Senior Director-Inflammation, Infectious Disease and General Medicine

Job Title: Senior Director-Inflammation, Infectious Disease and General Medicine
Job Code: 54900 BR
Job Location: Anywhere in Europe
Senior Director

Job Description
COVANCE is a leading global drug development services company and we provide support to the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries.

You can make a difference by helping to deliver life-saving and life-enhancing medicines to people around the world. Our commitment to this mission has resulted in Covance’s impressive history of company stability and growth. We have achieved these results by fostering a work environment that encourages, develops and leverages our team’s capabilities. This is your chance to become part of a team that helps to bring miracle of medicine to market sooner.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Director to join Covance’s Inflammation, Infectious Disease and General Medicine Therapeutic Area (TA) in Europe. The role can be office-based or home-based in any location in Europe.

The Senior Director is an experienced leader within a Therapeutic Area (TA) Centre of Excellence, and is expected to leverage that experience to aid a team to grow a portfolio of innovative and profitable business, and/or oversee the design of effective and differentiated strategies for operational delivery with clients and internal experts and/or oversee the portfolio of clinical studies being conducted in a therapeutic area within the Phase II-IV business. As such the Senior Director is expected to establish and grow client relationships, be seen as an industry leader, be an effective line manager, and engage as a leader and subject matter expert in relevant process improvement and change management activities.

About the Job:

Commercial Acumen:
• Has a good understanding of the industry, market and our clients and presents Covance’s medical and scientific capabilities to clients. Leads growth within the Therapeutic Area; designs and develops winning trial solutions that result in a growing, profitable portfolio of business in the TA
• Owns client expectations and satisfaction; identifies, develops and fosters new and existing client relationships at senior operational levels with clients, Key Opinion Leaders, Vendor Partners etc., and guides teams in delivering to establish/maintain effective client relationships
• Leads high quality end-to-end business development strategies, including Request for Information (RFI) response, proposal development, bid defense preparation and presentations
• Markets and supports Covance’s capability, visibility and position through publications and presentations at conferences, meetings and webinars etc.
Leadership:
• Engages with Covance’s leadership to help drive and implement TA-specific initiatives, including cross TA and functional integrated opportunities, to grow and expand the Therapeutic Area
• Helps to define and implement the TA vision and strategy; translates this into key initiatives and priorities; develops and delivers against TA operating plans & project plans; able to achieve results in a global, virtual and complex environment; tracks and measures progress.
• Partners with peers ensuring consistency (quality, standards, policies, processes and practices) across the portfolio in the TA and across TAs
• Leads by Example in building and sustaining a scalable organization; creates a forward looking culture of ownership and accountability; delegates for development and growth; identifies and sets up high performers for success; is self-aware and a learner.
• Effectively leads in a global, complex environment; sets clear expectations; coaches and mentors for success; consistently communicates and connects; fosters a continuous learning environment
• Attracts, selects, on-boards, develops and retains high performing talent; strengthens and deepens talent bench and succession;
Operational Leadership and Financial Acumen
• Leads portfolio growth and delivery, encompassing consistent quality, assuring both patient safety and GCP compliance
• Ensures allocated resources are aligned with current and projected work in terms of capability, quantity, timing, efficiency
• Part ownership of the global P&L for the TA (sales targets, revenue, margin, budget, forecasting, write-offs, fixed-price gains, expense management, resources etc.)

Subject Matter Expertise:
• Contributes to the TA commercial, operational, medical and scientific leadership and direction, leveraging expertise from other functions as required
• Ensures development and delivery of TA & program-specific training is delivered appropriately
• Participates in training opportunities to advance knowledge of TA, drug development, GCP etc.

We Offer:
Covance’s ongoing success offers team members unsurpassed growth and career development opportunities.

At Covance, we help make the miracles of medicine a reality. We offer opportunities to work on diverse, challenging projects with bright, interesting colleagues while building a flexible and rewarding career.

There is no better time to join us!
EEO Employer
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