Director, Business and Process Optimization – Pharmacovigilance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Deliver strategic leadership for departmental operations and resource management within a complex cross-functional setting.

• Formulate and implement strategies aimed at continuous process enhancement and optimizing organizational performance.

• Provide management and strategic guidance to business operations and corporate functions.

• Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and approve strategic business plans.

• Supervise cross-functional activities, projects, and initiatives, offering strategic insights, analyses, and recommendations.

• Evaluate compliance with cross-functional processes, systems/applications, training, and communications.

• Act as the business lead for large-scale, complex cross-functional process improvement initiatives.

• Partner with stakeholders, peers, and leaders on strategy, execution, and communication planning.

• Offer administrative oversight encompassing staffing, budgeting, scheduling, and long-term planning.

• Provide strategic direction through direct management of a team.

• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, talent development, and employee retention efforts.

• Deliver ongoing coaching, feedback, performance evaluations, development plans, and career guidance.

• Create and execute business plans and forecasts.

• Support and advance process and systems optimization initiatives.

• Manage oversight and responses for client or internal process audits and/or CAPAs.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement.

• Serve as an internal transformation consultant for M&A integration activities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Graduate in life sciences, pharmacy, nursing, or another healthcare-related qualification, or possess experience in pharmacovigilance.

• Significant experience in pharmacovigilance.

• Familiarity with process improvement, safety applications, and systems.

• Proven line management experience.

• Extensive leadership experience in pharmacovigilance within a service provider environment.

• Proven ability in optimizing processes and managing their implementation.

• Exceptional leadership and management capabilities.

• Advanced skills in process development and improvement, particularly in clinical and post-marketing pharmacovigilance.

• Excellent project management abilities.

• Strong attention to detail, investigative, and analytical skills.

• Exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, and problem-solving abilities.

• Superior computer proficiency, with a solid understanding of clinical management and pharmacovigilance technologies and systems.

• In-depth understanding of clinical trial practices, processes, regulatory guidelines, and directives.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.

• Capability to lead and promote teamwork in a multidisciplinary and/or multicultural team environment.

• Ability to drive innovation in developing new ideas related to process improvements.

• Outstanding organizational, judgment, analytical, decision-making, and interpersonal skills to manage complex projects simultaneously amidst rapidly changing priorities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Options for remote work.

• Flexible work environment.

• Opportunities for growth.

• Collaborative team atmosphere.

• Access to coaching and feedback.

• Formal performance evaluations.

• Development plans and career coaching support.

• Assistance with talent development and retention.

• A global, multicultural workplace.

• Chance to collaborate with experts in clinical research, pharmacovigilance, and quality consulting.