Business Operations Manager, Translational PK/PD & Investigative Toxicology (tppit)

Business Operations Manager, Translational PK/PD & Investigative Toxicology (TPPIT)

We are searching for the best talent for our Business Operations Manager, Translational PK/PD & Investigative Toxicology (TPPIT) position, to be located in Beerse, BE.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United States- Requisition Number: R-037632

Belgium - Requisition Number: R-042499

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

You will be responsible for:

• Manage base business planning and continuous improvement,
• Support TPPIT strategic planning, staff engagement, and communication.
• Partner with TPPIT S&O lead, and team leads to manage and progress priorities supporting TPPIT scientific execution, operational effectiveness and innovative capability builds.
• Support implementation of cross-functional initiative outcomes & functional efficiencies
• Oversee resource management and effective allocation (workforce, OPEX, CAPEX, non-GxP)
• Support TPPIT functional operating review and departmental planning
• Gather, analyze, and synthesize cross-functional information across a variety of sources to turn unstructured business issues and requests into appropriate actions plans and projects that result in high quality, meaningful and actionable deliverables.
• Support alignment with internal and external business partners across TPPIT and enabling functions including but not limited to Finance, R&D IT, Data Science, Procurement, Lab Operations, etc.
• Manage contracted staff.
• Foster cross-functional relationships where opportunities exist to optimize team effectiveness, remove redundancy or enhance collaboration on similarly scoped initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders; proactively communicating status, issues, implications and recommendations, seeking advice, and facilitating critical scientific and business decisions
• Serve as a visible and effective change agent for global initiatives, influencing alignment at a global level, driving change, and achieving results.
• Support development and implementation of standard tools or process(es) to support organization ways of working and functional capabilities.
• Apply project management, process excellence, change management, and AI/ML methodologies for sustainable and scalable processes, communication, and collaboration solutions with successful business adoption.
• Handle multiple priorities and adapt to rapidly changing, fast moving and often ambiguous environment.
• Serve as a primary delegate for the global TPPIT S&O Lead, as required.

Qualifications/ Requirements:

• A Master's degree in Life Sciences or related field is required (Biology, Biotechnology or other related scientific discipline) and experience in Scientific / Business Operations and Project Management is required.
• 4-6 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology industry in a variety of roles associated with drug development (research and development, project management, scientific and/or business operations) is required.
• 4 + years of experience in cross functional business / strategic operations or project management role is required.
• Proven track-record working in international and cross-functional teams and demonstrated matrix experience and capabilities including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers is required.
• Strong interpersonal skills; effective in teams and as an individual is required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to storyline and support preparation of senior-level discussion documents is required.
• Must be a self-starter and able to function independently in a fast-paced environment under tight timelines is required.
• Results driven; ability to propose make data driven solutions and be creative in applying new ideas or solutions is required.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills (business and scientific resource planning and reporting, current state/future state analysis (e.g. data source, data sets, organizational structure, workflows, processes, systems, technologies) is required.
• Strong technical skills using digital tools with advanced MS Office software capability (Excel, Smartsheet, PowerPoint, Word), communication / collaboration platforms (Co-pilot, Viva Engage, Teams, Zoom), workflow applications and visualizations tools (Visio, mindmaps, LucidCharts) is required.
• A minimum of 6 years of pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience supporting discovery/development projects is preferred.
• Experience in early-stage drug development is preferred.
• Certification in PMP and/or Lean Six Sigma is a plus
• Certification in Change Management is a plus
• Drug Development knowledge with strong understanding of activities within Research, Preclinical and Clinical Development, Medical and Regulatory is preferred.

Required Skills: Agile Decision Making, Agility Jumps, Analytics Insights, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Expectation Management, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Organizing, Process Improvements, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Quality Assurance (QA), Statement of Work (SOW), Technical Credibility

Preferred Skills: Agile Decision Making, Agility Jumps, Analytics Insights, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Expectation Management, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Organizing, Process Improvements, Program Management, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Tools, Project Reporting, Quality Assurance (QA), Statement of Work (SOW), Technical Credibility