R&D Business Engagement Lead
Company: Daiichi Sankyo
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 15, 2022
Job Description:
Job Description
Join a Legacy of Innovation 110 Years and Counting! Daiichi Sankyo
Group is dedicated to the creation and supply of innovative
pharmaceutical therapies to improve standards of care and address
diversified, unmet medical needs of people globally by leveraging
our world-class science and technology. With more than 100 years of
scientific expertise and a presence in more than 20 countries,
Daiichi Sankyo and its 15,000 employees around the world draw upon
a rich legacy of innovation and a robust pipeline of promising new
medicines to help people. In addition to a strong portfolio of
medicines for cardiovascular diseases, under the Group's 2025
Vision to become a "Global Pharma Innovator with Competitive
Advantage in Oncology," Daiichi Sankyo is primarily focused on
providing novel therapies in oncology, as well as other research
areas centered around rare diseases and immune disorders. Join a
Legacy of Innovation 110 Years and Counting!Daiichi Sankyo Group is
dedicated to the creation and supply of innovative pharmaceutical
therapies to improve standards of care and address diversified,
unmet medical needs of people globally by leveraging our
world-class science and technology. With more than 100 years of
scientific expertise and a presence in more than 20 countries,
Daiichi Sankyo and its 15,000 employees around the world draw upon
a rich legacy of innovation and a robust pipeline of promising new
medicines to help people.Under the Group's 2025 Vision to become a
"Global Pharma Innovator with Competitive Advantage in Oncology,"
Daiichi Sankyo is primarily focused on providing novel therapies in
oncology, as well as other research areas centered around rare
diseases and immune disorders.
- This role has the flexibility to function on a remote basis for
those outside the region OR corporate Basking Ridge NJ site based.
The Global Business Engagement Lead (BEL) will serve as the
functional liaison out to multiple R&D Line Functions to
maintain a regular pulse on functional needs, challenges, ways of
working and improvement opportunities in order to problem solve,
ideate and translate needs back to support groups in Global R&D
Excellence. Then, to guide the build and deployment of the
necessary solutions including ownership for defining and owning
R&D functional technology roadmaps and business engagement
plans. This position is expected to lean on their own deep business
functional expertise as well as technical and process know-how to
drive continuous improvement and optimization in Line Function
delivery. This position will represent, socialize and encourage the
use of Global R&D Excellence's suite of services across all
levels and roles in the respective line functions. This position
will be an active listener yet a consultant in nature, helping to
advise on Line Function challenges and ways to optimize. This
position will need to influence and seek alignment and support from
Line Function Head and LT members on prioritization of needs,
embedment of solution/change and accountability for adoption.
Equally this position must maintain a close line of communication
with all levels of users/roles within the Line Function. Line
Functions will rely on this position as the Single Point of Contact
(SPOC) to ensure fulfillment of data, analytics, reporting,
metrics, systems, technology, process, innovation, and learning
needs. The BEL will be responsible for drafting, maintaining and
socializing a Line Function Account Plan as a living document
guiding the interactions, priorities and strategy for Global
R&D Excellence service delivery in the respective Line
Function.Responsibilities
- PARTNERSHIP/CONSULTATIONServe as the Single Point of Contact
(SPOC) out to Target Function(s) to gather ongoing needs and
facilitate delivery of solutions, answers to business questions,
process refinement, innovation and learning needs.Provide
consultation based on business, technical and process experience on
how to optimize functional delivery.Build relationships at all
levels within target function(s) so that you become a trusted
partner and advisor.Proactively seek out opportunities where
data/tool/system/technology can be inserted to improve decision
making, processes which could be simplified, formalized or
automated.Drive collection of requirements for any adhoc business
questions, new tool builds, process improvements, learning needs,
etc.Socialize, Educate and Train on services and solutions
availableBring ideation, innovation and Problem Solving to tackle
business problems and to improve ways of working.Translate back
functional needs/feedback to appropriate arm of Global R&D
Excellence and help with solutioning.Develop, Maintain and Align a
"Living" Key Account Management Plan with Functional
LeadershipDefine KPIs to assess Performance, Adoption & Benefits of
Global R&D Excellence Services within Line FunctionSupport
inspection readiness activities as needed
- OVERSEE AND DRIVE SOLUTION DELIVERYDrive Prioritization,
Strategy, Roadmap, Execution and Adoption of Global R&D
Excellence services within Line Function(s)Identify, escalate and
overcome barriers of adoption of Global R&D Excellence
services, managing risk and issuesPartner in Global R&D
Excellence with Business Process Engineering to support Projects
requiring Process OptimizationPartner in Global R&D Excellence
with Learning & Development to support build functional/role
specific content for ongoing trainingPartner in Global R&D
Excellence with Metrics function in the definition, target setting
and evaluation of KPIs, KRIs, KQIs of respective function(s)Partner
in Global R&D Excellence with Analytics function to translate
business problems to Data Scientists who can perform the necessary
analysis and then help to extract insights to provide timely
answersPartner in Global R&D Excellence with Solution
development function to design out the build of visualization tools
for end user consumptionPartner in Global R&D Excellence with
Analytical Resource mgmt. function to advise on the optimization of
resourcing algorithms and to support the compliance of effort
tracking and use of data in functionPartner in Global R&D
Excellence with Innovation Excellence to ideate over opportunities
to drive transformational innovation projectsPartner in Global
R&D Excellence with Organizational Risk & Issue Mgmt to
escalate known risks, ensure Risk & Issue Mgmt in-function, assess
trends and share learningsPartner in Global R&D Excellence with
Global Business System Owners to drive improvements, adoption and
source system compliance in Functional Source SystemsMaintain
oversight and influence integrated project plans, timelines,
resourcing and risk/issue mgmt. for all technical and process
projects ongoing with Line Function to ensure on-time, high-quality
deliverySupport the ongoing evaluation of system usage and feedback
collection & funnel back to Global Business System Owner with
recommendationsLead communication and support change mgmt to target
function(s) on behalf of Global R&D ExcellenceQualifications:
Successful candidates will be able to meet the qualifications below
with or without a reasonable accommodation.Education Qualifications
(from an accredited college or university)
- Bachelor's Degree Life Sciences, Business Administration,
Finance, Human Resource Management, Information Technology,
Organizational Leadership or equivalent work experience
required
- Master's Degree preferredExperience Qualifications
- 10 or More Years Supporting target global R&D line
function(s) with deep understanding of processes, roles, data,
systems and metrics required
- Demonstrated ability to influence at all organizational levels
through clear, concise, and impactful verbal and written
communication skills are required. required
- Experience in a business partnership providing consultation and
solutioning is required
- Experience in working to transform processes and solutions is
required
- Experience managing large change projects from business case
development through delivery is required
- Global experience serving as the liaison between Business & IT,
translating business needs into technical solutions and technical
jargon into business speak is preferred
- Experience drafting effective communications to stakeholders of
all levels is required
- Experience establishing and dissecting global business
processes, cross-functionally in alignment with industry
Regulations is required
- Experience as a System or Process SME or helping to drive
requirements, build and implementation of solutions within the
business is preferred
- Global experience as a consultant or a business
relationship/customer facing role is preferred
- Proven ability to work in a global and highly matrixed
environment is preferred
- Experience building partnerships, collaboration and
cross-functional initiatives is required
- Experience defining and generating business performance metrics
is required
- Knowledge of key industry regulations relating to R&D
practices is requiredDaiichi Sankyo, Inc. is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender
identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national
origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other
characteristic protected by law. Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender
identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national
origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other
characteristic protected by law.
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