Associate Director, Outsourcing Managment

At Genmab we are dedicated to building extranotordinary futures together by developing antibody products and groundbreaking knock-your-socks-off KYSO antibody medicines that change lives and the future of cancer treatment and serious diseases. We strive to create champion and maintain a global workplace where individuals unique contributions are valued and drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our patients care partners families and employees.

Our people are compassionate candid and purposeful and our business is innovative and rooted in science. We believe that being proudly authentic and determined to be our best is essential to fulfilling our purpose. Yes our work is incredibly serious and impactful but we have big ambitions bring a ton of care to pursuing them and have a lot of fun while doing so.

Does this inspire you and feel like a fit Then we would love to have you join us!

Role

This leadership role is responsible for driving advising and collaborating on the end-to-end sourcing and contracting processes for Technical Operations services; mainly Clinical Drug Supply. The position works closely with external service providers including CMOs and IRT suppliers but also other vendors supporting the clinical drug supply business.

The role will define and implement sourcing and contracting strategies that enhance value minimize risk and cost ensure quality and support scalability in a dynamic and growing business environment.

Responsibilities

The primary accountability of this role is to lead the end-to-end sourcing and contracting process in close collaboration with the Technical Operations team ensuring timely and fit-for-purpose agreements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead strategic sourcing planning and execution for clinical drug supply services

• Drive the end-to-end sourcing process including RFP development and execution

• Oversee vendor evaluation and due diligence for new and existing suppliers

• Enable and support vendor selection decisions

• Lead contract lifecycle management including negotiation execution and amendments for master service agreements statements of work (SOWs) and change orders

• Act as the coordinating contract manager for clinical drug supply sourcing activities

• Manage vendor governance and performance including:

  • Chairing governance meetings

  • Driving issue escalation and resolution

  • Mitigating risks and optimizing processes

  • Identifying trends and continuous improvement opportunities

• Develop and manage category strategies within the assigned area

• Advise stakeholders in Technical Operations on best practices across supplier performance risk and relationship management

• Define implement and maintain outsourcing strategies for assigned service categories

Additionally this role will:

• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of global procurement sourcing and contract management as well as vendor governance processes

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Technical Operations Legal IT&D Finance Compliance & Risk and QA

• Support cross-functional projects and training initiatives as needed

Requirements

• Bachelors degree (or equivalent)

• 10 years of relevant industry experience

• Proven experience in clinical drug supply vendor management and and/or clinical outsourcing

• Strong understanding of clinical development and/or technical operations processes

• Excellent organizational communication and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Strong collaboration skills across diverse internal and external stakeholders

• Strong project management and coordination capabilities

• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines

• Proactive results-oriented and solution-driven mindset

• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g. drug supply managers scientists trial managers clinicians data managers and vendors)

About You

• You are genuinely passionate about our purpose

• You bring precision and excellence to all that you do

• You believe in our rooted-in-science approach to problem-solving

• You are a generous collaborator who can work in teams with a broad spectrum of backgrounds

• You take pride in enabling the best work of others on the team

• You can grapple with the unknown and be innovative

• You have experience working in a fast-growing dynamic company (or a strong desire to)

• You work hard and are not afraid to have a little fun while you do so!

Locations

Genmab maximizes the efficiency of an agile working environment when possible for the betterment of employee work-life balance. Our offices are crafted as open community-based spaces that work to connect employees while being immersed in our powerful laboratories. Whether youre in one of our office spaces or working remotely we thrive on connecting with each other to innovate.

About Genmab

Genmab is an international biotechnology company with a core purpose to improve the lives of patients through innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For 25 years its hard-working innovative and collaborative team has invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and harnessed translational quantitative and data sciences resulting in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers antibody-drug conjugates next-generation immune checkpoint modulators and effector function-enhanced antibodies. By 2030 Genmabs vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and other serious diseases with Knock-Your-Socks-Off (KYSO) antibody medicines.

Established in 1999 Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen Denmark with international presence across North America Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information please visit and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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