Director, Commercial Project Operations, US Generics

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

As the Director of US Generics, reporting to the Senior Director of Strategy Management, this position will lead critical US Generics projects, driving substantial impact on our business. Responsible to align project scope and direction with the operational and strategic functions of the US Generics organization.  This position is expected to make key decisions, directly impacting US Generics processes and responsibilities, with very limited management input.

How you’ll spend your day

All areas of responsibility listed below are essential to the satisfactory performance of this position by any incumbents with reasonable accommodation if necessary. Any non-essential functions are assumed to be included in other related duties or assignments. 

•    Primary representative and decision maker for US Generics on projects impacting daily processes and responsibilities.
•    Lead high priority projects, collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders to make operational decisions and set strategic goals.  Ensuring that overall designs and output are aligned to and directly support the responsibilities of US Generics business.
•    Identify, construct and present to US Generics Leadership new projects and initiatives which add operational and financial efficiencies to the US Generics business.
•    Day-to-day management, monitoring business operations to ensure project progress.
•    Provide routine status reports and program summaries including scope/schedule/quality risks, project status, resource allocation and impact to US Generics organization.
•    Lead and coordinate procurement processes and allocation of resources, as appropriate.
•    Within projects, proactively work to identify and remove obstacles (escalate as necessary) that would otherwise interfere with the responsibilities and processes of the US Generics organization’s day-to-day functions.
•    Evaluate performance by analyzing data and metrics to measure overall project and teams’ overall success.
•    Create and document new processes and collaborate with US Generics teams during any implementations or transitions to new processes or systems.
•    Assure that delivery and quality of projects is not impacted by execution or lack of understanding of key US Generics operations requirements.
•    Create documentation and train US Generics team members, as necessary, on new systems, tools processes, as implementation is finalized.
•    Continued high level participation in all projects post-implementation to ensure that there are no negative impacts to the US Generics processes and to align as needed prior to any new releases/versions are put into production.
 

Your experience and qualifications

Any equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered. 

Education/Certification/Experience:
•    Bachelor’s Degree preferred but any equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered. 
•    10 years’ experience in Project Management with a minimum of 8 years’ experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare industry

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:
•    Must have clear and extensive knowledge of US Generic processes, how they’re linked, and the multiple systems and tools used by the teams to successfully complete their work.  
o    Price Right, Trajectory, IBP, SAC, RF/AOP/LRP processes, FTS, Qlik, BI
•    Strong business acumen and the ability to view business from multiple perspectives. 
•    Work collaboratively and cross functionally to resolve issues and leverage opportunities. 
•    Strong Communication, organization and presentation skills
•    Time Management and prioritization.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Approximately 10% domestic travel throughout the US.
 

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