The Business Operations Partner supporting Research is responsible for the business operations activities: budget, resource management, and operational excellence within several Research Units. This role elevates strategic budget and resource management for the sub functions to ensure proactive resourcing decisions can be made.  This role is focused on operationalizing financial and resourcing initiatives within Research and coordinating with the other business operations partners on such things as procedural guidance, strategic change, operational issues, budgeting and finance.  This role is accountable for the cost centers business operations view for several Research Units.

Specific responsibilities include:

Partner with Research Units Leadership Teams

• Liaise with Leadership Teams to align current status and trajectory of budget and resources
• Facilitate resourcing/budget discussions on near term and long-term priorities
• Partner with RU LTs to define and monitor capacity and identify emerging issues
• Facilitate trade-off discussions and provide options to address emerging issues
• Conduit into R&D Strategy, Planning, Operations, and Communications for the function
• Support effective decision-making, based on a deep awareness of issues from an integrative, leadership perspective
• Serve as a member of the leadership teams, participate in/contribute to meetings and oversee tracking outcomes and deliverables

Cost Center Manager

• Responsible for business planning and analysis strategies. Implements and manages/oversees regular reporting and analytical cycle for the functions (such as AOP, resource allocation, and reports)
• Implement and maintain core management reporting, dashboards and key risk & performance indicators
• Ensure budgets and schedules meet organization requirements and standards and are in line with overall functional budget and projects.

Strategic Partner with Business Strategist, EAs, Finance, and Portfolio Directors

• Partner on resource planning and prioritization/trade-off initiatives

Optimization / Initiatives Driver

• Responsible for leading key efforts to improve business practices and processes to maximize resources and achieve operational excellence
• Proactively identify and oversee implementation of strategic process improvement efforts and remove roadblocks
• Coordinate with other business operations roles to enable alignment to overall resourcing goals and reporting templates and processes

• 5-8 years experience in Biotech and/or Pharmaceutical industry
• Experience (minimum 5 years) in business operations, budget management, process improvement, or other finance-related roles.
• Ability to work within matrix and influence without authority through formal channels and informal network
• Ability to work with agility, taking multi-faceted approaches to transfer knowledge and know-how, and form teams for follow-through
• Financial acumen, with an ability to evaluate budgets accounting, business case development
• Outstanding collaboration, communication and people skills
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills, detail oriented

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree.  Advanced degree (MBA) preferred.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.