R&D Operations Manager

Pay Rate

$55.00 - $58.00/hr.

The R&D Business Operations organization addresses complex business challenges with outstanding people, tools, and processes, delivering on key initiatives and capabilities to support R&D. The team is committed to continuous improvement and serving our ever‑changing, fast‑paced business functions with excellence. This role will lead and facilitate budget planning and execution for several functions within R&D.

• The R&D Business Operations organization addresses complex business challenges with outstanding people, tools, and processes, delivering on key initiatives and capabilities to support R&D.
• The team is committed to continuous improvement and serving our ever‑changing, fast‑paced business functions with excellence.
• This role will lead and facilitate budget planning and execution for several functions within R&D.
• These responsibilities will additionally include analytics on spending trends and resource utilization.
• This individual will partner with our function Strategic Planning and Operations Leads to collect, prioritize, and execute the annual budget plan, liaise with finance to provide quarterly, year‑end, and ad‑hoc deliverables, guide the contract management team on escalated procure‑to‑pay issues, and potentially support analytics for functional or cross‑functional initiatives.

• Master’s degree and 3 years of biotech/pharma‑related business operations/financial analytics experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of biotech/pharma‑related business operations/financial analytics experience
• Experience with financial reporting and forecasting
• General familiarity with the drug development process and various business units within an R&D function
• Demonstrated proficiency with data visualization tools (Tableau) and collaboration tools (Smartsheet, MS Teams)
• Fluent with MS Office suite and advanced capabilities in Excel
• Experience with enterprise tools SAP, Ariba, Anaplan
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to thrive in a complex and matrixed environment, to collaborate and coordinate with individuals at various levels, to influence others effectively and handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously
• Excellent communicator able to develop and deliver communications that facilitate organizational change in an efficient, effective, and expedient manner
• Quick learner who is proactive and takes initiative

• Attention to detail is a must have.
• Experience with procurement and financial analytics (SAP) (this is not a finance role, person will be a liaison between finance and non‑financial counterpart)
• Experience managing a budget (project, function, or otherwise)
• Executive presence—this role will communicate with VP/​suite level leadership
• Proficient in Excel
• Anaplan experience is not required but will stand out
• Tableau, Power BI experience is not required but will stand out

The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is $55.00 - $58.00/hr non‑exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience.

Full‑time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus.

Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.