Medical Operations & Strategy Execution Manager (m/w/d) - (1 year contract)

The Medical Operations & Strategy Manager supports the efficient realization of the Medical and Clinical Affairs Strategy, enhancing operational excellence and strategic alignment within the HPM Medical Office organization. This role involves operational planning and strategy execution to effectively implement Medical and Clinical Affairs initiatives and achieve business objectives. This is a 1-year fixed-term contract to cover a maternity leave.

Must Have

• Support planning and execution excellence of Medical and Clinical Affairs initiatives
• Lead large scale initiatives in the Medical or Clinical field
• Act as a liaison between Medical Affairs and Clinical Affairs
• Support strategic and portfolio decision-making with data-driven analysis
• Own and maintain tool landscape for the HPM Medical Office
• Drive annual operating planning procedures and budget awareness
• Coordinate portfolio and prioritization activities
• Prepare and facilitate project reviews and steering committee meetings
• Drive continuous improvement, transformation, and change management initiatives
• Develop and provide project management structures and tools
• Support project managers in planning, tracking of deliverables, budgeting, resource management
• Initiate Capability-building programs and trainings
• Support the creation of the Scientific Communication Plan
• Hold a Bachelor's/Master's degree in Medical/Scientific Field, Nursing, Business or equivalent
• Have over 5+ initial years of experience in Medical and Clinical Affairs, or Project Management
• Possess a strong understanding of medical affairs and cross-functional collaboration within regulated environments
• Demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and facilitation skills
• Be highly organized and business-driven
• Show analytical thinking, solution-oriented and problem-solving skills
• Have the ability to engage with stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment
• Be proficient in MS Office Suite and project management tools
• Be fluent in English

Good to Have

• German or another European language proficiency

Job Title

Medical Operations & Strategy Execution Manager (m/w/d) - (1 year contract)

Job Description

The Medical Operations & Strategy Manager enables efficient realization oft the Medical and Clinical Affairs Strategy, enhances operational excellence and strategic alignment within the HPM Medical Office organization. This role is responsible for operational planning and strategy execution to support effective implementation of Medical and Clinical Affairs initiatives and achievement of business objectives.

This role is offered as a 1-year fixed-term contract to cover a maternity leave.

Your Role:

• Support the planning and execution excellence (eg. processes, SOPs) of Medical and Clinical Affairs initiatives (e.g. advisory boards, investigator meetings, medical education events and others)
• Lead large scale initiative in the Medical or Clinical field working closely with broad cross-functional teams
• Act as a liaison between Medical Affairs and Clinical Affairs, and support alignment with cross-functional stakeholders and internal partners
• Support strategic and portfolio decision-making, by providing insights based on data-driven analysis, identified KPIs, implemented dashboards, prepared presentations and reports ensuring to meet the organizatonal goals and strategy
• Own and maintain tool landscape (incl. AI) for the HPM Medical Office and create and facilitate trainings
• Drive annual operating planning procedures, ensuring alignment with internal stakeholders and overall business priorities incl. budget awareness
• Coordinate portfolio and prioritization activities, and drive regular reviews
• Prepare and facilitate project reviews and steering committee meetings
• Drive continuous improvement, transformation, and change management initiatives to increase efficiency and collaboration
• Develop and provide project management structures and overarching tools and enhance their effective usage
• Support project managers in planning, tracking of deliverables, budgeting, resource management and transparent reporting
• Initiate Capability-building programs: Plan, organize and execute Education programs and Trainings
• Support the creation oft the Scientific Communication Plan together with the main stakeholders

You are the right fit if:

• You hold a Bachelor's/ Master's degree in Medical/Scientific Field, Nursing, Business or equivalent
• You have over 5+ initial years of experience in Medical and Clinical Affairs, or Project Management (PMO experience in a healthcare or life sciences environment)
• You possess a strong understanding of medical affairs and cross-functional collaboration within regulated environments
• You demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and facilitation skills
• You are highly organized and Business-driven attitude being able to prioritize activities based on strategic relevance and value
• You show analytical thinking, solution-oriented and problem-solving skills with the willingness to embrace new ideas
• You have the ability to engage with stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment
• You are proficient in MS Office Suite and project management tools (e.g., Power BI, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar)
• You are fluent in English (German or another European language is an advantage)

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For this role, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

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