Transformation Manager

Clinigen is a rapidly growing global specialty pharmaceutical services business with a unique combination of services across the pharmaceutical lifecycle. We currently have over 1,000 employees headquartered in the UK with global offices in the US, EU (Belgium, Germany, France), Asia Pacific and South Africa. Clinigen is growing rapidly and is positioned well for an exciting future of continued expansion.

The Role:

We are seeking a driven, strategic and collaborative Transformation Manager who will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing strategic initiatives for improved efficiency and productivity to support the continued growth and success of Clinigen.

You will play a key role in shaping the future of the organisation, driving positive change, and ensuring long-term competitiveness and growth. The primary focus of the role is to ensure that change is not only delivered successfully but also embedded in a sustainable manner long term. 

You will also be responsible for delivering assigned projects and programmes to the agreed scope to drive efficiencies and improve the organisations business capabilities in line with strategic growth goals and work collaboratively with the Senior Leadership Team to deliver on key objectives.

Please note this is a hybrid position 2 days office based (Weybridge) 3 days WFH.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing leadership, guidance and mentorship to colleagues across the business to ensure transformational objectives are achieved. Lead identified transformation projects from inception, delivery to closure, supporting across the project lifecycle benefits realisation to plan.
• Lead the scoping, planning and execution of transformation projects, managing timelines, budget, resources, cross-functionally to deliver to plan and forecast.
• Lead business change initiatives, including assessing the impact of changes, developing change plans, and ensuring effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Owning a portfolio of project initiatives and global programmes from concept through to delivery.
• Utilise data analysis and insights to support business case justification and measurement of benefit deliverables and overall project success.
• Continuous Improvement - Actively seek opportunities for the organisation to radically improve its processes, systems, and ways of working to drive efficiency and cost reduction.
• Business Strategy - Support strategic change programmes as part of the business’s growth plans across markets.
• Teamship - Collaborate across business functions and commercial departments to lead transformation efforts manging interdependencies and synergies.
• Business Case Build - Conduct option evaluations to develop clear business cases for transformation including credible capex & opex cost plans, benefits delivery, resourcing, and end-to-end governance.

• Experience working in an operational business environment and / or supply chain and logistics.
• Experience in business integrations and process improvement regionally or globally.
• Capability in documenting and managing end-to-end requirements, coupled with adeptness in modelling techniques, such as: Business Process Management (BPM).
• Ability to self-manage and work in a dynamic environment. Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.    
• Ability to work with tight deadlines in a dynamic environment, delivering high quality outputs with strong attention to detail.
• The willingness to embrace new technologies and influence other parts of the business to adopt them.

Qualifications:

• Experience in supporting process change and understanding of process improvement models (such as Lean Six Sigma).  
• Understanding of Risk Management processes, Issue Management processes, Benefits Realisation planning and monitoring. 
• Effective interpersonal and presentation skills, possessing the confidence to build relationships with all levels of stakeholder and influence both internal and external stakeholders.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in transformation projects at Project Manager or Business Analyst level.
• Strong Management Information reporting skills using the Microsoft Office suite (SharePoint lists, PowerBI reports and dashboards, Excel, power pivot, lookups, VBA).

• 27 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Pension contributions 4.5% matched
• Life assurance 4 x annual salary
• Flexible Benefits Platform with £25/month Company contribution
• Annual salary review
• Independent financial advice service
• Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
• Shopping discounts with retailers
• Long service awards
• Recognition scheme & employee of the year awards

If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and make a lasting impact on a growing organisation, we want to hear from you!