Regional Site Budgets & Payments Excellence Lead

MSD; Zürich; On-site; CHF 117,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement

Paid holidays

Vacation

Sick days

Job summary

MSD is seeking a Site Budgets & Payments Operational Excellence Regional Lead to drive end-to-end strategies and governance for budgets and payments across the assigned region. You will partner with finance, IT, and regional teams to translate global direction into compliant, scalable regional execution.

The role requires seven years in clinical research operations, strong data analysis, and experience with B2P processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of clinical research experience in pharma/biotech.
• Experience with site budgets, site payments, and financial operations.
• Knowledge of B2P processes, systems, data, FMV principles, and regional requirements.
• Ability to document requirements, analyze data, coordinate cross-functional resolution.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and change leadership in a global matrix.
• Knowledge of GCP/ICH and regulatory/compliance requirements.
• Technical aptitude with Excel, analytics/BI tools, automation, and responsible AI concepts.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of regional Site Budgets & Payments strategy and roadmap.
• Serve as primary regional point for budgets, payments processes and systems.
• Promote globally consistent end-to-end processes and identify local variations.
• Coordinate triage and containment of budget/process issues; escalate for remediation.
• Define business needs, rules, and acceptance criteria; support solution design and testing.
• Capture regional requirements for enhancements across platforms, reporting, and integrations.
• Participate in user acceptance testing, readiness assessments, pilots, and post-implementation review.
• Use data and stakeholder feedback to identify gaps and prioritize improvements.
• Lead regional enablement through training, communications, onboarding, and knowledge management.
• Identify automation and AI opportunities with governance before deployment.
• Represent region in governance forums and cross-functional initiatives.

Skills

Trial Management

Collaboration

Cross-Functional teamwork

Data Analysis

GCP

Influencing

Problem Solving

Process Improvement

Responsible AI

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Automation

Job description

MSD is seeking a Site Budgets & Payments Operational Excellence Regional Lead to drive end-to-end strategies and governance for budgets and payments across the assigned region. You will partner with finance, IT, and regional teams to translate global direction into compliant, scalable regional execution.

The role requires seven years in clinical research operations, strong data analysis, and experience with B2P processes.