Senior Director, Strategic Operations, Global Clinical Operations

BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

BeiGene is a rapidly growing next-generation biotechnology company with a focus on developing affordable medicines to treat cancer while reducing costs and increasing global access to those medicines. Global Clinical Operations at BeiGene is a dynamic and growing organization leading a team of more than 1,000 associates in 40+ countries and a budget more than $200M.

The Senior Director Strategic Operations will report directly to the Executive Director, Chief of Staff to GCO Head. The incumbent will

• Lead key strategic GCO initiatives & projects and assess / monitor impact
• Provide key Leadership in the areas of Business Strategy, Operational Insights Generation, Data/Systems Validation, Goals Management and Cross Functional Engagements.
• Lead optimization of assigned GCO process, organization and decision making.
• Lead development & tracking of goals & key performance indicators for GCO

Essential Functions of the job:

• Member of the GCO Strategic Operations team; Collaborate with teams within GCO and other functions to deliver on commitments to the organization and to patients
• Lead support for insights driven GCO strategic & operational decision-making by leveraging internally & externally available data sources
• Drive assigned data & systems validations in partnership with GCO & other colleagues
• Plan, track, and manage progress of the GCO strategic and yearly goals/objectives and other performance indicators
• Develop and lead cross-functional teams in brainstorming new approaches in driving efficiencies & other improvement measures.
• Plan, execute key GCO initiatives, and assess impact

• Ensure appropriate scoping of projects & contribute expertise/insights to develop, implement and lead key strategic initiative/plans.
• Provide internal project management support as necessary. Act as project leader to plan and execute the assigned projects.
• Facilitate alignment with key stakeholders and ensure communication across project teams.
• Plan, track, and manage project tasks, milestones, dependencies, and identify elements on critical path
• Coordinate project team meeting schedules, prepare agendas and minutes, track action items and progress reports according to project management best practices.
• Represent the Strategic Operations Team & GCO in collaborations with internal and external key stakeholders as appropriate.
• Leads and/or contributes to selected annual operating planning processes

Education Required: Advanced degrees required in Life sciences or business with 8+ years experience.  A Master/MBA in operations and 15 years’ experience in biotech, pharmaceuticals or a related field in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry preferred. At least 7 years of experience leading large scale strategic initiatives in the pharmaceutical, biotech or related industry. Oncology experience highly preferred.

Computer Skills:   Efficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Other Qualifications:   

• Fluent in written and verbal English.
• Excellent presentation and verbal communications skills
• Proven leadership in determining needs of the business and taking initiatives
• Proven track in change management, managing conflict, internal and external
• Strong project management skills – organized, disciplined, comfortable following up on actionable / holding people accountable, able to think ahead and catch problems before they arise
• Time management a must
• Ability to partner across all time zones
• Excellent understanding of models, frameworks, tools and solution to increase leadership effectiveness
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and make decisions with a high-growth, rapidly evolving environment
• Strong analytic and strategic thinking skills with attention to details

Supervisory Responsibilities:  

• May have supervisory responsibilities 
• Mentor and coach GCO associates

Travel:  up to 25%

BeiGene Global Competencies

When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Collaborative Spirit, Bold Ingenuity and Driving Excellence, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.

• Fosters Teamwork
• Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
• Self-Awareness
• Acts Inclusively
• Demonstrates Initiative
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Continuous Learning
• Embraces Change
• Results-Oriented
• Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
• Financial Excellence
• Communicates with Clarity

BeiGene is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation packages are determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location. Packages may vary by location due to differences in the cost of labor. The recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for a preferred location during the hiring process.  Please note that the listed range reflects the base salary or hourly range only. Non-Commercial roles are eligible to participate in the annual bonus plan, and Commercial roles are eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan. All Company employees have the opportunity to own shares of BeiGene Ltd. stock because all employees are eligible for discretionary equity awards and to voluntarily participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company has a comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. BeiGene does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.