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<h2>Career Category</h2>Project Management<h2></h2><h2>Job Description</h2>AccountabilitiesTo the Associate Director, R&D Business Operations, Budget Execution Capability LeadTo one or more functional leads as a trusted partner for delivering financial forecasts, particularly with a focus on alignment with strategy<div>•On-time and quality delivery of the end-to-end process of budget execution for a key R&D organization (Annual Budget Planning, Quarterly Forecast Updates, Leadership Updates)</div><div>•Collect and reflect the organization’s prioritization of activities in budget projections rolling into financial forecasts</div><div>•Support Financial Analytics/Business Case Generation within supported function(s)</div>Responsibilities<div>•On-time and quality delivery of the end-to-end process of budget execution for the R&D organization (Annual Budget Planning, Quarterly Forecast Updates, Leadership Updates)</div><div>•Resolution of escalated P2P issues</div><div>•Support generation of data-driven strategy decks in support of LRS and annual budget submissions</div><div>•Partner closely with R&D Finance planner to explain variances, emerging trends</div><div>•Partner with functional leaders to understand drivers of change to baseline spend</div><div>•Ensure alignment between financial forecasts and strategic objectives</div><div>•Manage team to ensure delivery of consistent process and execution within supported function(s)</div><div>•Contribute to feedback on corporate finance initiatives to provide business partner perspective</div><div>•Develop and maintain key cross functional partnerships</div><div>•Serve as advanced expert user of all financial planning and reporting systems</div><div>•Support Business Case Generation capability for productivity initiatives within supported function(s)</div><div>•</div>Team Leadership:<div>•Provide continual coaching of direct reports, train new hires</div>Guides direct reports on expectations for talent developmentQualificationsThe knowledge and skills necessary to perform the duties of this position are typically acquired through the following combination of education, experience and knowledge, or the equivalent.Minimum Requirements<div>Doctorate degree & 3 years of Biotech/Pharma-related Management experience in business operations or financial analytics</div>OR<div>Master’s degree & 7 years of Biotech/Pharma-related Management experience in business operations or financial analytics</div>OR<div>Bachelor’s degree & 9 years of Biotech/Pharma-related Management experience in business operations or financial analytics</div>AND<div>•3 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the financial management of resources</div><div>•Strong project management experience</div><div>•Budget management and financial analysis acumen</div><div>•Fluency in English, both in written and oral communication</div>Preferred Requirements<div>•Advanced degree in either business, finance or life sciences</div><div>•9 years work experience in life sciences field, including 6 years of biopharmaceutical R&D experience with a strong understanding of the drug development process</div><div>•Demonstrated proficiency with data visualization tools (Tableau) and collaboration tools (Smartsheet, Miro, MS Teams)</div><div>•Fluent with MS Office suite and advance capabilities in Excel</div><div>•Experience with enterprise tools SAP, Ariba, Anaplan</div><div>•Previous management experience of direct reports</div>Strong background in change managementCompetencies<div>•Ability to thrive working with detailed information and drawing key insights from trends</div><div>•Ability to thrive in a complex and matrixed environment, to collaborate and coordinate with individuals at various levels and from different backgrounds</div><div>•Ability to influence others effectively and handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously</div><div>•Ability to engage effectively with functional leaders (both R&D and finance/corporate alike)</div><div>•Ability to develop strategies to effectively lead the budget management capability</div><div>•Excellent Communicator able to develop and deliver communications that facilitate organizational change in an efficient, effective, and expedient manner</div><div>•Technical expert who can navigate multiple systems</div><div>•Ability to distill nuanced details to actionable insights</div><div>•Ability to leverage his or her own scientific and/or technical expertise in business and financial analytics in order to demonstrate leadership and strategy skills through:</div><div>•Partnering with finance and functional leads in the development of standards by which others will operate</div><div>•Ability to lead a team, connecting competencies and motivations with emerging opportunities</div><div>•Natural builder of relationships with stakeholders, partners and staff members alike</div><div>•Role model for others in line with the Amgen Values</div><div>•Deep focus on customer service through solution delivery</div><div>•Critical thinking & creative problem solving</div><div>•Knowledge of R&D through commercialization</div><div>•Drives for results; delivers processes and outcomes of the highest quality</div>.

R&D Sr. Manager, Budget Management and Execution

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