Senior Director, Regulatory Chief of Staff

BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.
 

BeiGene is a rapidly growing next-generation biotechnology company with a focus on developing affordable medicines to treat cancer while reducing costs and increasing global access to those medicines.

The Chief of Staff/Strategic Operations Lead will report directly to the SVP of Global Regulatory Affairs.  The incumbent will

• Be accountable for the business operations of Regulatory Affairs, including planning, developing, leading, and managing business strategy, resources, budget, vendor management/oversight, and goal settings

• Drive the optimization of process, resource management, organization and decision making

• Lead key strategic initiatives and develop organizational & communication framework with/for stakeholders, leadership members and employees

• Measure the overall health of the organization and develop key performance indicators

• Help develop a culture of learning, continuous improvement, and individual and organizational growth

Essential Functions of the job:

Leadership & Governance

• Act as an advisor to and extension of the Regulatory Affairs Leadership Team, responsible for operational management of Regulatory Affairs Department and project management, including stakeholder management across functions

• Create and lead a robust governance for Regulatory Affairs that makes time, information, and decision processes more effective across the world; Drive strategic Leadership Team decision-making;

• Provide insights and analyses on the company’s operations to R&D leadership
   

Resourcing & Budget

• Forecast and manage regulatory resources and budgets- in collaboration with Regulatory sub-functions, HR and Finance

• Engage in strategic discussions and provide recommendations based on analysis with quantifiable opportunities to drive optimization
   

GCO Performance & Communications

• Develop and report comprehensive KPIs across Regulatory; assess risks and provide recommendation to improve overall organization’s performance.  Implement approved recommendations.

• Support the development of investor presentations, Executive Committee and Board of Directors slides, and any other internal and external communications for Regulatory

• Responsible for the execution of Regulatory communication strategies
   

Business Transformation & Change Management

• Plan and lead Regulatory/or corporate initiatives, and provide internal project management support to sub-teams, as necessary

• Responsible for change management and stakeholder engagement strategies to encapsulate impact of change(s) on people, process, and technology; Apply a structured methodology; Support training as necessary.
   

Vendor Management

• Partner with senior level leadership to define and implement the sourcing vision and global strategy Regulatory and ensure vendor management/oversight capability.  Senior leaders will include key stakeholders within Regulatory, Global R&D Sourcing, Procurement, and Finance

Supervisory Responsibilities:  

• No direct supervisory responsibilities are currently envisioned for this role, however, cross department mentoring and coaching of project management staff and Regulatory staff is anticipated

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree required with at least 12 years’ experience in biotech, pharmaceuticals or a related field.

• At least 7 years of experience leading large scale strategic initiatives in the pharmaceutical, biotech or related industry.

• Advanced degrees in Life sciences or business with a Master/MBA in operations preferred.

• Oncology experience highly preferred.

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