Director, CEO Office

Legend Biotech • Bridgewater, NJ

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Legend Biotech is seeking a Director, CEO Office as part of the Executive Office team based in Bridgewater, NJ. The Director, CEO Office is a strategic partner to the CEO and a force multiplier for the CEO's leadership team (LT). You will shape and drive the company's strategic agenda, help the LT operate as a high-performing team, and turn priorities into decisions, plans and results. You will work side by side with the CEO every day, see the business end to end, from R&D to CARVYKTI commercial performance and corporate functions, and take on work that matters. The CEO's LT includes the Head of CARVYKTI, CFO, CHRO, Head of R&D, Head of Strategy & PMO, and the heads of Legal, IT, Compliance and Business Development. This is a defined development role. After about three years, the expectation is a move into a commercial leadership position in sales, marketing or a related function.

Requirements

• 3–6 years at a top-tier strategy consulting firm (McKinsey, BCG, Bain or similar), reaching Engagement Manager or Senior Engagement Manager level.
• Consulting work focused on healthcare, pharma or biotech.
• 1–2 years of industry experience in pharma or biotech (e.g. strategy, commercial or medical).
• Fluent professional English and Mandarin Chinese, written and spoken.
• Excellent problem-structuring, analytical and executive communication skills, with a track record of senior-level documents.
• A solid science background: degree in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy or bioengineering, and the ability to understand clinical and scientific data.
• Hands-on user of AI tools for analysis and content creation.
• Advanced degree (PhD, MD, PharmD or MS) in a life science field, and/or an MBA.
• Exposure to oncology, hematology or cell therapy.
• Commercial project experience: launch planning, brand strategy, forecasting, market access or sales force effectiveness.
• Experience working across the US, China and other global markets.
• Experience supporting a CEO or executive team on strategy, planning or transformation.
• Sharp and fast. You get to the core of a problem quickly and learn new areas at speed.
• Driven to deliver. You are motivated, work hard and own outcomes, not just outputs.
• You move easily between strategy and detail, and between long-term work and today's urgent request.
• You earn trust across levels and functions and lead through influence.
• You handle confidential information with sound judgment.
• Commercially ambitious. You want to lead commercial teams and see this role as the foundation for that career.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and refresh of the corporate strategy, long-range plan and annual priorities, working with the CFO and the heads of R&D and CARVYKTI.
• Frame and solve the CEO's most important business questions, such as CARVYKTI growth and pipeline and portfolio prioritization.
• Engage credibly with R&D on the science, clinical data and development plans behind pipeline decisions.
• Translate strategy into clear objectives and KPIs, partnering with Strategy & PMO on execution tracking and operating systems.
• Own the LT operating rhythm: agendas, pre-reads, decision logs, follow-ups and accountability.
• Raise the LT's strategic focus by making sure its time goes to the few decisions that matter most.
• Design and run LT offsites, business reviews and high-performing-team (HPT) initiatives.
• Prepare the CEO's board, LT and strategic decision materials.
• Synthesize complex data into crisp storylines and recommendations, in English and Chinese.
• Provide strategic content to the Communications team for external and internal messages; Communications owns those channels.
• Lead or drive the CEO's high-priority special projects across CARVYKTI, R&D, finance and corporate functions.
• Act as the CEO's proxy where appropriate: represent priorities, broker alignment and resolve issues across functions and regions.
• Serve as a bridge between global and China teams and stakeholders.
• Use AI tools daily to speed up research, analysis, synthesis and document production.
• Identify and pilot practical AI use cases for the CEO's office and the LT, and help spread good practice across the organization.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that vests fully on day one
• Eight (8) weeks of paid parental leave after just three (3) months of employment
• Paid time off policy that includes vacation time, personal time, sick time, floating holidays, and eleven (11) company holidays
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Legal assistance
• Supplemental plans such as pet, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Voluntary commuter benefits
• Family planning and care resources
• Well-being initiatives
• Peer-to-peer recognition programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director