Director, Strategy & Operations (Hybrid)

Job Description

Global Project and Alliance Management, our Company Research Laboratories, has global accountability across our Company to drive our Research & Development Division pipeline progression as collaborative leaders through organizational alignment, alliance management, and integrated planning and execution.  The Project Managers and Alliance Managers in GPAM are core members of and matrix leaders within discovery, development, and alliance teams at our Company.  Project Managers drive these cross-functional teams to deliver projects and products that improve human health and our Company's business, and Alliance Managers ensure successful collaborations with our R&D alliance partners.  

GPAM partners with organizations and staff across our Research & Development Division, our Human Health, our Manufacturing Division and corporate functions including Finance, Strategy and Investor Relations.  GPAM has approximately 250 employees located in Rahway, Kenilworth, Upper Gwynedd and South San Francisco.  The Vice President, GPAM, reports to the President of our Research & Development Division and represents GPAM as a standing member of several internal governance and executive decision-making committees. 

Key Responsibilities:

Head, Office of the VP / Head of Global Project and Alliance Management our Research & Development Division Subdivision

• Maintain a future orientation, informed by outside-in and enterprise perspectives, to ensure continued focus and progress on key strategic priorities for the GPAM organization.

• Oversees the portfolio of change initiatives that are critical to achievement of GPAM’s long term vision. Tracks and monitors priority initiatives to ensure adequate resourcing and timely execution.  Identifies overlapping initiatives and if needed, aligns/stops activities to ensure efficient use of GPAM resources.

• Participates on and / or leads (as the GPAM Leader’s representative or delegate), our Research & Development Division business improvement initiatives and Corporate / Enterprise business improvement initiatives

• Provide business management support for ad hoc priority assignments on behalf of VP.

• Defines the processes and tools required to drive the effective operation of the Office of the Head of our Research & Development Division GPAM

• Assesses inquiries directed to our Research & Development Division GPAM Leader, determines the proper course of action and delegates to the appropriate individual to manage.

• Ensures the schedule of our Research & Development Division GPAM Leader maximizes his/her time to highest priorities of GPAM and our Research & Development Division.

• Directs and oversees the creation of business presentations to be used both externally and internally by our Research & Development Division GPAM Leader, his / her LT, Staff Managers, and Staff.

• Acts with a high degree of independence and authority on behalf of our Research & Development Division GPAM Leader to facilitate productive interactions, partnerships, and collaborations across our Research & Development Division and other divisions.

• Fosters relationships with thought leaders in innovation development and project management within biopharma and other science-based product innovation industries to bring innovation, external perspectives, new ideas, and best practices into GPAM for discussion and potential incubation.

Head, GPAM Business Strategy, Operations, and Management:

• Partners with our Research & Development Division GPAM Leader to provide day-to-day leadership and management activities essential to GPAM success including: 

  • Drives the agenda and delivery of GPAM LT strategy meetings that define the multi-year long term vision, annual plan, and quarterly refresh.

  • Supports the agenda of bi-weekly GPAM LT operations structures, including purpose of each meeting topic, collating pre-read materials, facilitating meeting execution, and captures resulting actions, decisions, issues and responsible individuals.

  • Leads post-meeting activities to ensure expected outcomes are achieved; follows up on action items appropriately with accountable staff.

• Coordinates and directs transformational and operational messages on behalf of GPAM leadership through various communications vehicles.

• Facilitates communication between our Research & Development Division GPAM Leader, direct