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Executive Director, Head of GPS Business Operations

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business Administration, Healthcare Management, Public Health, or related field required
  • Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, PharmD, or equivalent) preferred
  • 14+ years of experience with a minimum of 10+ years in pharmacovigilance
  • Progressive leadership experience in business operations, strategy, program management, pharmaceutical development, and drug safety

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the strategic business partner to the Chief Safety Officer and GPS Leadership Team, translating organizational priorities into actionable business plans
  • Lead annual strategic planning, organizational goal setting, business reviews, and operating cadence processes
  • Oversee GPS governance, including leadership meetings, portfolio reviews, decision tracking, risk management, and cross-functional coordination
  • Drive business process optimization, operational excellence programs, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, scalability, and decision quality

Key facts

Other skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Leadership Development
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Self-Awareness
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Results Focused

About the company

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BeiGene

Biotechnology

BeiGene is a global oncology company that is discovering and developing innovative treatments that are more affordable and accessible to cancer patients worldwide. With a broad portfolio, we are expediting development of our diverse pipeline of novel therapeutics through our internal capabilities and collaborations. We are committed to radically improving access to medicines for far more patients who need them. Our growing global team of more than 10,000 colleagues spans five continents. To learn more about BeiGene, please visit www.beigene.com and follow us on LinkedIn, X (formerly known as Twitter) and Facebook.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryBiotechnology
Company size10001

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Job description

BeOne 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.

The Executive Director, Head of GPS Business Operations serves as the strategic and operational leader responsible for enabling the execution of GPS priorities, driving organizational effectiveness, and ensuring alignment across people, process, technology, and business operations. Acting as the operational partner to the Chief Safety Officer and GPS Leadership Team, this role leads cross-functional initiatives, strategic planning, portfolio governance, resource management, and organizational transformation efforts that support GPS's global objectives. The position functions as an enterprise-level integrator, ensuring successful execution of critical business priorities while fostering operational excellence, innovation, and organizational scalability.  

Essential Functions of the Job:  

  • Serve as the strategic business partner to the Chief Safety Officer (CSO) and GPS Leadership Team, translating organizational priorities into actionable business plans and ensuring successful execution of strategic initiatives. 
  • Lead annual strategic planning, organizational goal setting, business reviews, and operating cadence processes to support GPS objectives and enterprise priorities. 
  • Oversee GPS governance, including leadership meetings, portfolio reviews, decision tracking, risk management, and cross-functional coordination to drive organizational alignment and transparency. 
  • Partner with HR and Finance on strategic workforce planning, organizational design, capability planning and resource allocation. 
  • Partner with Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Compliance, and other corporate functions to ensure effective operational support and execution across GPS. 
  • Drive business process optimization, operational excellence programs, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, scalability, and decision quality. 
  • Develop the GPS digital operations roadmap, leveraging AI, analytics, automation, and emerging technologies to improve organizational effectiveness. 
  • Develop and maintain executive dashboards, metrics, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to provide actionable insights and support data-driven decision making. 
  • Manage enterprise-level projects, change management efforts, and organizational transformation initiatives that support GPS growth and evolving business needs. 
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across the GPS organization. 
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, identifying opportunities, risks, and organizational priorities while ensuring alignment with corporate strategy. 
  • Lead executive communications, leadership operating cadence, and organizational communication to ensure alignment across the GPS organization 
  • Represent GPS in cross-functional committees, governance forums, and strategic enterprise initiatives as required. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:   

  •  Lead, coach, and develop a team of business operations professionals, project managers, and/or administrative staff supporting GPS operations and strategic initiatives. 
  • Establish clear performance expectations, provide ongoing feedback, and support career development and succession planning. 
  • Allocate resources and prioritize workload to ensure timely delivery of operational and strategic objectives. 
  • Promote a high-performance, collaborative, and inclusive work environment. 
  • Build organizational capability through talent development, succession planning, and leadership pipeline development within the Business Operations team. 

Education Required:

  • Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business Administration, Healthcare Management, Public Health, or related field required; advanced degree (MBA, MPH, PharmD, or equivalent) preferred 
  • 14+ years of experience with a minimum 10+ years of pharmacovigilance experience with progressive leadership experience in business operations, strategy, program management, pharmaceutical development, and drug safety. 

Travel:   

  •  Domestic and international travel up to 20%-30% may be required to support global leadership meetings, business operations reviews, strategic planning sessions, and key organizational initiatives.

Global Competencies

When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Driving Excellence, Bold Ingenuity and Collaborative Spirit, 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

Salary Range: $285,800.00 - $365,800.00 annually

BeOne 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 BeOne Medicines 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. BeOne 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. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and any other applicable federal, state or local laws, applicants who require reasonable accommodation in the job application process may contact accommodationsus@beonemed.com.

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