Associate Director, Business Operations and Excellence Lead

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Job Description

Associate Director, Business Operations and Excellence Lead

Cambridge, MA

Hybrid

OBJECTIVES:

As the Business Operations and Excellence Lead, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Strategy & Business Operations Lead in the US Oncology Business Unit (US OBU) at Takeda. This role involves assisting with the US OBU strategy and enhancing capabilities that drive Takeda Oncology’s performance and operational excellence.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Business Operations and Excellence Lead, is a critical role to the success of the US Oncology Business Unit and its ability to achieve strategic goals and milestones, prioritize initiatives, activate workstreams and monitor progress to maximize value and efficiencies across the organization.

This position plays a key role in the following areas:

Support Leadership:

• Acts as the primary advisor and point person for manager by activating workstreams, initiating project plans and operationalizing above brand strategies
• Help in preparing and coordinating leadership meetings, ensuring all necessary materials and information are ready.
• Provide comprehensive support in decision-making processes by gathering and analyzing relevant data.

Operational Excellence:

• Help develop and execute strategic plans, ensuring alignment with business objectives and operational efficiencies.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement ideas to streamline current processes and align with industry best practice
• Manages the US Oncology BU planning calendar in partnership with the US OBU colleagues reflecting the Brand and US Oncology key milestones
• Proactively collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders on problem-solving initiatives to optimize processes as well as handle day-to-day challenges.
• Provide project management support, including tracking key initiatives, milestones, and deliverables to ensure timely completion, working closely with different departments as CE&I Medical Affairs, Marketing, PVA, Patient Advocacy & Engagement and Finance
• Assist in cross-functional projects by coordinating efforts across various teams, ensuring all stakeholders are aligned.
• Aid in managing and improving systems, platforms, and workflows that support US OBU
• Support roles in managing meetings, events, sponsorships, employee engagements, field, and fleet services.

Leadership:

• Leads Employee Engagement Team to help shape US Oncology culture founded in collaboration, ideation and executional excellence
• Assists with leading the US OBU Leadership Advisory Group, which is a critical cross-functional group designed to advise leadership, developing ideas, share insights and advocate for change
• Proactively collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders on problem-solving initiatives to optimize processes as well as handle day-to-day challenges.
• Work as conduit to leadership and the organization by connecting with colleagues, people managers and leadership about key initiatives or ideas.

Communication:

• Keep Strategy and Business Operations Lead informed of key initiatives, developments, and progress through regular updates and reports.
• Facilitate communication between the Head of USOBU, US Oncology Leadership Team, and other key stakeholders.
• Prepare briefs, presentations, and reports for internal and external audiences as needed.

Budget Management:

• Coordinate and manage budgets and integrated project plans, ensuring fiscal re