Manager, Scientific Operations

Join a Legacy of Innovation 125 Years and Counting!

Daiichi Sankyo Group is dedicated to the creation and supply of innovative pharmaceutical therapies to improve standards of care and address diversified, unmet medical needs of people globally by leveraging our world-class science and technology. With more than 125 years of scientific expertise and a presence in more than 20 countries, Daiichi Sankyo and its 18,000 employees around the world draw upon a rich legacy of innovation and a robust pipeline of promising new medicines to help people. In addition to a strong portfolio of medicines for cardiovascular diseases, under the Group’s 2025 Vision to become a “Global Pharma Innovator with Competitive Advantage in Oncology,” Daiichi Sankyo is primarily focused on providing novel therapies in oncology, as well as other research areas centered around rare diseases and immune disorders.   

Job Summary:

The position of Manager Scientific Operation, Precision Medicine (PrM) will be responsible for managing a broad spectrum of PrM activities as project manager, which includes but not limited to plan/schedule, manage budget and contract, keep project information up to date, liaison with internal and external partners and support effective communication across global team. This position also responsible to identify improvement opportunities on the processes/operations, drive cross-functional process excellence initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate PrM project team/sub-team activities. Facilitates meetings to assemble study/scientific deliverables at multiple decision points in the Global Drug Development Process. Authors meeting summary and drives action items by partnering with subject matter experts across functions

• Facilitate and manage interaction and alignment with cross departmental and external stakeholders to accomplish critical PrM project goals.

• Identifies opportunities and develops strategies for scientific operations process improvement that promote efficient collaboration of PrM with other internal and external partners.

• Collaborates with internal business partners as well as external stakeholders to execute contracts and amendments, resolve invoice queries and budget management activities.

• Applies project management disciplines to organize, formulate and execute timelines for PrM projects including regulatory submission and publishing activities with a high degree of independency

• Oversight, manage and maintain project deliverables.

• Support data reconciliation activities by investigating data inconsistencies and confirming resolutions.

Qualifications: Successful candidates will be able to meet the qualifications below with or without a reasonable accommodation.
 

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or healthcare administration required

• Master's degree preferred

Experience:

• 4+ years working experience in pharma industry required

• 1+ years working experience in global drug development organization preferred

• 1+ years working experience in managing contracting activities is strongly desired

• 1+ years project management experience. Fluent use of Microsoft Project to create Gantt charts is preferred

• 1+ years' experience with GxP, TMF and Submission Vault system preferred

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.