Business Operations Manager (BOM - tactical)

Job Description Summary

As a tactical BOM, you will participate in proactively supporting tactical budget activities across the Biomedical Research Translational Medicine (BR-TM) organization. The role strengthens op-erational budget consistency, improves financial risk detection, and ensures high-quality budget execution across budget life cycle early development related to TM deliverables.
This role complements the end-to-end budget management and oversight under the Portfolio Resources and Finance Management group. Whilst not having any direct overall clinical budget responsibility the BOM needs to have a solid understanding of budget activities and forecasting. It is also of huge benefit that the TBM is familiar with basic clinical study/early development conduct terms and timings.

Job Description

Major accountabilities:

• Proactively provide tactical solutions for daily budget tasks during study conduct and other cross-TM cost activities. Serve as first contact for basic budget support and PO and invoice matters from study maintenance onward.
• Oversee and monitor PO activity and budget impact. Detect risks and communicate to Clinical Finance Manager. Deliver quarterly PO risk assessments on GR IR balances.
• Track budget impact from contracts and amendments. Support timely, current budget planning and forecasting.
• Ensure tracking systems and data sources are accurate and up to date.
• Support Therapeutic Area-level budget deliverables. Provide Clinical Finance Managers with PO-related financial risk inputs.
• Support end-of-trial budget activities. Partner with Clinical study team and drive timely, accurate PO closeouts.
• Identify budget risks and opportunities. Communicate and report to relevant stakeholders
• Contribute to process improvement.
• Support internal TM processes with guidance on requirements and best practices.
• Represent your function to deliver tactical support to Translational Management. Collect data and track KPIs and other performance indicators.
• Liaise with customers and partners to align actions and track deliverables.
• Maintain supporting IT systems to keep information accurate.

Minimum Requirement

• Total experience of 10+ years Understanding of clinical study processes and ​Minimum 5 years’ experience in Clinical Operations (early development), procurement or trial budget execution.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management. Proactive problem solver.
• Ability to navigate financial systems and maintain data accuracy.
• Ability to prioritize work, multitask, manage time appropriately in a fast paced/high volume environment. Proven cGCP background
• Undergraduate degree, preferably in a scientific discipline or life science background or equivalent work experience

Skills Desired

Budget Management, Clinical Trials, Project Planning, Vendor Management, Waterfall Model