Director, Strategy & Operations - Obesity/Liver

Description

The primary focus of this role is to support the Human Pharma Leadership Team Member in planning and executing key strategic as well as operational cross functional initiatives. The Director, Strategy and Operations aligns strategy into the portfolio of initiatives and develops a roadmap for entire business. This role will serve as a "right hand" to the Human Pharma Leadership Team Member. Focus areas includes but is not limited to preparing analyses and delivering insights; developing presentations; interfacing with corporate colleagues and cross functional leaders to drive projects and facilitating strategic meetings.

This role requires significant influencing of senior leadership and different functions to drive decisions that further business strategy and growth. With the expanded Human Pharma business unit, this aspect is complex, cross functional and critical as we seek to collaborate more across teams. 

This role is based on-site at our Ridgefield, CT location with hybrid flexibility of 2-3 days per week on-site. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Identifies, gathers and analyzes relevant market information for the business.
• Translates knowledge of business and industry into new ideas for products or services.
• Translates the business strategy into a plan of action.
• Closely collaborates with Corporate stakeholders.
• Establishes a consistent, repeatable process for tracking strategy execution progress.
• Develop proprietary understanding and data on market dynamics (e.g., competitors, customers, technology), and identifies trends and market opportunities.
• Supports management of the specific business organization's collaborations through implementation of communications plan with external partners.
• Ensures that collaborations & overall business is in accordance with regulations.
• Takes on the role of the strategic challenger.
• Identifies strategic opportunities and risks.
• Challenges the thinking of the Leader and leadership team where appropriate.
• Provides leadership to the Administrative team supporting the specific business organization.
• Recruits, selects, and facilitates development of the team, including performance management.
• Effectively administers salary and reward programs.
• As a member of the specific business organization's Leadership team, plans and facilitates important meetings; gives direction on appropriate topics for meetings, prepare agendas, minutes, pre-read-based briefings for the Leader, organizes follow-up and track action plans.
• Project manages and co-leads initiatives that drive the specific business group's organizational growth.

Process management: 

• Ensures documentation of internal projects, external benchmarks to success and on-going specific business organization's business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred (e.g., MBA, MSc).
• Minimum ten (10) years Pharma industry knowledge., consulting, patient support, marketing/sales, business development.
• Excellent Judgment – regarding the “how”, “what”, and “when” of addressing Sr. Leaders and key stakeholders with sensitive issues.
• Proven experience and a strong understanding of what it takes to succeed in project management.
• Ability to build relationships on mid and senior executive level and become a discussion partner and a trusted advisor on a broad range of management topics.
• Ability to provide quality control and guidance on projects.
• Ability to oversee multiple projects running simultaneously.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, self-starter and strong initiative.
• Team player working effectively with a global team (Corporate)and multiple business partners.
• Strategic thinking skills.
• Strong communications skills.
• Strong financial experience.
• Value diversity and inclusion/cultural awareness.
• Facilitation skills.
• Conflict management skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Willing to travel.