PPD Looking for Associate Director/director Commercial Development (finance) Us Remote at Wilmington, NC, United States Full Time

Job Description

We are vital links between an idea for a new medicine and the people who need it. We are the people of PPD — thousands of employees in locations worldwide connected by tenacity and passion for our purpose: to improve health. You will be joining a truly collaborative and winning culture as we strive to bend the time and cost curve of delivering life-saving therapies to patients
Manages a large regional and/or functional team of staff and managers and provides strategic leadership in commercial pursuits for the department. Provides strategic direction and oversees execution of operations and resourcing to optimize the overall team function and ensure high quality client deliverables are met on time and within budget. Ensures risk-mitigation and successful preparation, monitoring and delivery of financial analysis in support of commercial contract negotiations from bidding through contract completion. Collaborates with executive leadership to facilitate achievement of company financial and commercial objectives, strategic client relationship management, effective fiscal stewardship and process design and execution
Essential Functions

• Manages staff, which may include interviewing and selection, job description
• preparation, professional development, goal setting, performance management, coaching and mentoring, employee counseling, and separations. Approves
• courses of action on salary administration, hiring, corrective action, and terminations. Reviews and approves time records, expense reports, requests for
• leave, and overtime.
• Provides direct leadership on strategically important deliverables, acting as liaison with commercial, finance and operational leads in support of the team. Ensures appropriate decisions are made regarding staffing levels, resource
• alignment, and employee engagement, including coordination with senior
• leadership.
• Identifies, develops and oversees implementation of process improvements to global bidding processes and systems.
• Provides general guidance as a subject matter expert to the team, operations,
• commercial, legal and finance on bidding and contract completion requirements. Produces periodic reports indicating departmental workload and performance that provide crucial information on future business trends to the executive management team.
• Acts as a department representative in corporate initiatives, including
• implementation of solutions.
• Acts as a subject matter expert and drives first-rate customer experience.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to
• 12+ years).
• 5+ years of management responsibility
• Strong leadership skills

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced consultancy skills with ability to function as an effective and trusted partner to internal clients at all levels of the organization
• Proven leadership and management skills and ability to drive innovation in develop new ideas related to overall strategy and process improvements
• Proven ability to lead across multiple regions
• Advanced business acumen with ability to understand complex organizational structures and environments
• Skills to develop and communicate financial strategies that align with business priorities
• Sophisticated contract management and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated executive presence and proven skill to influence at all levels of the organization
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
• Advanced level of skill in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data
• Excellent organizational, judgment, analytical, decision-making and interpersonal skills to manage complex projects in parallel and manage rapidly changing priorities
• Advanced skills in financial modeling and activity-based pricing
• Expert knowledge of operational aspects Phase II-IV clinical research

Management Reponsibilites:

• Directs through lower management levels. Has responsibility for managing a function that includes multiple related departments. In some instances may be responsible for a functional area (as determined by executive management) and not have subordinate supervisors or employees. May manage employees across multiple regions.

Working Conditions and Environment:

• Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Occasional drives to site locations, frequent travels both domestic and international.

Physical Requirements:

• Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Moderate mobility required.
• Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
• Ability to communicate complex information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Frequently interacts with others, relates sensitive information to diverse groups both internally &externally.
• Ability to apply abstract principles to solve complex conceptual issues. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration.
• Performs a wide range of complex tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditionswith little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task
• Regular and consistent attendance.

PPD values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive. Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:

• Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
• Able to work upright and stationary for typical working hours.
• Ability to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
• Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
• May require travel. (Recruiter will provide more details.)