Director, R&D Delivery Excellence
Company: Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Location: Hartford
Posted on: March 17, 2023
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Job Description:
Join a Legacy of Innovation 110 Years and Counting!Daiichi
Sankyo Group is dedicated to the creation and supply of innovative
pharmaceutical therapies to improve standards of care and address
diversified, unmet medical needs of people globally by leveraging
our world-class science and technology. With more than 100 years of
scientific expertise and a presence in more than 20 countries,
Daiichi Sankyo and its 15,000 employees around the world draw upon
a rich legacy of innovation and a robust pipeline of promising new
medicines to help people. Under the Group's 2025 Vision to become a
"Global Pharma Innovator with Competitive Advantage in Oncology,"
Daiichi Sankyo is primarily focused on providing novel therapies in
oncology, as well as other research areas centered around rare
diseases and immune disorders.Job SummaryThe Director of R&D
Delivery Excellence is responsible for execution on a Global
Strategy for R&D Organizational Risk & Issue Mgmt., Business
Process Engineering and Resource Management Analytics.
Organizational Risk & issue Mgmt. will have a focus on developing a
formalized, harmonized approach to capturing, categorizing,
trending, measuring, predicting, escalating, mitigating and
recycling learnings from risks and issues within and across
functions for R&D along with ties to other Functions, Corporate
and the external landscape. Business process engineering will focus
on diagnosing problems with current process methodology, with an
eye to redesign, reconstruct, automate, simplify, then monitor for
effectiveness. Analytical Resource Management will focus on
implementing a data driven approach to optimizing resource
deployment, productivity and costs through establishing advanced
functional algorithms, metrics and modeling to forecast resource
demand alongside effort tracking actuals and headcount
--'Responsibilities- Strategy--' Define Input into strategy for
deployment across all 3 domains--' Establish linkages/line of site
between functional and geographical differences/opportunities along
with connection point to other Non-RD functions and Corporate--'
Initiate baseline inventory/need assessments surrounding existing
functional processes, people and systems with impact on all 3
domains--' Execute with strong project management skills, including
monitoring work-plans and managing against milestones, knowing what
to prioritize and why, knowing who to keep informed, why, and how
often, and knowing when to escalate--' Collaborate with other
groups in Global RD Excellence to leverage expertise to build any
necessary solutions--' Establish strong relationships
cross-functionally, globally and with key established committees-
Organizational Risk Issue Mgmt.--' Evaluate existing risk issue
mgmt. processes functionally, locally, globally, organizationally
and externally.--' Develop technical solution for centralized Risk
Issue Mgmt. capture, reporting and analytics--' Harmonize grading,
categorization and standardization of Risks and Issues--' Formalize
process for escalation with clear roles and responsibilities--'
Develop analytical approach in partnership with Analytics function
to predict, trend and measure effectiveness and execution--'
Develop vehicle working with Learning Development to socialize
learnings and build new content to avoid repeated risks issues--'
Maintain a pulse on external landscape, Health Authority focus and
emerging risk areas- Business Process Engineering--' Evaluate
existing inventory of processes within and cross functional seeking
optimization, synergy, gaps simplification--' Connect with existing
process groups to understand challenges, opportunities, compliance
and priorities--' Search for opportunities to automate processes
which are manual, labor intensive through the use of data and
technology--' Re-design processes which are broken, outdated, time
and cost laden and measure impact of change--' Create clear
linkages between Processes, Systems and Roles--' Provide
consultation and support as needed for DIT Projects- Analytical
Resource Management--' Oversee the roadmap, refinement,
integration, compliance and roll-out of Source Systems (Planisware,
SAP, Workday, etc) to capture key data to enable Measurement and
Analytical model development--' Oversee the build of New End User
Solution to Visualize all resourcing related Data, Trigger Alerts,
Analyze Metrics, Scenario Model, Drive Strategy Discussions and
Action--' Oversee the development of Time Tracking System
Standards, Governance, Compliance, Expansion and Training--'
Establish Metrics around Resource Productivity, Cost, Capacity,
Alerts--' Oversee the development of advanced algorithms using
machine learning based on historical data and LF input--' Enable
evaluation of in-source vs outsourced model cost and effectiveness,
vendor/CRO/LF approaches--' Enable talent skill mapping, leveraging
skills of associates and promoting opportunities of
growthQualifications: Successful candidates will be able to meet
the qualifications below with or without a reasonable
accommodation.Education Qualifications (from an accredited college
or university)- Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Life Science,
Engineering, Business Administration or a related discipline or
equivalent work experience required- Master's Degree Life Sciences
or Information Systems preferred Experience Qualifications- Minimum
10 years of experience within life sciences leading/supporting the
optimization of people and processes along with Risk & Issue Mgmt.
is required required- Minimum 5 years leading a function Serving in
a lead capacity in at least one of these domains is required,
multiple preferred preferred- Relevant Certifications such as PMP,
BPM, Lean Sigma preferred preferred- Experience running Black/Green
belt projects from start to finish with clear impact is required
preferred preferred- Extensive Experience overseeing executing
Resource mgmt. process including design and maintenance of
resourcing algorithms and solutions is preferred preferred-
Extensive experience driving Risk & Issue Mgmt. process or
activities either in QA, Quality Mgmt., Risk Mgmt. or within a
Business Function is preferred preferred- Hands-on
experience/comfort with Data, Analytics, Metrics, Solutions is
preferred preferred- Strong understanding of the research and drug
development life cycle processes, roles and systems across R&D
functions is required, direct experience in-function a plus
preferred- Experience establishing global business processes,
cross-functionally in alignment with Regulations is required
preferred preferred- Experience building Partnerships,
Collaboration and Cross-Functional Initiatives is required
required- Demonstrated ability to influence at all organizational
levels through clear, concise, and impactful verbal and written
communication skills is required required- Experience defining and
generating business performance metrics is required required-
Knowledge of key industry regulations relating to R&D Delivery
is required required- Proven ability to work in a global and highly
matrixed environment is preferred preferred- Ability to build,
mentor and grow a high performing and cohesive team is required
required- Experience supporting Audits and Inspections is preferred
preferredDaiichi Sankyo, Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative
action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration
for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual
orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability,
protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic
protected by law.
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