Associate Director, Corporate Strategy & Integration

About This Role

This role will be responsible for supporting the integration and separation workstreams, manage day-to-day separation/integration management office activities, manage tools / data for each workstream and communicate progress/issues and risks to the integration management office lead and cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, change management, and a deep understanding of business operations.

This role will report directly to the Sr. Director of Corporate Strategy and Integrations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Integration Planning: In coordination with cross-functional leaders, support integration leads in developing and executing comprehensive integration plans for acquired companies, outlining key milestones, timelines, and resource requirements.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with various departments including research, development, PO&T, Finance, IT, HR, Legal and others to ensure all aspects of the integration are addressed and aligned with executive guidance.  Provide cross-functional teams with project management support to achieve goals of the integration / separation.
• Process Optimization: Identify and implement best practices for integration processes, including streamlining workflows and enhancing operational efficiency.  Support team in building integration playbook for future integrations and continue to serve as a best-practice resource.
• Risk Management: Help identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to address challenges that may impact the integration process.  Pull through all learnings in to integration playbook.
• Performance Tracking: Monitor and evaluate the progress of integration activities, providing reports and recommendations for continuous improvement and support timely and consistent reporting out to executive leadership.
• Documentation: Ensure all integration activities are documented accurately, including integration plans, meeting notes, and post-integration reviews.

Who You Are
You are an employee that can work through Biogen’s matrixed organization, with a proven ability to drive effective collaborations and build credibility and strong partnership across the organization. You are innovative, forward-thinking, and unafraid to challenge the status quo. You can translate analytical insights into actionable solutions to support problem solving. And your intellectual curiosity and passion for winning help you thrive in a dynamic environment. 

Required Skills

• 10-12 years’ experience in Life Sciences strategy and/or business roles OR Minimum of 5 years' experience in integration expertise including a diverse set of experiences in acquisition/integration, separation, and divestitures required.  
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Specialized knowledge in integration and/or separation/divesture operations required.
• Understanding of the biopharma value chain, basic organizational awareness (Structure, processes, culture, values, roles), and specific functional disciplines (Finance, legal, IT, HR, research, development, regulatory, commercial, Value & access)
• Experienced project management and/or vendor management skills
• Experience leading focused functional or multifunctional teams and projects with limited risk and complexity to achieve milestone and objectives
• Strong communication skills that allow for translating difficult problems into presentable options and can support presentation to senior leaders
• Proven ability to impact the achievement of objectives for specific workstreams, interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends actionable solutions at the project level.

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.