Executive Director, Corporate FP&A

BioSpace; Bridgewater (MA); On-site; USD 294,000 - 387,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Job summary

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company focused on advancing cell therapies, with a corporate FP&A Executive Director role based in Bridgewater, NJ. The leader will drive long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic support for the CFO and Board.

The role requires 10–15 years of FP&A experience, strong analytical and storytelling skills, and a track record of building global teams and driving data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, or related quantitative field; MBA, CFA, CPA or equivalent preferred.
• 10–15 years of progressive FP&A experience with leadership and global exposure.
• Experience with dynamic forecasting, scenario planning, predictive analytics, process automation, and governance in FP&A.

Responsibilities

• Lead long-range planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning processes.
• Provide strategic decision support to the CFO, executive leadership team, and Board on profitability, cash flow, and capital allocation.
• Develop management reporting, KPI frameworks, dashboards, driver-based analysis, and business review materials.
• Champion predictive analytics and AI-enabled forecasting to move FP&A beyond variance reporting.
• Lead FP&A technology roadmap and partner with Finance, IT, and business teams to scale tools and models.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing global FP&A team.
• Establish governance over planning assumptions, data quality, and recurring decision-support processes.
• Partner to improve performance monitoring, identify risks and opportunities, and drive corrective actions.
• Provide specialist R&D finance support for pipeline strategy and development portfolio decisions.

Skills

Long-range planning

Forecasting

Strategic decision support

KPI dashboards

Executive communication

Business partnering

Predictive analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/ Economics/ Business

MBA

CFA

CPA

Tools

ERP systems

BI tools

Financial planning software

Job description

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating and, one day, curing life‑threatening diseases. Headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, we are advancing the next generation of cell therapy through a portfolio of innovative technologies, including autologous, allogeneic, and in vivo cell therapy approaches. Our research spans chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR‑T), T-cell receptor (TCR‑T), natural killer (NK) cell‑based therapies, and other emerging platforms designed to transform the treatment of serious diseases. From our global network of research and development sites, we are committed to discovering and developing safe, effective, and cutting‑edge therapies for patients worldwide.

Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Johnson & Johnson to jointly develop and commercialize CARVYKTI® (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta‑cel). Through this strategic partnership, we combine complementary expertise and capabilities to advance innovative immunotherapies for patients living with multiple myeloma.

Legend Biotech is seeking a Corporate FP&A Executive Director as part of the Finance team based in Bridgewater, NJ.

Role Overview

The Corporate FP&A Executive Director reports to the Chief Financial Officer and leads the company’s global FP&A agenda, including long‑range planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, performance management, strategic decision support, management reporting, and enterprise performance monitoring. The role transforms FP&A into a source of competitive advantage by enabling leadership to anticipate opportunities, identify risks, strengthen resource allocation, and make faster, higher‑quality decisions for the CFO, executive leadership team, and Board.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the company’s long‑range planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning processes, ensuring alignment of strategic, operational, and financial plans.
• Use planning and forecasting to anticipate in‑year decisions, identify risks and opportunities, evaluate trade‑offs, and support dynamic resource reallocation across the business.
• Provide strategic decision support to the CFO, executive leadership team, and Board on profitability, cash flow, capital allocation, investment prioritization, strategic planning, M&A support, and enterprise performance.
• Develop management reporting, KPI frameworks, dashboards, driver‑based analysis, and business review materials that improve visibility into business drivers, financial performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Champion predictive analytics, AI‑enabled forecasting, scenario modeling, cost analytics, profitability improvement, and data‑driven insights to move FP&A beyond variance reporting toward proactive insight and action.
• Lead the FP&A technology roadmap and partner with Finance, IT, and business teams to scale decision‑support tools, dashboards, planning models, simulators, and analytics products.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high‑performing global FP&A team with strong analytical, digital, executive communication, storytelling, and business‑partnering capabilities
• Establish governance over planning assumptions, data quality, analytics outputs, management reports, automation inputs, and recurring decision‑support processes.
• Partner across the organization to improve business performance monitoring, monitor leading indicators, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and drive corrective actions or alternative approaches when performance gaps arise.
• Provide specialist R&D finance support for pipeline strategy, research/discovery, clinical development, regulatory, and therapeutic area investment decisions, ensuring transparency of cost, value, risk, and return across the development portfolio.
• Evaluate R&D portfolio cost, value, risk, and return, including resource allocation across projects, modalities, and therapeutic areas in early and late‑stage development using advanced financial evaluation techniques.
• Partner with Development, Regulatory, Clinical, and business development teams to support investment decisions, external collaboration analysis, clinical trial accounting considerations, and senior leadership materials.
• Ensure disciplined cost management, compliance with finance standards, and adherence to SOX and FCF control requirements.

