REQ-10005426
May 06, 2024
USA
Summary
The Head of Functional Excellence, Clinical Development will be accountable for leading strategic global functional excellence activities/initiatives across the CD function. The role will collaborate and work closely with Head, Portfolio Strategy and Operations, CD and Clinical Development Heads to achieve functional excellence within CD, focusing on key functional activities including but not limited to:
- Planning, oversight, and delivery of functional activities/initiatives across the CD line function.
- Resourcing: Develop and execute comprehensive resource planning for the CD line function ensuring a consistent, harmonized, and optimal resource allocation across the CD teams.
- Overseeing CD budget: Plays a key role in CD budget oversight ensuring targets are met and consistent with overall CD strategy.
The role will foster consistency and harmonization of functional matters across Clinical Development, working closely with CDHs, Capability Head, Global Head of Operational Excellence, Clinical Development, Development learning, P&O partners, and people managers within the CD organization. This role will ensure the CD function can leverage our global resources and apply best practices consistently across the CD teams to ensure delivery of high-quality clinical programs.
About the Role
Major accountabilities:
Drive CD Functional Activities across CD teams:
- Accountable for planning, oversight, and delivery of key functional activities/initiatives across the CD line function.
- Partner with CDHs to identify gaps and areas of improvement from a CD functional perspective; propose and implement solutions working in close collaboration with CDHs and CD Functional Heads.
- Lead a team of CD Functional Heads
- Be a single point of contact for other Development line functions to drive cross functional initiatives and process improvements, ensuring seamless operational support and clinical trial execution
- Create short-, medium- and long-term functional plans to drive efficient and effective delivery of high-quality clinical programs/studies
- Collaborate with P&O, Learning, Capabilities and local CD managers to establish a cohesive structured approach to building CD functional capabilities.
- Collaborate with Capability Head and Global Head of Operational Excellence, Clinical Development to ensure effective delivery key functional activities/initiatives
Effective Resource Management and Scientific Talent
- Accountable for resource planning for CD (all levels of GPCH, CDD,
- and CDMD) in alignment with the Global CD Head, CDHs and Head Strategy & Operations. Supports recruitment of medical and scientific talent, making sure job criteria are applied consistently within TA/CD teams
- Oversee flexible resource modelling ensuring high priority programs are adequately and appropriately resourced at all times, simultaneously ensuring all other non-priority programs are appropriately resourced.
- Oversee Planning and conduct of the annual CD promotion reviews in collaboration with the CDHs, ensuring consistent promotion criteria are applied across teams. Support the CDLT to elaborate career development pathways for CD associates.
- Lead succession planning discussions with the CD LT and build a robust talent pipeline for long-term success.
- Provides regular consolidated updates to Global CD Head and Head Portfolio Strategy & Operations on hiring and status of open positions across CD.
Budget Oversight
- Support the Global Head Portfolio Strategy and Operations in developing a comprehensive yearly budget plan in line with the overall CD goals.
- In partnership with Finance BP, oversee CD budget, allocation, and yearly tracking across teams. Provide regular updates to CD LT on budget spending and gaps, ensuring on track yearly budget.,.
- Single point of contact for finance BP on budget related discussions/issues. Provides CD input in to LF-1 &LF-2 organizational budget planning.
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Development
Pharmaceuticals
USA
East Hanover
U014 (FCRS = US014) Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Research & Development
Full time
Regular
No
