Senior Strategic Alliance Operations Director – IQVIA Biotech / Europe Based

Join us on our exciting journey!

IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics, and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.

Senior Strategic Alliance Operations Director – IQVIA Biotech

Europe Based

The primary focus of this position is to support the oversight and management of the Customer's assets (projects and strategic initiatives) within IQVIA Product Development.

The role holder will support, and lead activities required to achieve the accelerated growth of the designated customer's account. The position supports the governing of assets, resources, technology, and processes required to support the designated customer portfolio of compounds in development.

Responsibilities

• Supports strategic planning, direction, and support to business/strategic development initiatives for the designated customer.
• Support the management of a designated customer account globally to provide leadership oversight to customer and IQVIA assigned project teams and lead the development of and adherence by all project teams to an operations manual specific to the designated customer account for all product development projects.
• Team member responsible for the development of designated customer tools and operating principles.
• Support the delivery against key metrics, milestones, and contractual obligations for a portfolio of projects to encompass expectation setting and management against quality, time, and financial objectives (e.g. project & portfolio margin targets).
• Serve as a key operational management contact globally to the designated customer account; responsible for ensuring appropriate communication channels are maintained and key customer expectations transcend the organization and are adhered to across the portfolio of projects.
• Support efforts to review the customer pipeline, opportunities pending, and future customer needs in support of the quarterly development of resource forecasts for delivery to the cost centers providing resources to the customer's account (e.g. project management, QLAB, Phase I, ECG, data management, clinical operations, biostatistics, etc).
• Cascade to and ensure adherence to global best practices by all members working on the designated customer account.

Requirements

• Other Degree in Life Science, Business Management, or related field
• Strong Clinical Knowledge
• 10 years in the pharmaceutical, CRO, or related industry
• Experience to include clinical operations, CRA, Commercial and /or alternative operational functional (e.g. customer support, data management, project management, laboratory, pre-clinical…)
• Having a detailed understanding of the Biotech Market place is a must.

Additional requirements

• Unquestionable personal and professional integrity
• Solid understanding of commercialization and the principles of drug discovery and development
• Strategic business and Industry awareness and the ability to translate emerging Industry trends relevant to the organization
• Excellent Analytical skills and experience in evaluating and managing business plans
• Proven experience conducting and negotiating deals
• Excellent Attention to detail and ability to work simultaneously on multiple priorities
• Adaptability and flexibility to changing priorities
• Excellent presentation, communication, and negotiation skills
• Proven previous management experience and success
• Experience and ability to progressively coach and mentor individuals
• Proven ability to empower and develop people and help them achieve goals
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers and clients

Why Join?

Those who join us become part of a recognized global leader still willing to challenge the status quo to improve patient care. You will have access to the most cutting-edge technology, the largest data sets, the best analytics tools and, in our opinion, some of the finest minds in the Healthcare industry.

You can drive your career at IQVIA and choose the path that best defines your development and success. With exposure across diverse geographies, capabilities, and vast therapeutic and information and technology areas, you can seek opportunities to change and grow without boundaries.

We know that meaningful results require not only the right approach but also the right people. Regardless of your role, we invite you to reimagine healthcare with us. You will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and ultimately improve human health outcomes.

It's an exciting time to join and reimagine what's possible in healthcare.

Moving healthcare forward. Together.

At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 70,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.