Head of Immunology Development Operations

Job Title: Head of Immunology Development Operations

Location: Cambridge, MA, Morristown, NJ

About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress. 

The Head of Immunology Development Operations will report directly to the Therapeutic Area Development Head of I&I is a leadership role managing critical operational aspects of the TA, including resource planning, TA governance, leadership team meetings, town halls off-sites and core organization wide initiatives.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

• Member of the I&I Therapeutic Leadership team providing direction for the portfolio and management group.

• Responsible for management of the Therapeutic Area Review Committee (TARC) using knowledge of projects, timelines and deliverables, link scheduling and prioritization of topics to overall TA and Business Unit strategy.  Maintain SharePoint site, serve as TARC Secretary keeping and distributing detailed minutes, coordinate with key functions including S&BD and Research.

• Responsible for coordination and execution of other key TA governance committees such as Protocol Review Committee (PRC) and TA Clinical Strategy Review meeting 

• Support the Development of Disease Area Strategy in cross-functional team workstream

• Support the TA Development Head with preparations for major meetings (either internal or external) 

• Oversee TA communications including leading development of TA newsletter and I&I Development Town Halls

• Oversee development and execution of process and procedure improvement initiatives within TA.   Assess, develop, and implement tools designed to facilitate operational excellence initiatives within TA.

• Act as Resource for TA to advise and develop ad-hoc reports for project teams, functional leadership based on industry best practices.

• Serve as liaison/interface to coordinate and potentially lead cross-functional projects with other critical functions (Commercial, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, Strategy and CSO) and Development.

• Support preparation of business plans and requests for TA funding.

• Partner with Global Project Heads/Regional Project Leads of Unit and business partners to ensure adequate resource allocation.

• Contribute to the preparation of regular R&D portfolio review process.

• Lead capacity planning with TA members during planning process/cycle. Consolidate and follow-up TA budget and headcounts.

• Prepare appropriate dashboards for TA leadership team.

• Responsible for the effective implementation of projects and activities aiming to develop a culture of excellence, enhance knowledge and build skills across the TA.

• Interface with Enabling Functions to ensure compliance of the TA with company’s standards.

• Advise and assist with recruitment, training and people development.

Key Shared accountabilities:

With Project Management and TA Operational Lead:

• Define project needs and resource allocation 

With Finance and Project Management:

• Define budget needs and allocation (sites/projects/T&E/Training)

With HR and TA Head:

• Elaborate recruitment and onboarding plans

• Collaborate on people development and management activities

With Purchasing & Legal:

• Contracts, compliance and transparency 

About You

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 10 + years international experience in pharmaceutical/life sciences industry, Master's with 7+ years /PhD/MD/PharmD with 5 + years of pharma/life science industry experience.

• Prior Team Leader & Managerial experience, both transversal and direct

• Ideal candidate will have a mix of clinical or scientific experience, project management skills and financial/business background

• Track record of accomplishments in keeping teams on track, in meeting goals and managing conflicts

• Strong leadership & comm