Sr. Manager, Planning- Drug Development, Global Development Organization (GDO)

Kyowa Kirin is a fast growing global specialty pharmaceutical company that applies state-of-the-art biotechnologies to discover and deliver novel medicines in four areas of unmet need: oncology, nephrology, immunology and CNS/movement disorders. The North America organization includes two offices (in New Jersey and California) that focus on drug discovery, product development, and commercialization. Together, we work as a close-knit team to understand clinical needs and advance innovations that can have a profound impact on patient lives.

Summary: **Hybrid Policy adherence required-  Two (2) days per week in Princeton**

The Senior Manager, GDO Planning will serve as a member of global organizational planning team and provide services to fulfill the organizational missions of GDO Planning Function including, but not limited to the following:
•    Setting the organizational strategy
•    Leading the organization toward the set direction
•    Planning and overseeing the organization’s resource needs, and
•    Ensuring alignment within the Function and with other Functions outside GDO

Essential Functions:

The Senior Manager, GDO Planning position will serve as a member of the team to conduct assigned global planning tasks such as but not limited to:
•    Planning, conducting, and facilitating global cross functional meetings.
•    Facilitating global communication to promote the organizational engagement of all GDO members (issuing newsletters and planning townhall meeting etc.).
•    Establishing the organization-wide mid to long-term goals and visions, and monitor the progress toward successful achievement.
•    Establishing and documenting global business processes underpinning the operation of high performing organization for drug development
•    Leading and supporting global system implementation and administration for cross-functional or cross-regional use
•    Developing and maintaining the global portal site and data repository to provide a GDO-wide digital communication and information sharing platform
•    Document control of the non-GxP document such as the Rules and Working instructions including communication with authors/reviewers, document storage, retrieval, version control, and access control
•    Day-to-day communication with all levels of GDO members for a smooth operation across GDO, identification of the issues and addressing it.

Requirements:

Education
Bachelor’s degree in business, science, engineering, math, or closely related field required; advanced degree and/or MBA preferred.

Experience
Minimum of eight (8) years progressive planning experience in biotech/pharmaceutical industry.

Technical Skills
•    Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite
•    Solid understanding of development, regulatory and commercial aspects of drug development.
•    Excellent skills in collaboration, influencing and communication (both written and presentation) required.
•    Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.

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