R&D Process Transformation Lead

Scorpion Therapeutics

Kalamazoo (MI)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking an experienced leader to drive end-to-end process improvement across discovery through development. You will own the PAA and VMRD adoption portfolios, orchestrating agile, cross-functional changes to accelerate timelines while improving quality and data reuse.

Expect to lead a high-impact, matrixed team, define metrics, and ensure readiness and training across stakeholders. A strong background in life sciences R&D, change management, and BPMN/UML is essential for

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, engineering, operations research, info systems, or related field.
Advanced degree preferred for higher impact roles.
10+ years in process analysis/improvement and adoption in life sciences/regulated R&D.
3+ years in people leadership; 5+ years Agile in R&D product/platform context.
Delivered multi-team transformations with measurable outcomes; strong business analysis.

Responsibilities

Evolve and lead the PAA team; define operating norms, roles, responsibilities, and manage capacity/workload.
Own the VMRD process analysis and adoption portfolio; prioritize opportunities, define scope and metrics, manage benefits reporting.
Lead Agile-focused discovery/optimization; map current/future states; define epics and user stories; plan adoption.
Enable reuse via cross-use-case pattern recognition.
Conduct business analysis for digital/lab automation; define KPIs for digital benefits.
Orchestrate adoption/change management; stakeholder analyses, training, communications, KPI monitoring.
Establish standard templates/methods; coordinate with Quality/Compliance for GxP/data integrity; manage risks/milestones.
Maintain instructional materials library; coach specialists.