Associate Director Strategic Partnerships & Business Operations

Role Summary

Associate Director Strategic Partnerships & Business Operations responsible for leading and optimizing strategic relationships with clinical trial sites and site networks to drive executional and scientific excellence across the clinical development portfolio. Establishes governance frameworks with priority clinical trial sites, including governance meetings, partnership metrics, and day-to-day issue identification and resolution.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary relationship owner for priority clinical trial sites
• Establish a governance structure to manage relationships with high priority clinical trial sites, including but not limited to planning and facilitation of governance meetings such as joint research committees and portfolio reviews
• Manage partnership metrics
• Manage communication and issue escalation pathways
• Manage day-to-day activities to achieve the strategic objectives of the relationship
• Act as a key internal and external point of contact for the relationship to proactively identify and resolve potential issues
• Act as an internal subject matter expert for the clinical institution to provide guidance to other departments within Regeneron
• Manage critical initiatives with high priority clinical trial sites

Qualifications

• Previous experience in and a deep understanding of the drug development process
• Previous experience maintaining relationships with clinical institutions including communication and stakeholder management at the executive level
• Solid organizational and project management skills including strong attention to detail
• A results-oriented, collaborative style
• Experienced in planning and execution; thinks strategically and executes tactically to deliver results for the business
• Demonstrates resiliency; able and willing to explore different paths to achieve an outcome
• Consistently demonstrates good judgment and takes initiative to bring forward new ideas to improve processes
• Previous experience operating across a matrix of teams and influencing without authority
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel and PowerPoint

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree required; 10+ years of experience needed. Advanced degrees (MS, MBA) preferred with 8+ years of proven pharma or related field experience.