This role operates with significant autonomy to lead enterprise FP&A processes, establish integrated planning and reporting standards, manage forecast and scenario planning methodologies, prioritize analytics and decision‑support work, guide FP&A technology priorities, and deploy team resources within approved strategies and budgets.

The leader may make recommendations and decisions related to planning assumptions, forecast scenarios, performance reviews, analytics priorities, operating model improvements, and financial trade‑offs within approved parameters. CFO, executive leadership, or Board approval is required for material changes to enterprise financial commitments, major strategic shifts, significant budget allocations, external collaborations with financial or long‑term implications, and investment decisions requiring formal governance review.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, or a related quantitative discipline; MBA, CFA, CPA, or equivalent advanced qualification preferred. Experience with process improvement and digital project management frameworks, such as Lean or Agile, is also preferred.
• 10-15 years of progressive finance or FP&A experience, including experience leading and managing teams. Demonstrated track record of delivering strategic decision support to the CFO, C‑suite, with experience in long‑range planning, profitability improvement, capital efficiency, investment evaluation, financial feasibility studies, M&A support, and capital planning, preferably in a global environment. Proven ability to implement dynamic forecasting models, scenario planning, predictive analytics, process improvement, automation, and operational efficiencies within FP&A. Relevant R&D finance experience supporting pipeline strategy, research/discovery and development portfolios, clinical or regulatory leadership teams, resource allocation, investment evaluation, and financial governance in a complex global matrix environment preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with enterprise financial systems, including ERP platforms, BI tools, and advanced financial planning systems. Desired strong working knowledge of predictive analytics, AI/ML‑enabled forecasting, scenario modeling, and data visualization tools.
• Ability to translate digital technologies into practical finance process improvements, dashboards, automation, and decision‑support tools.
• Language(s): English required. Additional languages may be preferred depending on global business scope and regional stakeholder responsibilities.

The base pay range below is what Legend Biotech USA Inc. reasonably expects to offer at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, skills, qualifications, and geographic location. The company reserves the right to modify this range as needed and in accordance with applicable laws.

Other Types of Pay

• Performance‑based bonus and/or equity is available to employees in eligible roles.

Benefits and Paid Time Off

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a 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.
• A paid time off policy that includes vacation time, personal time, sick time, floating holidays, and eleven (11) company holidays.
• Additional voluntary benefits include flexible spending and health savings accounts, life and AD&D insurance, short‑and long‑term disability coverage, legal assistance, and supplemental plans such as pet, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• We also provide voluntary commuter benefits, family planning and care resources, well‑being initiatives, and peer‑to‑peer recognition programs; demonstrating our ongoing commitment to building a culture where our people feel empowered, supported, and inspired to do their best work.

Pay Range (Base Pay)

• $294,483 - $386,511 USD

Please note: These benefits are offered exclusively to permanent full‑time employees. Contractors are not eligible for benefits through Legend Biotech.

Work Authorization & Employment Eligibility

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. As part of our commitment to maintaining a lawful workforce and ensuring compliance with federal employment regulations, we participate in the E‑Verify program. If you are selected for employment, you will be required to complete the Form I‑9 process, and your employment eligibility will be verified through E‑Verify in accordance with applicable federal law. We are committed to providing a fair, transparent, and welcoming hiring experience for all candidates.

EEO Statement

It is the policy of Legend Biotech to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state or local laws or ordinances.

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