Sr. Director, Head Operational Excellence, Global Clinical Operations

Teva Pharmaceuticals•West Chester, IA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

We Are TevaWe’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.The opportunityWe are seeking a Head of Operational Excellence (OpEx) within the EPIX group of GCO. This person is a strategic leader responsible for building and sustaining the operational engine of GCO across Teva’s Innovative and Generics portfolios. This role serves as the architect of GCOs execution framework, designing the operating models, standards, performance systems, and accountability mechanisms that ensure predictable, high-quality delivery of clinical trials worldwide. The Senior Director will lead the enterprise approach to cycle time reduction, operational rigor, and continuous improvement, transforming data and performance signals into action that improves outcomes, reduces cost and enhances efficiency. The position partners closely with Senior R&D leadership, functional heads and global teams to embed a unified, disciplined, and scalable approach to planning and execution. The Head of Operational Excellence operates with broad visibility and influence shaping how GCO executes, decides, and performs. This is a critical leadership role for someone who leads through systems thinking, operational foresight and cross functional credibility and who is energized by creating lasting impact. This role may be based in Parsippany, New Jersey or West Chester, Pennsylvania. The position is hybrid, requiring regular onsite presence (typical schedule: three days in office, two days remote).

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required
12+years in Clinical Operations, Operational Excellence, R&D Strategy, or related transformation roles
Proven success designing and implementing enterprise-level operating models, governance frameworks, and performance systems.
Demonstrated ability to drive measurable cycle-time, quality, and efficiency improvements.
Strong analytical capability with fluency in KPIs, metrics-driven decision- making, and operational dashboards.
Track record of influencing senior leaders and driving adoption in a complex, global matrix environment
Experience leading high performing teams and large-scale operational change
Travel: Willingness and ability to routinely travel domestically and abroad.
Leadership: The ability to empower, grow, develop, and inspire high performing teams and individuals by providing them with clear direction linked to organizational goals.
Results and Performance-Driven: Assumes personal ownership and accountability for business results and solutions; consistently delivers results that meet or exceed expectations; makes the customer central to all thinking; keeps the focus on driving customer value.
Strong Interpersonal and People Skills: The successful candidate will have a proven background interacting with individuals at a variety of functional levels with both internal and external personnel, and the ability to perform cross-functionally.
Excellent Communication Skills, both Written and Oral: The successful candidate’s communication style should be diplomatic and direct, but not confrontational. He or she must be able to summarize executive level information in an articulate, clear, tangible, manner both in written form and orally.
Collaboration and Team Work: Puts interests of enterprise above own; works well across functions and groups; builds teams effectively; inspires follower-ship; instills an enterprise mindset.
Sense of Urgency: Proactively senses and responds to problems and opportunities; works to reduce “cycle” time; takes action when needed.
Accountability: The successful candidate must be able to effectively assume accountability for their actions. He or she should be a results-oriented team player who leads by example, holds him/herself accountable for performance, and champions all aspects of assigned areas while remaining detail-oriented.
Work Ethic and Passion: The successful candidate will be resourceful and innovative at tackling complex challenges with enthusiasm in a timely manner.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in a scientific, engineering, or supply chain discipline preferred
Experience in both large/established pharma and smaller/mid-sized pharma where there is transformational or high growth environments.
Familiarity with predictive analytics, digital enablement AI/ML applications and scenario modeling experience
Lean Six Sigma or advanced continuous improvement certification.

Responsibilities

Build and Lead the OpEx Function
Establish the OpEX vision, operating model, organizational structure and multi-year road map
Build and mentor a high performing operational excellence team capable of driving enterprise transformation
Partner with EPIX functional leads to embed operational discipline across the clinical lifecycle and GCO
Standardize Operating Models
Assess current operating models, map E2E processes to gain efficiency and speed.
Design harmonized, scalable processes and frameworks for planning, forecasting, feasibility, budgeting, execution, enrollment management and closeout.
Develop governance structures that drive consistency and eliminate operational variability across functions and geographies
Lead “way of working” harmonization across Innovative and Generics portfolios
Own Metrics and KPI Governance
Define and maintain the metrics performance aligning KPI's to quality timelines, predictability, vendor performance, patient/site experience, and cost
In collaboration with a partner organization, design dashboards and performance reviews that inform decisions at study/ functional/portfolio levels
Collaborate with other functional areas to establish governance and steering committees
Ensure metrics are actionable, driving accountability escalation and performance improvement
Lead Enterprise Level Operational Initiatives
Champion continuous improvement across planning, execution, governance, and vendor management
Drive adoption of new processes systems tools and behaviors through structured change management and training
Shape operational decision-making frameworks that support portfolio level prioritization and resource allocation
Drive process simplification and implement technology enhancements to optimize speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
Ensure Organizational Readiness and Scalability
Define readiness criteria for key study milestones and ensure teams are equipped to meet them
Build operating structures that support portfolio expansion new modalities and increasing trial complexity
Align operational excellence strategies with technology, digital and AI/ML teams to maximize adoption and impact
Oversee resource allocation and governance for GCO

Benefits

Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time, and holiday.
Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.
Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.

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