Exec Dir, BU Ops Mgmt

Exec Dir, BU Ops Mgmt Location: BGR-Remote Exec Dir, BU Ops Mgmt Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress. Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support. Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know: Why Syneos Health • We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program. • We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life. • We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress. Job Responsibilities Core Responsibilities Participates in both short and long-term planning for all aspects of the Company’s operations and growth. Contributes operational input to other departments as appropriate, including developing and distributing appropriate reports to executive management. Manages the forecasting, planning and logistics for clinical operations activities, including the direction and scheduling of clinical operations resource allocations, ensuring performance and quality standards are met. Reviews performance of the Company’s activities and makes recommendations for improvement in quality/efficiency. Periodically, conducts site evaluations annually. Reviews and provides input on study proposals, while participating in the sales and marketing function as it relates to the Company’s clinical operations activities. Participates as a primary source of operations information in the budgeting process for clinical studies and the department. Liaison and facilitator between the Company’s operation’s departments and clinical business units for project related tasks and/or issues. Plans and negotiates resources with line management of functional areas. Serves as a Project Advisor on project teams by providing input regarding the operational and project management aspects of the projects. May develop and refine project management processes within the Company, using established process modeling techniques. Leads teams of subject matter experts to develop and review SOPs and WIs related to any area concerning project management to support new or existing project management processes. May work with the Project Manager on the study start up and financial management tasks of a project to ensure success of the overall project. Implements enterprise wide project management systems and tools. Evaluates project progress, while producing and distributing resource status reports as well as functional area plans, to appropriate members of executive and senior management. Ensures thorough clinical study feasibility and appropriate distribution of studies to consortium sites. Develops, collects, and analyzes project metrics, while holding project reviews with operational staff focusing on budget, schedule and risk analysis. Responsible for the development of clinical research capabilities within the Company’s member sites as performed through leadership and management of field operations activities as required. Implements global project management systems and processes to increase efficiency. Plans for the efficient allocation of resources within operations. Ensures compliance with Good Clinical Practices sponsor contracts as well as all Food and Drug Administration and International Conference on Harmonization requirements. Oversees satisfactory conduct of all clinical research studies. Develops and implements policies, procedures and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for clinical operations activities, as well as applicable training programs for staff and network sites. Interacts with senior management of pharmaceutical and biotechnology sponsors on operational issues. Within the department, approves courses of action on all management / human resources’ matters, including salary administration; employment hires, transfers, terminations; performance appraisals and professional development; job description preparation, and employee counseling. Works with and advises staff on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities and methods. Performs other work-related duties as assigned. Moderate travel may be required (up to 50%). Represents the Company at professional meetings or seminars. Additional Qualifications Requires BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; and extensive executive and/or senior management experience preferably in a worldwide clinical research, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology company. MBA; or other relevant advanced degree preferred. Requires comprehensive management skills and experience, including but not limited to short and long-term planning, evaluation, directing and motivating staff, marketing and financial management. Thorough knowledge of FDA regulations, drug development, and clinical project management procedures is necessary. Additionally experience developing and setting corporate plans and objectives that support the organization’s worldwide drug development processes, while making critical decisions related to changing the direction of the business is essential. Must have a record of engaging diverse interests for the common good; adept at marketing and able to communicate and work with a diverse group of individuals to accomplish common goals. Membership and/or affiliations with applicable professional organizations related to the Company’s business are highly preferred. Highly effective strategic planning, communication, written, presentation and analytical skills. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), email, and voicemail is required. Experience working in a matrix team environment is preferred. Get to know Syneos Health Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients. No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health. http://www.syneoshealth.com Additional Information Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.