Job Description
* Lead key business and people processes including scorecard preparation, succession & talent planning, rewarding performance, risk management and corrective action planning.
* Facilitate development of Biosamples business strategy, recommend and implement actions to achieve short- and long-term goals.
* Ensure robust demand, capacity, and time management across the function to meet the current and future needs of the portfolio.
* Leads the resource allocation process, in partnership with the line managers to meet the current needs of the portfolio.
* Retain oversight of resourcing across the Biosamples portfolio by providing accurate data in PLANIT and monthly resource updates to R&D resource councils to ensure accurate functional wide portfolio reporting.
* Retain oversight of risks to delivery across the Biosamples portfolio to enable early identification and appropriate mitigation.
* Lead Biosamples functional budget to ensure annual spend is delivered to target
* Develops, maintains and ensures visibility of up-to-date metrics on functional performance.
* Prepare business plans to achieve continued investment into Biosamples.
* Plan and facilitate Biosamples LT meetings, to drive decision making aligned to strategic and operational priorities.
* Build and implement business change plans aligned to functional growth objectives.
* Drive development and delivery of impactful communication strategies.
* Maintain a high degree of understanding and awareness of internal business processes that could affect Biosamples and drug development.
* Collaborate with R&D leaders on BioSample data opportunities and prioritize to have maximum impact on the company's clinical programmes.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
* Previous experience in a similar role in the pharmaceutical industry.
* Knowledge of drug and diagnostic development processes.
* Proven experience in capacity management and working with demand and supply processes
* Experience of developing and utilising metrics to demonstrate and drive performance.
* Ability to communicate effectively with senior partners.
* Ability to influence strategically and persuade tactfully, to obtain desired outcomes while maintaining effective, positive, organizational relationships.
* A professional, enthusiastic, and proactive approach, with the ability to independently manage a diverse and fast paced workload.
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