Associate Manager R&D Procurement

Build our future together:

At Regeneron, we use science and innovation to develop life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases. We are seeking an Associate Manager, R&D Clinical Portfolio Sourcing, Global to join our Global Procurement team, supporting our global clinical portfolio in a hybrid work model. In this role, you will manage sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and procurement governance activities that enable quality, compliance, cost effectiveness, and timely delivery of clinical development priorities while collaborating with Clinical Development Unit partners, cross-functional teams, and suppliers. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing, science-driven organization making a meaningful difference to patients worldwide.

When & where:

Location: Hyderabad (Hybrid)

Discover your role:

• Manage sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and procurement governance activities aligned to clinical portfolio priorities, study requirements, and category strategies.

• Apply supply market intelligence, benchmarking, supplier insights, and business requirements to support sourcing recommendations and procurement decisions.

• Partner with Clinical Operations, Data Management, Biostatistics, Medical, Regulatory, Quality, Finance, Legal, and other collaborators to align supplier deliverables, contracts, budgets, and decision points.

• Lead or support sourcing events, supplier evaluations, proposal reviews, negotiations, statement of work development, contract execution, and supplier onboarding.

• Oversee contract lifecycle activities including negotiation support, compliance monitoring, change orders, renewals, and issue resolution.

• Support supplier governance through KPI reviews, governance meetings, issue management, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Review supplier pricing, rate cards, commercial terms, and change order assumptions to enhance cost transparency and budget stewardship.

• You balance cost, quality, risk, compliance, timelines, collaborator expectations, and patient impact while fostering effective collaboration across global teams.

This role requires:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and progressive experience in procurement, sourcing, category management, supplier management, or clinical development procurement.

• Experience supporting or managing sourcing and contracting activities within pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, clinical development, research and development, healthcare, contract research organization, laboratory, or other regulated environments.

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage sourcing, contracting, supplier, and collaborator activities with appropriate governance and critical issue.

• Working knowledge of procurement processes, sourcing methodologies, contract lifecycle management, supplier engagement, and procure-to-pay interdependencies.

• Ability to support regulated procurement activities while maintaining quality, compliance, documentation, inspection readiness, data privacy, and applicable Good Practice (GxP) requirements.

• Experience partnering with cross-functional customers to define supplier requirements, support negotiations, and deliver sourcing and contracting outcomes.

• Ability to evaluate supplier proposals, rate cards, task-unit costs, pricing assumptions, commercial terms, and change orders to support negotiations and budget management.

• Ability to demonstrate market intelligence, supplier information, benchmarking, and internal data to support sourcing strategies and supplier recommendations.

• Experience with procurement, sourcing, contracting, spend analytics, collaboration, and productivity platforms such as Oracle, Zycus, Archlet, Sievo, iCertis, Copilot, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, or equivalent tools.

• Familiarity with clinical outsourcing, contract research organization services, central laboratories, imaging, electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA), interactive response technology (IRT), data management, biostatistics, specialty providers, or related clinical development categories.

• Experience supporting supplier governance, KPI tracking, supplier issue management, and continuous improvement activities.

• Experience contributing to procurement capability building, process optimization, automation, digital adoption, or AI-enabled productivity improvements.

• Ability to work effectively with global teams across geographies, cultures, and time zones while supporting India-based execution and global procurement priorities.

• Strong communication, problem-solving, critical-thinking, relationship-building, and influencing skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed global environment.

Does this sound like you? Apply now to take your first step towards living the Regeneron Way! We are committed to building a workplace with an inclusive culture. Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all  qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, civil status, pregnancy or parental status, age, disability, nationality, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, membership of the Traveler community, familial status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Where required, we will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with known disabilities or chronic illnesses during the recruitment process, unless such accommodation would impose undue hardship.

Where necessary, we disclose salary ranges for roles in all countries in which we operate.  The final offer will be determined within the relevant range based on the country of employment, specific role level, and your skills and experience. In some countries, collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) may apply and influence certain elements of pay or benefits.  Regeneron offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which may include, depending on country and role: annual bonuses or other incentive plans, equity awards, pension or retirement benefits, 401(k) company match, health and wellness programs, fitness centers, insurance benefits (e.g. medical, dental, vision, life and disability), paid time off, and family support benefits. For additional information about Regeneron benefits in the U.S., please visit https://careers.regeneron.com/en/working-at-regeneron/total-rewards/. For other locations, additional information will be provided during the recruitment process.  If you have any questions, please speak with your recruiter. 

Please be advised that at Regeneron, we believe we do our best work when we are together. For that reason, many roles are required to be performed on‑site. Please speak with your recruiter and hiring manager for more information about on‑site expectations for your role and location.

As part of the recruitment process, certain background checks may be conducted in accordance with the laws of the country where the position is based. The purpose of such checks is to verify certain information prior to the commencement of employment such as identity, right to work and educational qualifications.

For jobs in Canada: this posting is for an existing position.