Director, Performance & Delivery, Clinical Trial Business Operations

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Daiichi Sankyo Group is dedicated to the creation and supply of innovative pharmaceutical therapies to improve standards of care and address diversified, unmet medical needs of people globally by leveraging our world-class science and technology. With more than 120 years of scientific expertise and a presence in more than 20 countries, Daiichi Sankyo and its 16,000 employees around the world draw upon a rich legacy of innovation and a robust pipeline of promising new medicines to help people. In addition to a strong portfolio of medicines for cardiovascular diseases, under the Group’s 2025 Vision to become a “Global Pharma Innovator with Competitive Advantage in Oncology,” Daiichi Sankyo is primarily focused on providing novel therapies in oncology, as well as other research areas centered around rare diseases and immune disorders.   

Summary

The Director, CTBO position provides leadership and ensures effective functioning of the following areas: 1.) GCO LT Forum(s) that focus on systematic aspects of performance and delivery of global clinical operations. 2.) GCO capacity demand and supply & resourcing strategies 3) GCO metrics & dashboards 4) GCO technology needs 5) GCO financial processes Depending on business needs, the position may also lead and or assist the Head of CTBO on several business operations efforts and initiatives in addition to the stated areas above to meet GCO goals and vision. The position will also partner closely with the MARS (Metrics, Analytics, Reporting and Solutions) Team and other DS IT/data related teams as a business partner and representative of GCO and will require a strong mix of core clinical research operations knowledge and associated business processes and implementation experience of non-clinical projects.

Responsibilities

- Oversight of GCO Metrics, Dashboards and IT Needs

Responsible for consolidating and overseeing GCO’s overall needs on metrics and technology and acting as GCO’s point of contact with MARS and DS IT related groups for annual IT portfolio prioritization and planning. Liaise with internal GCO functions including functional excellence team as needed.

- Collaborate and support existing IT related projects and their project leaders to effectively navigate and mitigate high impact hurdles, advocate and liaise with applicable stakeholders (e.g. Legal, Privacy, Global Dev Information Management (GDIM), IT groups) to drive project to completion on time and within planned budget.

a) Lead and/or support identification, creation and business adoption of appropriate consistent metrics, targets, and key performance indicators (KPIs) that assess GCO’s overall health.

b) Liaise and partner closely with MARS and/or applicable DS IT team(s) as a GCO business partner on metrics/analytics technology needs for PD Forum and associated dashboards/reports.

c) In collaboration with MARS team drive and lead high level requirements for effective dashboards and reports for PDf) Lead and/or support identification and implementation of innovative approaches to efficient delivery clinical study and programs.

- Support GCO Financial Processes. Liaise with Finance dept as the GCO representative to understand GCO departmental budget, needs and gaps to support GCO resourcing strategies and goals, invoicing processes, and process level changes based on the evolving environment (e.g., country regulatory requirements).

- People and Resource Management. This position may require the supervision of direct and indirect reports. In addition to providing training and direction for daily activities in support of goals, this job will conduct performance evaluations against goals for their direct reports. In addition, this job will coach and guide their functional and/or direct reports in support of their development needs, and provide real-time feedback on job performance. Develop plan for resourcing of activities within remit/scope. Ensure appropriate resources (employee and/or contractor-based) are available to support current and future clinical programs and studies.

- Lead, support and facilitate GCO Leadership Forum(s)

- In collaboration with CTBO Head support staff, and GCO LT establish refine the scope of areas to be included in the appropriate GCO Leadership Forum (called Performance and Delivery (PD) Forum) that is dedicated for identification and resolution of high impact and/or systemic issues risks impacting the performance and delivery of global clinical operations. Responsible for successfully planning, organization and delivery of intended goals of the PD meetings.

a) Lead, support and facilitate the Performance and Delivery (PD) Forum

b) Lead and coordinate with relevant CTBO and GCO LT