Operational Excellence & Strategic Planning Manager

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Operational Excellence & Strategic Planning Manager Company:

Ipsen Biopharm Ltd About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas:
Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation. Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries.

We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

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Job Description:

WHAT
- Summary & Purpose of the Position The Operational Excellence & Strategic Planning Manager, Clinical Development Operations (CDO) plays a key role in enabling the effective, efficient, and data‑driven operation of the global CDO organization. Reporting into the Strategy & Operations function, this role provides end‑to‑end support across resourcing, financial planning and performance metrics. The position acts to execute operational strategies to enable CDO functional operations teams and associated functions e.g. finance, R&D capacity etc.

A central focus of the role is to operationalize, standardized, global operational processes and controls for CDO resourcing, meeting CDO business needs and collaborating with R&D Capacity to ensure no duplication. The Operational Excellence & Strategic Planning Manager, under direction from the CDO Strategy and Operations Lead, will coordinate initiatives to improve transparency and predictability of resourcing, including supporting CDO algorithms, models, and planning tools enabling portfolio and capacity  parallel, the role provides financial and budgetary support to the CDO organization, taking direction from the CDO Operational Lead and working with functions to build, track, and manage operational budgets (e.g., Travel & Expenses, Training).

Providing ready summaries for the CDO Operational Lead to then interface with Finance.  This role ensures that CDO needs are identified, articulated, evidence‑based, and aligned with portfolio priorities.

The Operational Excellence & Strategic Planning Manager also supports insight generation by integrating portfolio, resourcing, financial, and performance data into clear, actionable analyses for senior stakeholders. In addition, the role contributes to the smooth running of the Strategy & Operations team and broader CDO leadership activities e.g., supporting the preparation of global townhalls and forums e.g. CDO Functional Review.

WHAT
- Main Responsibilities & Technical Competencies
1. CDO Resourcing Support Operationalise strategic direction and frameworks to establish and maintain global CDO processes, and controls for CDO resource forecasting, supply planning, allocation, and actuals tracking partnering with R&D Capacity. Document, track and understand operational demand drivers.

Work with the CDO Operations Lead to finalise design, build, and maintain resourcing tools ensuring they are scalable, transparent, and fit for purpose.

Support coordination of cross‑functional initiatives to improve resource planning maturity, data quality, and decision‑making e.g., CDO algorithms. Produce consolidated CDO‑level resourcing dashboards to support portfolio planning, prioritisation, and leadership…