Director, Strategy Planning & Operations

This position is on-site in Tarrytown, NY. Remote work is not possible for this role.

At Regeneron, we use science and innovation to develop life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases. We are seeking a Director, Strategy & Planning to join our Portfolio & Program Management Team, supporting our VP. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing, science-driven organization making a meaningful difference to patients worldwide.

When & where:

Tarrytown, NY & Travel 25%

The Director, Strategy, Planning & Operations will partner with the functional VP and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to lead strategic initiatives, objective and goal setting, resource & finance management, cross-functional alignment, and issue identification, mitigation, and resolution. This role drives the vision and mission of an impactful, strategic, and quality-focused function that is well-aligned cross functionally. internal and external to Global Development. This role will collaborate with Departmental Strategy Planning and Operations, and the functional Senior Leadership Team SLT, to drive value and strategic evolution of the specified organization.

This role is both strategic and tactical, requiring a nimble problem solver with strong interpersonal skills, discernment, and the ability to adeptly shift between diverse priorities.

 Participate in and supports the VP and SLT related to the governance, development, delivery and implementation of strategic imperatives and enterprise objectives of the organization

• Monitor performance and quality delivery from the functional organization

• Spearhead implementation of global initiatives including tracking projects and ensuring links to wider Regeneron enterprise through to realization of benefit

• Ensure stakeholder management across GD and enterprise functional partners is being achieved by the functional SLT

• Facilitate the development and tracking of functional goals

• Collate status of goal completion, facilitation of periodic review with SLT, timely escalation of issues

• Facilitate the development, maintenance, and review of management reports /dashboards enabling decision making and strategic action; derive insights for KPIs.  Manage follow up to action items.

• Support the coordination of materials and facilitates meeting schedule for Operational Reviews with key partners

• Enable Functional resource & budget management activities including:

• Support and coordination of planning for headcount needs, and participate in evaluation of sourcing model approaches

  Facilitate demand/capacity review sessions with Resource Management and tracks functional resource

  Oversee job descriptions, requisition management, headcount openings, active postings at organizational level

  Collaborates with HR on employee onboarding, employee engagement; tracks & supports the facilitation of new-hire on-boarding

  May support regional site heads with space planning requirements

  Assist in functional budget management/tracking of spend for the department and liaise with cross functional leadership and finance

• Owner of Key Functional Meetings, Communications & Team Events

• Lead Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Extended Leadership Team (ELT) meetings, including schedule, agenda, meeting materials, minutes, and action item follow-up.

• Facilitate functional department meetings by developing agendas, meeting materials and tracks actions/ deliverables. Responsible for planning and execution of functional team building events, offsites, etc.

• In partnership with GD Communications ensures appropriate communication cascade within/outside of GD and externally

• Track employee conference attendance and presentations by functional staff, including knowledge share after

• Act as representative for functional SLT at delegated meetings, events, activities

• May have direct supervision over support staff i.e. shared project coordinator support

 To be considered, you must possess:

• BS required with 12+ years of relevant in-house pharmaceutical experience

• Advanced degree preferred

• Demonstrated depth of understandi