Director, Innovative Medicine Strategy & Operations

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Job Function:
Legal & Compliance Job Sub Function:
Legal Support Services Job Category:
People Leader All Job Posting Locations:
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Director, IM Strategy & Operations to join our Global Legal Organization located in New Brunswick, NJ.

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This role is responsible for helping drive the effectiveness of the IM GLO legal organization through strategic planning, leadership team operations, organizational performance, communications, portfolio management, and execution of key priorities. The Director serves as the primary integrator across the IM legal organization, partnering closely with the IM General Counsel, IM leadership team, IM General Counsel Executive Assistant, Legal Innovation & Transformation team, Finance, HR, Communications, and other functions to ensure effective execution of strategic priorities.

This position combines elements of Chief of Staff, strategy, business operations, portfolio management, and transformation leadership to drive organizational effectiveness and maximize legal value delivered to the business.

• Strategic Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness:
  Serve as the strategic advisor and operational partner to the WW VP, IM General Counsel and Sector Legal Leadership Team, helping drive execution of strategic priorities, organizational objectives, and key leadership initiatives. Lead the operating cadence of the leadership team, ensuring effective governance, alignment, decision-making, accountability, and follow-through across the organization while partnering closely with the General Counsel’s Executive Assistant to coordinate leadership forums, offsites, communications, and annual planning activities.
• Business Management, Performance & Resource Optimization:
  Drive organizational effectiveness through the development and oversight of key performance indicators, dashboards, metrics, budget planning, workforce planning, and executive reporting. Analyze organizational performance, resource allocation, workload trends, and operational opportunities to provide data-driven insights that support leadership decision-making and ensure the legal organization delivers measurable value to the business.
• Strategy Execution, Transformation & Innovation:
  Lead high-impact strategic initiatives on behalf of the IM General Counsel and IM Leadership Team, including organizational transformation, operating model enhancements, process improvements, technology adoption, and AI-enabled innovation. Partner closely with the Global Strategy Leader and work across the entire Legal Innovation & Transformation organization to identify and implement leading practices, coordinate specialized support resources, and ensure the sector effectively leverages enterprise capabilities in areas such as project management, analytics, knowledge management, training, technology, automation, change management, and performance improvement.
• Communications, Stakeholder Engagement & Enterprise Partnership:
  Develop and execute communication strategies that advance leadership priorities, strengthen organizational alignment, and foster engagement across the legal organization. Serve as a key liaison between the IM Legal Organization and enterprise partners, including Finance, Human Resources, Communications, Technology, and Legal Innovation & Transformation, driving collaboration, influencing outcomes, and ensuring successful execution of sector and enterprise priorities in a highly matrixed environment.
• Leadership Team Operations & Enterprise Partnership:
  Support the cadence and operating effectiveness of the IM Legal Leadership Team, including alignment, decision-making, accountability, and follow-through across key…