About Apotex Inc.
Apotex Inc. is a Canadianbased global health company that produces highquality affordable medicines for patients around the world. Apotex employs almost 7200 people worldwide in manufacturing R&D and commercial operations. Apotex medicines are accessible to patients in more than 75 countries globally. Through vertical integration the Apotex group is focused on the development and sale of generic biosimilar and specialty products.
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Job Summary
The Director of Business Excellence will direct data management practices and master data initiatives essential for delivering comprehensive reporting and technical solutions. This role will ensure the delivery of key performance measures and metrics that support strategic objectives and provide oversight of the corporate development portfolio and budget.
Additionally the Director will work closely with the portfolio management team to ensure seamless connectivity across the entire pipeline from end to end.
This role supports:
- Maximizing the value of strategic partnerships
- Fostering business excellence and continuous improvement
Job Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Influence Executive Decisions: Shape executivelevel decisions on partnerships and BD deals wit comprehensive business intelligence data analytics driving enterprise growth.
- Strategic Development: Create and present investment cases business development deal status reports dashboards and executive presentations providing crucial insights for strategic initiatives.
- Contract Adherence and Financial Oversight: Oversee contract adherence ensuring all contractual payments to partners (including milestone payments license fees royalties and profitsharing payments) are accurate timely and tracked against financial plans with substantial financial responsibility and impact for any discrepancies.
- Corporate Development Support: Provide expert support for Corporate Development Monthly Operating Reviews (MOR) Board updates the 5Year Plan and Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
- Continuous Improvement: Implement and promote best practices and metrics for tracking the business development funnel and pipeline leveraging AI tools where possible for enhanced efficiency.
- Contract Management Oversight: Manage the contract management system ensuring compliance and availability of critical information.
- CrossFunctional Strategy Leadership: Lead and manage crossfunctional strategic projects collaborating with stakeholders across the company and driving business cases for product stage gates.
- Performance Reporting: Generate and oversee reporting cycles to deliver key performance insights and priorities to various stakeholders.
- Financial Collaboration: Work closely with finance to:
- Prepare financial scenarios and sensitivity analyses for investment cases on potential products/deals versus agreedupon thresholds.
- Pressure test financial forecasts and assumptions included in Net Present Value (NPV) calculations and investment cases.
- Participate in Corporate Development Monthly Meetings and Quarterly Reviews assisting in target setting and ongoing performance reporting.
- Oversee risk assessments and financial due diligence for current and potential strategic partners.
- Review and approve external business development partner profitsharing calculations and milestone payments ensuring accuracy timeliness and alignment with contract terms and obligations.
- Provide financial leadership for Corporate Development/Research and Development (CD/R&D) operating expense (OPEX) and capital expenditure (CAPEX) short and longrange budgeting and forecasts.
- Interpersonal Leadership: Exhibit strong interpersonal skills to interact effectively at executive peer and team member levels.
- Goal Setting and Project Planning: Collaborate with functional area leaders and team members to develop efficient and effective goals project plans and schedules assessing project complexity risk and duration.
- Performance Management: Lead performance conversations with employees including monthly oneonones to discuss performance check progress toward objectives offer support remove barriers and reinforce a highperformance culture and a safe working environment.
- Compliance and Policy Adherence: Ensure team members comply with all company policies and procedures as well as relevant compliance programs.
- Budget and Financial Management: Manage budgets business cases and financials to ensure alignment with the companys vision and strategic ob
Job Requirements
Education
- Bachelors degree in business and/or science Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Exceptional communication presentation interpersonal and conflict management skills.
- Comprehensive understanding of business and supporting technology within the pharmaceutical industry.
- Proven leadership in guiding crossfunctional teams and managing conflicting priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and multitask effectively in a fastpaced environment.
- Strong numerical acumen with a robust financial background and knowledge.
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
- Advanced proficiency in the MSOffice suite particularly MSWord MSExcel and MSProject (or other project management software).
- Knowledge and experience with document mana
Experience
- Minimum of 710 years demonstrated ability to lead crossfunctional groups comprised of internal and external teams in a highly fast paced and complex global generic pharmaceutical environment dealing with conflicting priorities.
- Minimum of 710 years of leading strategic projects at an enterprise wide level experience in reporting solutions and data management reporting and technical application solutions and end user support
At Apotex we are committed to fostering an inclusive accessiblework environment where all employees feel valued respected and supported.
Apotex offers accommodation for applicants with disabilities as part of its recruitment process. If you are contacted to arrange for an interview or testing please advise us if you require an accommodation.
Required Experience:
Director