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BeiGene Executive Director, Global Clinical Operations Americas in Emeryville, California

Position Summary:

  • Oversee clinical operation activities in the Americas Countries

  • Strategic planning and execution of clinical operations’ deliverables at the regional level

  • Lead therapeutic area/s (TA) within Clinical Operations with responsibility for line management, strategic planning and alignment with broader organizational goals

  • Provide a deep knowledge of therapeutic area and expert input and guidance on programs for appropriate, feasible and effective clinical trial designs and execution for specific disease areas / patient populations

  • Establish BeiGene’s reputation and capability for successful delivery of clinical trials, in partnership with internal & external stakeholders

  • Develop direct and indirect reports to ensure greater value is added to the business across all areas

  • Inspire and lead efforts to deepen scientific knowledge within the Clinical Operations’ function to drive faster, high quality clinical trials

  • Provide expert knowledge on the execution of clinical trials, expert understanding of ICH/GCP Guidelines and other applicable regulatory requirements

Essential Functions of the Job:

  • Ensures timely planning and delivery of clinical trials with high quality in the responsible countries or region

  • Contributes to and has accountability for overall Clinical Operations strategy and performance against key metrics

  • Maintains a positive and results orientated work environment

  • Drives team members to improve their efficiency and effectiveness at prioritizing work and improving performance

  • Develops training plans and programs across Clinical Operations to enhance project management skills

  • Ensures that multiple, novel ideas on how to deliver on clinical trials are generated and considered

  • Actively oversees the knowledge management process by ensuring information is captured, retained, and leveraged for future work

  • Ensures operational processes, systems and standards are adopted and implemented consistently across trials

  • Contributes to Clinical Operations and clinical trial sourcing strategy development and takes a lead role in vendor governance

  • Champions a global mindset and approach across Clinical Operations to foster increased collaboration and consistency across BeiGene

  • Ensures alignment with broader BeiGene strategic initiatives and business needs and provides recommendations or ideas on how Clinical Operations’ programs can generate greater value for BeiGene overall

  • Ensures Clinical Operations thinking and activities are aligned with overall business direction and priorities

  • Identifies opportunities and initiatives within the broader organization that can be adopted/adapted by Clinical Operations as best practice; equally recommends best practices within Clinical Operations that if more broadly applied would benefit BeiGene as a whole

  • Maintains a working knowledge of, and assures compliance with, applicable ICH Guidelines, Good Clinical Practices, Regulatory Agency requirements, and SOPs

  • Implements and revises SOPs and monitors departmental compliance

  • Participates in formal staff performance review processes

  • Communicates with internal and external staff effectively with a professional and collaborative approach.

  • Escalates issues to BeiGene Senior Management team timely

  • Demonstrates strong initiative in activities through the clinical trials and other company initiatives

  • Proactively identifies potential issues and seeks improvement

  • Takes initiative for issue resolution within and outside the Clinical Operations department

  • Coordinates the risk management process encompassing proactive risk identification, evaluation (probability and impact) and mitigation plans

Requirements:

  • Bachelor or higher degrees (life science preferred, including medicine, nursing, biology and laboratory technology)

  • Fluent in written and verbal English

  • 14+ years in the biotech/pharmaceutical/CRO industry

  • Minimum of ten years of project management and/or clinical operation experience

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.

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