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%

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.