Senior Specialist, R&D Procurement

at  Organon

THE POSITION

This position will be responsible for working alongside the Director/Team Leader of R&D Procurement & Supplier Management in developing and executing a multi-year sourcing strategy that expands the capability and flexibility of working with external partners across the R&D organization at Organon.
This position will be responsible for managing activities in support of our current (and future) outsourced scope of work.
Responsibilities will include managing processes, systems, and connections between an external partner and the various stakeholders within Organon R&D including Nonclinical/Early & Late Clinical/Outcomes Research (OR) functional teams and Global Procurement to ensure that we are efficiently and effectively delivering high quality research activities on time globally.
The incumbent expected to have a working knowledge of and skills in one or multiple functions such as clinical trial operations, outcomes research, outsourcing, and project/program management.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in pharmaceutical research and development
• Experience working in a drug development outsourced model, either on the outsourcer or client side with an ability to translate learnings to clinical and medical affairs outsourcing model
• Basic experience with leading successful delivery of projects (pipeline, business improvement, and/or change management projects)
• Knowledgeable of clinical operations and study management, medical affairs operations and/or outcomes research studies for pharmaceutical products, vaccines and/or biologic products.
• Good negotiation, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in matrix organizational structures
• At least 3-5 years of working experience with or within a healthcare/life sciences industry project management, clinical operations or medical affairs function that includes working with external partners.
• Prior experience and understanding of vendor selection/management for interventional and non-interventional clinical studies.
• Understanding of the requirements and nature of outcomes research using real-world data.
• Travel may be required (10%)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to write clearly and concisely
• Strong interpersonal skills in difficult situations
• Ability to work seamlessly with all levels of personnel
• Demonstrated sensitivity and knowledge of cultural differences with experience in multi-country, multi-cultural environments and demonstrated success with cross-geographically based cultural collaborations
• Excellent word processing, SharePoint, excel, e-mail, and online meeting tool skills

WHO WE ARE:

Organon delivers ingenious health solutions that enable people to live their best lives. We are a $6.5 billion global healthcare company focused on making a world of difference for women, their families and the communities they care for. We have an important portfolio and are growing it by investing in the unmet needs of Women’s Health, expanding access to leading biosimilars and touching lives with a diverse and trusted portfolio of health solutions. Our Vision is clear: A better and healthier every day for every woman.
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from candidates with a diverse background. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our applicants.

• Support the onboarding of vendor resources and facilitate the vendor’s ability to execute on sourced scope of work.
• Manage assigned translational medicine/nonclinical, clinical operations, pre-clinical, and outcomes research outsourced activities efficiently and on-time.
• Identify and escalate issues related to the delivery of high-quality, on-time materials and/or services.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external parties to ensure best possible delivery of sourced submission work through clearly defined objectives and actively managing and tracking overall performance (via metrics) of assigned vendors.
• Actively collaborate with assigned vendor(s) to assure new capabilities and services are developed and existing capabilities and processes are assessed and improved (on an ongoing basis)
• Support of annual business planning and the analysis and proposal of the annual financial plan related to external partner expenditures.