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Associate Operational Excellence Director

Assistant director
Application ends: August 8, 2026
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Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    May 8, 2026
  • Location
    Remote
  • Expiration date
    August 8, 2026

Job Description

JOB  DETAILS

Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree (or its international equivalent) + 12 years of related experience
  • Experience in CRO/pharmaceutical/biotechnology drug development or demonstrated competency in the key areas of the role
  • Strong drug development experience with understanding of other functions relevant to the position
Responsibilities
  • Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of enterprise initiatives and cross-functional programs from initiation through close-out
  • Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and success metrics in alignment with organizational priorities
  • Manage project risks, dependencies, and issues, escalating as appropriate to ensure successful outcomes
  • Apply structured project and program management methodologies to ensure consistent, predictable delivery
  • Support the vision of and commitment to continuous improvement in operational excellence across all activities
  • Translate enterprise and functional strategies into actionable plans and roadmaps for enterprise initiatives
  • Support execution of transformation, process improvement, and operational effectiveness programs
  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, scalability, and consistency across the organization
  • Ensure enterprise initiatives are aligned with governance requirements, quality standards, and regulatory expectations
  • Lead the evaluation of business processes and workflows to identify opportunities for improvement or automation
  • Lead stakeholders in root-cause problem-solving techniques to identify core process challenges
  • Lead the development of recommendations for process improvement, leveraging subject matter experts for critical input
  • Partner with cross functional leadership to prioritize improvement opportunities and support strategic initiatives
  • Identify, develop and execute strategies for on-going and sustained improvement in operational functions, including identification of tools, systems, staffing or other resources, procedures, and communication
  • Partner on the design and implementation of new business processes with organizational context and priorities in mind
  • Lead organizational change management to ensure adoption and sustainability of process changes
  • Lead internal communication to effectively update stakeholders on progress, performance, key issues, and blockers that may impact business attainment or critical program and project completion
  • Identify operational risks and lead implementation of mitigation plans
  • Ensure or lead the documentation of business process
  • Establish key performance metrics and dashboards for monitoring operational performance
  • Translate enterprise and functional strategies into actionable plans and roadmaps for enterprise initiatives
  • Support execution of transformation, process improvement, and operational effectiveness programs
  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, scalability, and consistency across the organization
  • Ensure enterprise initiatives are aligned with governance requirements, quality standards, and regulatory expectations
  • Oversee or lead training and guidance to teams on new processes and how to identify improvement opportunities, building awareness on continual improvement initiatives
  • Standardizes best practices and processes across the organization to ensure consistency and sustainability
  • Monitor, measure, and analyze the effectiveness of new initiatives and processes, making adjustments as needed
  • Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress and drive decision-making
  • Monitor adoption of process, system and organizational changes to ensure long-term and sustained adoption

 

 

 

 

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