Senior Associate Director, Medical Education & Grants Office Team Lead

Description

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

The Global Capability Owner (GCO) Independent Medical Education (IME) is the subject matter expert, both internally and externally, to lead the Global IME capability and the global Grants and Funding Office. This role is also responsible for other funding types including Scientific Advancement Grants (SAG), Quality Improvement Education Grants (QIE), Corporate Memberships and Sponsorships. The GCO uses their deep understanding of grants, research, and compliance to work with Global and Local teams to maximize and continuously improve capability strategy, process efficiencies, platform optimization, customer satisfaction, and ensure that compliant practices are adhered to.

Compensation Data

This position offers a base salary typically between $170,000 and $269,000. The position may be eligible for a role specific variable or performance- based bonus and or other compensation elements.  For an overview of our benefits please click here. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Defines the cross-functional vision and strategy for the capability including vision, standards, and performance metrics.
• Evaluates current capability performance and develops the strategic roadmap to realize the capability vision and business value.
• Ensures alignment with customer needs, the GTM model, other capability roadmaps, cross-functional user needs/ priorities, as well as available budgets/FTEs.
• Defines the cross-functional vision and strategy for the IME capability including vision, standards, and performance metrics.
• Maintains knowledge and awareness of BI process and industry standards / government regulations that relate to independent medical education.
• Works with all Therapeutic Areas and local affiliate business units to optimize grant submission support (including development of publicly posted declaration of IME areas of interest and request for proposals (RFPs) to drive global alignment of educational priorities.
• Working with Global Therapeutic Areas, develops and implements outcomes and reporting to assess the impact of supported grants.
• Works with internal partners including Legal, Ethics and Compliance to ensure adherence to high standards of compliance.
• Manages the grants office team to support end to end grant intake and management.
• Responsible for all aspects of training and communication related to grant funding at Boehringer-Ingelheim.
• Leads the Grants & Funding Office team which supports grant management for all Therapeutic Areas, Regions, and OPUs as well as cross-functional stakeholders from Medicine, Clinical Development & Operations, Commercial and Strategic Account Management in a strategic, compliant, and sustainable manner, reflecting the overarching HPBU strategy.
• Defines, documents, and maintains the core business processes for the capability and ensures global alignment.
• Identifies where local or functional exceptions/deviations are required while also ensuring that the capability is managed in a consistent and sustainable manner across R/OPUs and corporate functions.
• Manages data and system owner responsibilities as required including managing data and system integrity, security, and compliance with respect to applicable global BI procedures and SOPs.
• Continually assesses risks in relation to capability and ensures risks are managed and/or mitigated in a timely manner.
• Conceptualizes, builds, and executes on an outcomes framework strategy for Boehringer-Ingelheim that can be scaled across therapeutic areas and key regions across the Globe.
• Working with therapeutic area experts, defines outcomes measures and objectives, and systematically collects, analyzes, and reports on outcomes and impact of Boehringer-Ingelheim funded programs.

Manages data and system owner responsibilities as required including:

• Works cross-functionally with IT and systems management to ensure system integrity, security, and compliance with respect to applicable global Boehringer-Ingelheim procedures and SOPs.
• Continually assesses risks in relation to capability and ensures risks are managed and/or mitigated in a timely manner.
• Defines, documents, and maintains the core business processes for the capability and ensures global alignment.
• Collaborates with IT capability owner to evaluate and implement features/changes to the required tools/platforms (Lectrona), as well as platform integrations based on the strategic roadmap and maximizing efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum five to seven (5-7) years of experience in grants management and/or independent medical education.
• Previous experience managing the leading a team, globally preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to define business process, standards/metrics, implement technical tools/solutions, design training curriculum, manage data, all while ensuring customer, business and user requirements are achieved, compliance is assured and risks are managed/mitigated; Builds business cases that include impact and performance metrics.
• Candidate demonstrates strong leadership skills including the ability to successfully lead and coach global cross-functional teams, influence and collaborate with peers and cross-functional partners, drive global alignments, and achieve meaningful outcomes including creating business impact through others.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and manage competing priorities; works with agile mindset/methods/tools; as well as manage relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors to develop assets.
• Familiarity with relevant internal and external guidelines, including Independent Medical Education (ACCME), PhRMA Guidance and the OIG Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers.
• Understanding of relevant international and European codes including ABPI, EFPIA, IFPMA is a plus.
• Travel will be required 25% of the time, including international travel from time to time.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.