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Job Description
Job Description: Responsible for developing and executing a multi-year sourcing strategy to expand external partnerships in R&D.
This role is responsible for managing activities to support outsourced scope of work, collaborating with internal teams and external parties to ensure delivery of high-quality research activities on time globally. Responsibilities include: * Managing processes, systems, and connections between external partners and stakeholders within Organon R&D. * Supporting the onboarding of vendor resources and facilitating their ability to execute on sourced scope of work. * Managing assigned translational medicine/nonclinical, clinical operations, pre-clinical, and outcomes research outsourced activities efficiently and on-time. * Identifying and escalating issues related to the delivery of high-quality, on-time materials and/or services. * Collaborating with internal teams and external parties to ensure best possible delivery of sourced submission work through clearly defined objectives and actively managing and tracking overall performance (via metrics) of assigned vendors. * Actively collaborating with assigned vendor(s) to assure new capabilities and services are developed and existing capabilities and processes are assessed and improved (on an ongoing basis). * Supporting annual business planning and the analysis and proposal of the annual financial plan related to external partner expenditures. Requirements: * Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in pharmaceutical research and development. * Experience working in a drug development outsourced model, either on the outsourcer or client side with an ability to translate learnings to clinical and medical affairs outsourcing model. * Basic experience with leading successful delivery of projects (pipeline, business improvement, and/or change management projects). * Knowledgeable of clinical operations and study management, medical affairs operations and/or outcomes research studies for pharmaceutical products, vaccines and/or biologic products. * Good negotiation, interpersonal, and communication skills. * Ability to work effectively in matrix organizational structures. * At least 3-5 years of working experience with or within a healthcare/life sciences industry project management, clinical operations or medical affairs function that includes working with external partners. * Prior experience and understanding of vendor selection/management for interventional and non-interventional clinical studies. * Understanding of the requirements and nature of outcomes research using real-world data. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to write clearly and concisely. * Strong interpersonal skills in difficult situations. * Ability to work seamlessly with all levels of personnel. * Demonstrated sensitivity and knowledge of cultural differences with experience in multi-country, multi-cultural environments and demonstrated success with cross-geographically based cultural collaborations. * Excellent word processing, Excel, and online meeting tool skills.