Head of Proteins Development Digital, Operations and Strategy

Location: Malvern

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Job Function:
R&D Operations
Job Sub Function:
Multi-Family R&D Operations
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Job Description:

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We are searching for the best talent for Head of Proteins Development Digital, Operations and Strategy role in Malvern PA or Spring House PA.

Purpose: The Senior Director, Head of Proteins Development Digital, Operations and Strategy (DOS) is a leadership role within Proteins Development, accountable for shaping and executing the function's Digital Transformation, Operations and Strategy agenda. The role partners closely with the VP, Global Head of Proteins Development and the Proteins Development Leadership Team to translate scientific and business priorities into clear plans, disciplined execution and measurable outcomes.

This position operates within a broader Digital Operations and Strategy community across Therapeutics Development & Supply (TDS), maintaining primary accountability for delivery within Proteins Development while participating in a broader DOS leadership community to enable alignment, consistency and scale across TDS.

The role has a solid-line reporting relationship into Proteins Development and a dotted-line reporting relationship to the TDS Digital, Operations and Strategy lead.

The scope of this role spans an organization of approximately 1000 employees working across multiple regions (North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific).

You will be responsible for:

Strategic Planning, Business Analytics, and Budget Oversight

The role owns the end-to-end strategic planning and annual business cycle for Proteins Development, ensuring the function's priorities are clear, executable, and aligned with broader TDS direction. This individual will collaborate with Finance and Proteins sub-function Strategy and Operations colleagues.

• Shaping and maintaining Proteins Development strategy in partnership with the Proteins Development Leadership Team

• Translating scientific and business priorities into actionable strategies, goals, and operating plans.

• Managing function-level financial management including planning, reporting, forecasting and variance analysis across Operating and Capital expenses

• Utilizing business analytics and insights to support decision making

• Enabling adoption of new planning and operational approaches and driving value realization

• Lead change management initiatives and support successful adoption of new financial and operational capabilities within the organization

• Lead future planning, inclusive of capital, innovation, facility design, renovations and upgrades

Core Operations and Business Execution

This role is accountable for driving strong operational discipline and consistency across Proteins Development, ensuring the organization operates efficiently and at scale while remaining responsive to evolving needs.

• Implementing common business and operational…