Executive Director, Transformation Lead- Tech Ops and G&A

Key Responsibilities

• Translate [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]' enterprise transformation vision into integrated, multi-year strategies, roadmaps, and value cases across assigned functional or enterprise domains.
• Partner with the Chief Transformation Officer and EC members to identify, prioritize, and shape transformation initiatives that drive a high performing organization, growth, patient impact and cost efficiency.
• Define future-state operating models considering portfolio evolution, market dynamics, digital enablement, and organizational capabilities.
• Serve as accountable executive owner for major transformation programs, with responsibility for outcomes from concept through full-scale implementation and sustainment.
• Lead complex initiatives spanning multiple workstreams, functions, and geographies, ensuring alignment to enterprise objectives and interdependencies.
• Oversee design and implementation of new ways of working, including structure, governance, decision rights, processes, incentives, capabilities, and technology.
• Act as a thought partner and challenger to senior leaders, providing objective insight, rigorous analytics, and scenario-based recommendations.
• Engage in productive challenge with EC members and functional leaders to drive alignment, resolve trade-offs, and accelerate decision-making.
• Represent transformation progress, risks, and outcomes to the Executive Committee and other senior governance forums.
• Set the change agenda and ensure deep, lasting embedding of transformation outcomes across [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal].
• Lead enterprise-wide change management strategies, including stakeholder engagement, communications, capability building, and cultural reinforcement.
• Anticipate and actively manage resistance, enabling leaders and teams to adopt new mindsets and behaviors aligned with a customer- and patient-first orientation.
• Lead and develop matrixed transformation teams and workstream leaders, fostering accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
• Partner closely with executive leaders of assigned functions (e.g., R&D, Commercial, G&A, Digital) to ensure seamless integration and execution of transformation initiatives.
• Model enterprise thinking and drive solutions that optimize outcomes for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] as a whole, not individual functions.
• Define enterprise-level KPIs, success metrics, and value realization plans linked to transformation objectives.
• Monitor progress rigorously, course-correct as needed, and ensure delivery of committed outcomes.
• Provide transparent, executive-level reporting on milestones, risks, and impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, PhD, or equivalent) preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in life sciences, healthcare, management consulting, or enterprise transformation roles.
• Proven record of leading large-scale, complex, cross-functional transformations with measurable business impact.
• Demonstrated ability to operate credibly at the Executive Committee level, including preparing and delivering executive-level presentations.
• Deep expertise in one or more areas such as Commercial, R&D, G&A, digital transformation, operating model design, or enterprise change.
• Strong systems thinker with the ability to connect strategy, data, operating models, and culture.
• Highly effective influencer who works across silos and leads through ambiguity without direct authority.
• Exceptional analytical, strategic, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience with agile, design thinking, lean, or modern change methodologies strongly preferred.

Additional Information

Base pay range: $272,000.00 - $408,000.00 per year. Eligible for discretionary annual cash bonus and equity grants. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k, and flexible paid vacation. For more information, visit [Employer hidden] Benefits. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an equal opportunity employer. For accommodations, contact [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal].