Associate Director, Global Clinical Finance & PMO

HireLifeScience; Basking Ridge (NJ); On-site; USD 162,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. in the United States seeks a senior financial/PMO professional to lead the Business Management function for Global Clinical Supply Operations (GCSO) in the US. You will drive budgeting, quarterly reporting to Finance Business Partners, and support ERP/GA planning in collaboration with Japan and Germany.

You will establish dashboards, coordinate cross-functional inputs, and oversee vendor contracting up to $100K, with travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 7+ years experience in business operations, finance, or related area.

Responsibilities

• Provides financial reporting support for over 170 clinical studies, including consolidation of spend projections, reporting of actual spend, tax/VAT exposure, and insurance.
• Partners closely with Program Managers, who are accountable for detailed study-level financial analysis, variance assessment, and forward planning.
• This role focuses on coordinating inputs, ensuring consistency in reporting, and supporting execution of financial processes.
• Contributes to regional insurance standards and supports centralized financial planning assumptions and budget development across studies.
• PMO responsibilities for GCSOC: Develop concise, detailed plans with major deliverables, timing, resource allocation, project updates and issue resolution.
• Collaborates within Business Management to optimize meeting conduct and cadence for the GCSOC members.
• Drive process efficiency and productivity improvements efforts within the function.
• Responsible for continuous improvement tasks from project endorsement to implementation.
• Evaluates areas for improvement across Business Management and the broader GCSO organization with regional considerations.
• Establishes business processes in preparation for ERP system implementation.
• Supports GCSO Management in tracking and reporting the approved FTE and contract resource plan regionally and with global partners.
• Manage contractual negotiations with key vendors in collaboration with R&D Procurement, ensuring maximum value when outsourcing GCSO activities.

Skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Master's Degree

Job description

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. in the United States seeks a senior financial/PMO professional to lead the Business Management function for Global Clinical Supply Operations (GCSO) in the US. You will drive budgeting, quarterly reporting to Finance Business Partners, and support ERP/GA planning in collaboration with Japan and Germany.

You will establish dashboards, coordinate cross-functional inputs, and oversee vendor contracting up to $100K, with travel up to 10%.