Director, Vivarium Business Planning & Operations

Role Summary

Director, Vivarium Business Planning & Operations. Regeneron’s Vivarium team in Tarrytown, NY seeking a capable leader to partner with the VP of the Vivarium to drive strategic growth, planning, and operations across the department. Establishes a high-performing, strategic, effective and quality-focused organization and cultivates a climate of operational excellence, innovation and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Key senior liaison to the executive leadership, communicating and working to achieve the department's strategic goals.
• Modernization and standardization of processes, metrics, and communication to build efficiencies within the Vivarium; identify areas for process improvement and propose quality solutions.
• Develop and execute guidelines and procedures in partnership with leadership, HR and Legal (e.g., absence management, procedures for inclement weather).
• Manage and partner with team managers to ensure consistent workflow, policies, and procedures, with output and deliverables tracked.
• Enable resource management through forecasting, oversight, and budgeting, including headcount assessment, tracking permanent vs temporary staff approvals, and monitoring budgets for materials.
• Optimize space utilization for vivarium users.
• Develop and maintain cross-departmental relationships to align operations with department and R&D goals and initiatives.
• Champion communication within the department and with vivarium users/scientific investigators; manage content for departmental communications and Town Halls.

Qualifications

• BS/MS degree with 10‚Äì12 years of relevant R&D operational and project management experience in the drug development/pharmaceutical industry; ability to lead, coordinate, and facilitate development, alignment, and execution of project plans and budget forecasts.

Skills

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Proactive thinking to sustain forward progress across the organization.
• Change agent for innovation and continuous improvement; ability to foster leadership and talent development.

Education

• BS or MS degree as indicated in qualifications.

Additional Requirements

• None beyond those stated; travel or physical demands not specified as essential.