Senior Director, Portfolio and Project Management Lead

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.

General Description:

At BeOne, our Global Development SuperHighway — our integrated, end-to-end, wholly internal development capability — is a cornerstone of our R&D vision. It brings together a unique set of internal cross-functional capabilities from across the globe needed for efficient delivery of clinical trials to develop impactful medicines to accelerate access to innovation for patients around the world.

We are now opening this same delivery engine to the world’s most promising external science. Through SuperHighway partnerships, highly promising assets from leading biotech partners can access our development capabilities creating a true win-win ecosystem with the ultimate goal of helping more patients around the world. This is not a fee-for-service model; it is a bold new way to grow the company and expand what’s possible in oncology. This is a rare opportunity to help build something genuinely new — joining a high-caliber, agile team at the leading edge of clinical development innovation. If you are energized by building, by challenging the status quo, and by making a real impact on patients’ lives, this is where you belong.

The position contributes to the overall partnership program strategy and driving its vision and mission. Leveraging deep therapeutic and functional area expertise, the Portfolio and Program Management Lead is accountable for the lifecycle management of drug development and commercialization in the partnership program. The Lead provides leadership for global product development strategies within the partnership program, establishes clear processes for team management and communication, drives strategic team decision-making and delivery of team goals and objectives. Lead process improvement initiatives and optimize team efficiency, quality, and performance, collaborate within and outside the partnership program teams to deliver on commitments to the organization and to patients.

This role helps deliver the partnership studies that run on our Clinical SuperHighway, supporting seamless onboarding and high-quality execution of external partner projects in close partnership with the execution functions.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Develop, validate, and maintain project plans, schedules, and lead team planning session including develop team charter, define project scope, and ensure global cross-functional alignment.
• Support the partnership program leadership on developing goals and operational KPIs.
• Plan, track, and manage project milestones, goals, KPIs, project budget, dependencies, and critical path.
• Implement good project and risk management practices.
• Liaise with internal and external collaborators to deliver high quality work product, presentations, etc.
• Lead process improvement initiatives, e.g., headcount and budget planning, budget change control, program management dashboards and reports, risk management, etc., and continuous identify any opportunities for improvement.
• Assume the responsibilities and leadership of independently providing alliance management for drug development partners and assure smooth external collaboration.
• Consult with Advisory Committee for relevant topics and incorporate the ideas into strategy and execution if appropriate.
• Track project status, goals, operational KPIs, and enforce quality KPIs.
• Ensure appropriate systems and technologies deployed in the partnership program and well interfaced with Global R&D.
• Champions a global mindset and approach to foster collaboration and consistency across the organization.
• Organize and coordinate core team meetings and facilitate the meetings to drive efficient discussion, alignment and decision making.
• Understand competitors’ movements and market intelligence and be able to translate the insight and acumen into developing strategies.
• Participate company-wise standard discussion, finalization, and implementation.
• Manage the governance process for the partnership program.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:  N/A (individual contributor role; no direct reports).

Computer Skills: Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite

Other Qualifications:

• Solid knowledge and expertise of managing scaled and complex global portfolio and programs
• Good understanding of worldwide clinical trial expertise and best practices
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build and maintain positive work relationships to effectively interface at all levels across the organization
• PMP certification a plus
• Experience in Oncology/Hematology drug development is preferred
• Fluent in written and verbal English.
• Proven ability to make sound judgement and decisions. Possess the ability to quickly assess problems/situations and provide effective resolution/solution
• Detail-oriented without losing sight of the big picture

Travel: Up to 20%. Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Education Required:

Master’s degree (PhD preferred) with 10+ years’ experience in drug development or commercial within academia, consulting, pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. 5+ years in leadership roles in a multicultural & international (global) portfolio environment a plus.

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

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 [email protected].