Associate Director, CMC Strategic Operations

Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Boston, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Boston, MA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Associate Director, CMC Strategic Operations is responsible for advancing multiple cross-functional strategic initiatives within the Pharmaceutical Sciences organization. This role involves partnering with senior leaders to propose strategic directions, gain endorsement, and execute aligned goals and objectives, while ensuring comprehensive communication and status reporting with departmental leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage high-priority initiatives that span multiple functions by defining goals, key milestones, and reporting processes.
• Work closely with department leadership to maximize process efficiency and align department goals and strategy.
• Proactively identify areas of potential improvement, propose solutions, and lead initiatives to execute those solutions.
• Independently lead cross-functional teams to advance strategic initiatives.
• Develop agendas and manage cross-functional meetings to ensure decisions and action items are fully addressed.
• Lead interactions with key partner lines to advance the goals of the function.
• Report progress to leadership and other stakeholders on high-priority initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of high-impact communications and presentations.
• Contribute to the best practices of Project Management & Strategic Operations to support the continued success and evolution of the department.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in scientific, engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years relevant CMC pharmaceutical development, operational, and/or project management work experience or other relevant experience.
• In-depth understanding of pharmaceutical sciences functional areas.
• Experience in cross-functional execution including medium to large-scale projects.
• Critical thought partner with proven ability to connect people and ideas to drive outcomes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities/projects at a given time, ensuring deadlines, budgets, and status updates.
• Developed communication skills and the ability to synthesize data and information into meaningful insights.
• Ability to effectively set agendas and facilitate team meetings to the desired outcome in a timely manner.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proactive self-starter; results-oriented and ability to work independently.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and demonstrated leadership skills.