Senior Director, Business Operations

ROLE PURPOSE
Serve as the senior strategic and operational partner to the VP of Development Sciences enabling the Development Sciences Leadership Team to translate strategy into disciplined execution effective governance sound resource stewardship and a high-performing inclusive organization. The role leads business operations and chief-of-staff activities across the global function.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Strategic partnership and execution: Advise the VP and Leadership Team on priorities trade-offs decisions and follow-through; convert strategic objectives into integrated operating plans milestones risks and performance indicators.
2. Strategic communications: Shape clear timely audience-appropriate communications for leadership forums organization-wide updates executive materials and key external interactions; ensure consistent strategic narrative and message discipline.
3. Leadership-team effectiveness and culture: Design and facilitate effective leadership-team rhythms agendas decision forums and off-sites; strengthen accountability inclusion collaboration and an environment in which teams can perform at their best.
4. Financial planning forecasting and resource management: Lead internal and external financial planning rolling forecasts investment tracking vendor/resource oversight and scenario analysis; provide transparent insights that support responsible resource allocation and delivery.
5. Compliance and governance: Establish and maintain fit-for-purpose governance controls policies decision records and inspection-ready business processes; partner with relevant functions to identify escalate and mitigate operational and compliance risks.
6. Business excellence and organizational improvement: Lead continuous-improvement initiatives that simplify processes improve operating discipline enhance data quality and strengthen organizational capability across Development Sciences.
7. Cross-functional collaboration: Build trusted partnerships across R&D Finance Procurement Quality Legal HR Communications and other global functions to remove barriers align dependencies and advance shared outcomes.
8. Ludwigshafen site operations: Provide core business-operations leadership for the Ludwigshafen site including site planning operating rhythms issue resolution and local engagement in close partnership with local site leadership and global partners.
9. Organizational insight and reporting: Maintain a concise view of organizational performance capacity risks decisions and commitments; deliver actionable reporting and recommendations to the VP and Leadership Team.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS
VP of Development Sciences and Development Sciences Leadership Team
Development Sciences colleagues and functional leaders
Ludwigshafen site leadership site services and local employee representatives as applicable
Global R&D Development Finance Procurement Quality Legal HR Communications and external partners
 

Qualifications :

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors degree in a scientific business operational or related discipline.
15 years of progressively responsible experience in business operations chief-of-staff strategic planning finance/resource management or organizational leadership roles within pharmaceutical biotechnology or R&D environments.
Strong strategic thinking operational execution financial acumen governance discipline and ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations.
Proven experience in change management process improvement and building productive inclusive leadership-team and organizational cultures.
Excellent written verbal facilitation and executive communication skills with sound judgment and high discretion.
Demonstrated commitment to ethical conduct quality compliance and respectful collaboration.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Advanced degree in a relevant scientific business or management discipline.
Experience supporting a senior R&D Development Sciences or pharmaceutical functional executive as a chief of staff or business operations leader.
Working knowledge of drug development regulated environments portfolio governance and external partner management.

LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS/CAPABILITIES
Sets direction with enterprise perspective; balances long-term strategy with practical timely execution.
Builds trust through integrity transparency discretion and reliable follow-through.
Leads through influence creates alignment across differing priorities and makes thoughtful decisions amid ambiguity.
Develops inclusive accountable teams and actively seeks diverse perspectives to improve outcomes.
Challenges constructively learns continuously and drives simplification and sustainable improvement.

SCOPE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Accountable for the effectiveness of the Development Sciences business operating model leadership cadence strategic communications and execution tracking.
Owns coordination of functional financial planning and resource-management processes.
Operates across a global matrix influencing outcomes beyond formal authority and ensuring risks dependencies and decisions are visible and managed.
 

Additional Information :

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. 
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation holidays sick) medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission incentive benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law.

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Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time