Director, Business Strategy and Operations (Chief of Staff), Oncology

The Director, Business Strategy & Operations (Chief of Staff) reports to the Vice President, Oncology Business Unit (BU) Head, and serves as a key business partner to the Oncology team and broader cross-functional Oncology Leadership Team (OLT). This role acts as a 'linking pin' between multiple functions, leads and drives tactical and strategic projects, provides analytical and operational insights, and ensures coordinated communications across functions aligned with the One Oncology strategic priorities and direction. Additionally, you will act as a steward of the Oncology BU culture as we continue to build a franchise in which our teammates are engaged and inspired. Initially, the role will also have the opportunity to support the Oncology Marketing teams working on various customer-focused projects to drive current and near-term business opportunities, working in conjunction with the VP as Chief of Staff.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record of cross-functional project leadership and strategic & operational work experience across a variety of functions, levels, and therapeutic areas in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry.  In addition, they have the proven ability to manage complex and ambiguous projects effectively, influence stakeholders without direct authority, effectively network across the organization, and communicate with all levels of the organization within a very dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Driving business results and strategic initiatives through overall BU coordination, operational rigor, tracking of franchise KPIs, cross-functional/leadership alignment, and partnership.
• Identify opportunities and lead franchise efforts to streamline, prioritize, and focus organizational efforts to enhance productivity/efficiency while accelerating execution—support project management of these initiatives aligned with US Oncology and US Commercial Goals.
• Raise and coordinate topical discussions for Oncology Commercial leadership and the OLT, as well as drive follow-up actions/communications
• Develop and maintain detailed work plans on key initiatives, including identifying project tasks, clear milestones, and assignments of work project responsibilities, schedules, plans, resources, and status reports.
• Provide marketing strategy and execution support for Oncology Marketing Teams to ensure successful delivery of key marketing initiatives.
• Support capability-building efforts across the Oncology franchise by identifying and championing innovative ideas from internal and external sources.
• Ensure VP has a comprehensive view of key considerations for prioritizing initiatives, internal & external events, and customer engagements while partnering to plan for them in alignment with the expected impact.
• Partner with Oncology leadership, Public Affairs, and HR on internal & external communication strategies and preparation/content for impactful presentations. Including QBR/business updates, leadership meetings, project/initiative presentations, All-Hands presentations, follow-up communications, and online/social media communications.
• Represent the Oncology BU Head and interests of the BU in key internal meetings, identifying key follow-up action items and next steps

Capabilities & Requirements

• Proactive and highly resourceful strategic thinker with the ability to lead and influence across functions to deliver complex business initiatives.
• Demonstrated outstanding cross-functional collaborator and business partner, with a strong history of influencing without authority and directly contributing to teams to achieve shared overall objectives
• Experience driving large, complex initiatives from framing the problem to conducting research/analysis to building the business and operational plans, to strong execution and pull-through
• Strong leadership and communication skills across functions and levels of leadership; comfort in business and technical discussions.
• Self-starter with strong emotional intelligence, operational rigor, attention to detail, and project management capabilities who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative high-growth environment
• Comfort partnering with Finance partners to navigate and make recommendations on resourcing and various components of product P&Ls to support BU priorities
• Strong enterprise thinking and approach

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and Twelve Years' Experience

OR

Masters' Degree and Ten Years' Experience

OR

Ph.D. and Eight Years' Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and relevant experience in marketing within the commercial, finance, or consultancy required
• Master of Business Administration or other comparable advanced degree preferred
• 8+ years of growing responsibility with broad exposure to multiple functions 
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including especially PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Willingness to travel as needed (up to 50% in coordination with Onc BU Head)
• Marketing background highly preferred, exposure to Marketing and Analytics required; Prior Sales and oncology experience preferred.