Director Resource Management

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals • Warren, MA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Resource Management (DRM) is a key liaison across multiple functions in Research and Preclinical Development (RpD) providing comprehensive resource management and strategic resource planning for RpD functions with respect to current programs as well as planning for the future development portfolio. The DRM will supervise and coach two resource managers on the team. To be successful, the DRM will need to have an in-depth understanding of pharmaceutical discovery, pre-clinical development, research and early development functional roles, responsibilities and work effort. The DRM will be an expert in industry standard resource management tools and respective reporting tools to provide key insights regarding capacity, resource planning and forecasting. The DRM will be confident in the design of effective insight driven dashboards and collaborate closely with the IT function to enable development, implementation, and support. The DRM will promote the adherence to RM best practices, processes and the delivery of high-quality resource planning, capacity management, tracking, and forecasting of functional resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required and 12+ years’ experience in Biotech/Pharmaceutical/CRO, including, but not limited to, Research, Early and Late Development functional areas.
• A solid understanding of the drug discovery and development process with particular emphasis on preclinical development, translational medicine, and early development for biological molecules.
• Expert with Planisware for project planning and resource forecasting including the design, development, and implementation of algorithms.
• Extensive experience with reporting for business facing resource management in research and development.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree (MS/MBA) and 10+ years of relevant experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the key interface and point of contact with R&pD for the review and assessment of functional resource strategies including the assessment of available resources against requirements and confirmation of resource plans with functional leadership
• Works with partners to ensure that Target, Project, and Program assumptions are current and resource utilization is optimized
• Partners with applicable functions to design, develop, implement, and update algorithms in the RM tool used in resource demand forecasts
• Directs other RMs assigned to additional functional areas to ensure cross-functional consistency for resource and headcount management
• Assists partner functions with capacity management providing support for annual headcount planning and ensuring data quality for the quarterly budget reforecast activities
• Deliver regular and ad-hoc resource reports, including forecasted resource demand, capacity, gap analyses, and FTE planned vs. actuals that provide clear insights needed for decision making
• Is viewed as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Resource Management for targets, assets, programs, and studies
• Provides leadership and operational support for resource management processes including active resource management, capacity planning, and strategic workforce planning
• Liaises with the Data Analytics (DA) team to design reports to help identify trends and develop metrics and analytics around resourcing and to develop functional and portfolio resourcing benchmarks and metrics
• Conducts portfolio and program level scenario analyses.
• Models impact of changes in assumptions on resource estimates
• Proactively identifies and communicates resource-related gaps, issues and risks to partner functions based on analysis of resource data.
• Supports review and discussion to resolve resource and/or capacity conflicts

Benefits

• health and wellness programs (including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance)
• fitness centers
• 401(k) company match
• family support benefits
• equity awards
• annual bonuses
• paid time off
• paid leaves (e.g., military and parental leave)

What This Job Offers

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