularly interacts with functional areas beyond own department
- Conducts complex scenario planning to proactively provide analysis, make process improvement recommends on alternative development plans
- Effectively summarizes key information such as program progress, timeline updates, risk opportunity assessments and SOPs
- Develops and maintains project and departmental budgets and is accountable for understanding and communicating forecast variance, risks and opportunities
- Compiles succinct reports and prepares minutes for internal meetings; methodically tracks all actions items, and finds new ways to stay abreast of multi-dimensional tasks
- Contributes to the best practices of project management and departmental operations to support the continued success and evolution of the department
Preferred Qualifications
- A strong preference for experience in the following areas: Program management, Strategic planning, Specialty product or cell & genetic therapy experience, Management consulting experience in the commercial biotech/pharm field
