Principal Business Manager, Early Clinical Development (ECD)

The Opportunity

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Fosters team alignment and builds networks across functions, enterprise teams, and external partners to achieve key milestones.
• Talent & Team Engagement: Drives talent development, engagement programs, departmental workshops, and recognition initiatives to foster professional growth.
• Strategic Leadership Partnership: Serves as a thought partner to executive leadership, advising on priorities, providing constructive challenge, and driving short- and long-term enterprise strategy.
• Meeting Facilitation & Action Tracking: Structures leadership meetings with clear agendas, concise documentation, and rigorous follow-up on action items.
• Business & Financial Planning: Oversees annual planning, resource forecasting, budget allocation, and goal setting.
• Operational Strategy & Innovation: Balances innovation with guardrails, recommending operational strategies to address evolving enterprise needs.
• Complex Problem Solving: Resolves complex business challenges by mobilizing stakeholders and aligning functional goals with broader organizational priorities.
• Working Hours: Ability to work over 8 hours/day or 40 hours/week, including early morning or late-night calls, to meet business demands.
• Rapid Responsiveness: Capacity to respond promptly to emails and phone calls as business needs arise.
• Physical Capability: Ability sitting or standing for extended periods during back-to-back meetings.
• Onsite Mobility: Ability to carry up to 10 lbs of materials and travel between campus buildings for meetings and offsites.
• Travel: Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

Who You Are

• Education & Certifications: Bachelor's degree required; project management or process improvement certifications (PMP, Six Sigma, Agile, Change Management) preferred.
• Experience: 5–10 years in business management, cross-functional initiatives, or operations programs (clinical development experience preferred).
• Core Competencies: Expertise in strategic planning, project management, business process improvement, and team facilitation.
• Problem Solving & Innovation: Proactive problem solver skilled at challenging standard processes, proposing creative solutions, and adapting to fast-changing demands.
• Communication & Relationships: Strong written, oral, and presentation skills with a proven ability to build transparent, productive cross-functional relationships.
• Change Leadership: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute change management and communication strategies across the enterprise.