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Associate Director, Network Strategy
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.Irelandfull_timeVerifiedPosted 28 Oct 2025
About the role
Associate Director, Network Strategy - Cork Dublin
Hybrid role
Closing Date Friday 21st November 2025
Who We Are / BackgroundBioMarin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health.
Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities.
Using our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology, we develop medicines for patients with significant unmet medical need. We enlist the best of the best – people with the right technical expertise and a relentless drive to solve real problems – and create an environment that empowers our teams to pursue bold, innovative science. With this distinctive approach to drug discovery, we’ve produced a diverse pipeline of commercial, clinical and preclinical candidates that have well-understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a substantial benefit over existing therapeutic options. As we execute our corporate strategy and ensure we continue to supply products to patients at the right quality, service level and cost, how we configure our manufacturing network to meet these strategic objectives is critical to Technical Operations success.
The Associate Director is a full-time member of the Network Strategy & Partnering team with accountability for leading strategic network analysis projects, feasibility options evaluations, and supporting other strategic initiatives with functions in BioMarin and throughout TOPS. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of BioMarin’s global manufacturing network. The successful candidate will be at the forefront of strategic decision-making, leveraging cutting-edge analytics to drive innovation and operational excellence.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Business process owner for Network Strategy assessments, overseeing and coordinating the process from intake, review, analysis to decision
- Execute specific network analysis actions (eg. CMO selection, Make v Buy) which come out of our modality and network strategies, by building rigorous analyses that synthesize insight into actionable recommendations.
- Cross functional partnership with Manufacturing, TDS, Quality & Supply chain teams to ensure timely decision making on product / node decisions to support long term patient demand and delivery of product development milestones
- Own and support the development of network strategy analytical tools and models including maintenance of accurate and up to date data sets to reflect current long term assumptions on demand and capacity
- Lead the development and application of advanced analytical tools, including stochastic modeling techniques, to simulate network scenarios under demand uncertainty. Use probabilistic frameworks to inform strategic decisions and optimize manufacturing configurations across modalities.
- Analyze business opportunities and challenges within the TOPS organization. Provide financial and strategic analyses of decision options and make recommendations to senior management.
- Craft compelling narratives and business cases that translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations. Effectively communicate insights to senior leadership, shaping strategic decisions through data-driven articulation of a recommended future state.
- Lead project teams and influence overall strategic thinking. Proactively manage teams and work with stakeholders to define and implement strategic initiatives; Responsible for successful, on-time project completion and achieved results. Do an excellent job of partnering with stakeholders to prepare and present analyses, decisions and recommendations to senior management.
- Translate the operations strategy into sound delivery options. Responsible for performing options analysis and developing high level feasibility project plans. As necessary, create turn over documentation and assure smooth transition from planning to project implementation
- Ownership and accountability to keep key network strategy documents current such as; network strategy / assessment docket of work, quarterly value tracker, process and best practice documentation, decision log
- Ownership and acco
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