Role Overview
The Associate Director of Strategy Planning & Innovation CF1 is a key executionfocused role within Business Intelligence & Operations (BI&O). This role will manage critical strategic projects drive operational efficiencies and align business priorities with Biogen North America (BNA) goals.
The role bridges strategy and ensuring that BI&O priorities are operationalized effectively supporting leadership with datadriven insights process improvement and crossfunctional coordination. The individual in this role will be responsible for managing key initiatives tracking performance and driving continuous improvements to optimize resources vendor relationships and financial efficiency.
This is an ideal opportunity for a curious motivated and resourceful individual who thrives on transforming strategy into action.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Project Management
- Drive of highimpact strategic projects that support BI&O and BNA business priorities.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to develop project charters define key milestones and ensure ontime delivery of results.
- Establish and maintain intuitive project dashboards to track progress risks and key decision points for leadership.
- Work closely with BI&O leadership to translate highlevel strategies into actionable workstreams ensuring clarity of roles and responsibilities.
Business Insights & Innovation
- Research competitive trends industry best practices and emerging innovations identifying opportunities to elevate BI&O capabilities.
- Deliver actionable insights and strategic recommendations to senior leadership to support informed decisionmaking.
- Partner with BI&O teams to develop innovation roadmaps identifying vendor solutions and digital tools to enhance efficiency and impact.
Process Optimization & Operational Efficiency
- Conduct deep dives into BI&O operational workflows identifying inefficiencies redundancies and opportunities for improvement.
- Lead crossfunctional initiatives to streamline workflows enhance productivity and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to remove nonvalueadded work and increase automation where possible.
KPI Tracking & Business Performance Management
- Support the development of a departmentwide scorecard defining KPIs that measure impact and align with strategic objectives.
- Track and report on key business metrics providing leadership with timely datadriven insights for decisionmaking.
- Maintain and improve financial and operational tracking tools ensuring alignment with BI&O priorities and business impact goals.
Budget & Resource Optimization
- Manage budget planning and tracking for BI&O working closely with Finance and Procurement to ensure optimal use of resources.
- Analyze vendor relationships and identify costsaving opportunities ensuring vendor performance aligns with business needs.
- Drive strategic resource allocation decisions ensuring critical capabilities are developed inhouse while outsourcing routine tasks effectively.
CrossFunctional Program Support & Coordination
- Contribute to BI&Owide initiatives ensuring alignment with broader Biogen North America priorities.
- Act as a liaison between leadership and teams ensuring timely progress and alignment across teams.
- Develop playbooks and best practices to facilitate seamless of strategic initiatives.
Communication & Executive Reporting
- Support the creation of executive presentations and memos for key stakeholders including the BNA Leadership Team CEO and Board of Directors.
- Distill complex analyses into clear actionable insights for leadership.
- Ensure key strategic discussions and decisions are welldocumented and effectively communicated across BI&O.
Who You Are:
- A dynamic executionobsessed strategic partner with 710 years in pharma/biotech driving cross functional initiatives from concept to completion.
- Fiercely curious you thrive on mining insights distilling them into razorsharp recommendations and building intuitive dashboards that keep leadership ahead of the curve. You are an Excel ninja by night.
- A process optimist Lean instincts guide you to relentlessly root out inefficiencies and embed continuous improvement mindsets across teams.
- A polished storyteller you translate complex analyses into crisp compelling presentations that influence stakeholders from project teams to the C suite.
- Resourceful and resilient you navigate ambiguity with ease juggle competing priorities flawlessly and deliver results under pressure.
Qualifications :
Minimum Requirements:
- 7 years of experience in strategy operations analytics or commercial functions within pharma biotech or life sciences.
- Strong project management skills with experience executing strategic initiatives in a matrixed crossfunctional environment.
- Ability to manage vendor relationships budgets and financial performance tracking.
- Proven track record of process improvement and operational efficiency with experience in Lean Six Sigma or other methodologies a plus.
- Excellent analytical problemsolving and critical thinking skills with the ability to translate insights into tangible business outcomes.
- Strong communication and presentation skills with experience developing materials for senior leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity manage competing priorities and drive results.
Education Requirements: Bachelors Degree required MBA strongly preferred
Additional Information :
The base salary range for this position is $158000 $217000. Base salary offered is determined though an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including but not limited to relevant skills & experience job location and internal equity. Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and longterm incentives including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees and their families physical financial emotional and social wellbeing; including but not limited to:
- Medical Dental Vision & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short and LongTerm Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional endofyear shutdown time off (Dec 26Dec 31
- Up to 12 company paid holidays 3 days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence and a pioneering spirit. As a midsized biotechnology company we provide the stability and resources of a wellestablished business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning growth and expanding their skills. Above all we work together to deliver lifechanging medicines with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds cultures and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status race color national origin ancestry ethnicity religion age veteran status disability genetic information or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. Biogen is an EVerify Employer in the United States.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime