Senior Manager, GDO Trial Performance Intelligence and Strategy

Goals

The Senior Manager, Trial Performance Intelligence & Strategy, supports the execution of trial performance intelligence activities by delivering prioritized insights, reporting outputs, and performance summaries that enable timely decision-making across study planning and delivery. This role partners with Trial Insights and Performance Optimization leaders and key stakeholders to support priority problem solving, translate business needs into actionable outputs, and drive adoption of practical insights that improve trial quality, speed, and cost outcomes within assigned scope.

Accountabilities

• Lead the execution of the trial performance intelligence agenda for assigned studies, programs, and operational initiatives by identifying, monitoring, and interpreting key performance indicators, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Deliver timely, actionable insights and recommendations that support informed decision-making and improve trial execution outcomes.
• Partner with Trial Insights and Performance Optimization leaders, study teams, functional stakeholders, CROs, and business partners to align on priority performance questions, promote adoption of trial performance intelligence, and integrate insights into routine planning, execution, and operational review processes.
• Translate business priorities into actionable trial performance intelligence and strategy outputs by shaping fit-for-purpose insights and summaries that support timely tactical decisions for study teams and functional stakeholders.
• Conduct performance analyses to uncover trends, root causes, and key drivers impacting trial delivery. Translate findings into practical improvement opportunities and support continuous improvement initiatives across the clinical trial lifecycle.
• Serve as a trusted subject matter expert in operational reporting, business intelligence, and data visualization by applying best practices to deliver clear, decision-ready trial performance outputs.
• Drive adoption and sustained use of trial performance intelligence and strategy outputs through proactive engagement with study teams, GDO functions, and business leaders to ensure insights are integrated into ways of working.
• Promote trusted performance intelligence through partnership with data owners, governance teams, and stakeholders to support consistent definitions, data quality, stewardship practices, and appropriate interpretation of performance metrics.
• Provide hands-on leadership for priority initiatives and studies by independently executing bespoke insights, identifying performance trends, and surfacing opportunities to improve quality, speed, and cost outcomes.
• Recommend appropriate metrics, benchmarks, and interpretation approaches to strengthen trial performance discussions and support actionable recommendations for business stakeholders.

Education and Experience

• Bachelors' Degree or international equivalent in Life Sciences, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, or similar quantitative discipline required; advanced degree preferred.
• 6 or more years of applicable business intelligence, and/or drug development experience; or advanced degree in analytical fields as above and 2 or more years of statistical analysis and/or quantitative experience (6 years total).
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders to translate between business requirements and data required.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to connect, integrate and synthesize analysis into actionable recommendations for business growth.
• Strong independence and ownership of deliverables, including planning, execution, and communication skills.
• Global/international experience is strongly preferred, including the ability to collaborate with colleagues and staff in other locations.
• Operational experience in pharmaceutical drug development with direct exposure to clinical development is highly advantageous.
• Healthcare business acumen with a comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry is highly advantageous.