Senior Director, Administrative Operations

Universal Diagnostics S.A.; Texas (NJ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Remote work opportunities

Paid Time Off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k)

Free day on your birthday

Possibility to buy extra vacation days

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Sr. Director of Administrative Operations to lead their US team. This role is pivotal in shaping the company's administrative function, ensuring alignment with global standards while fostering operational efficiency. You will collaborate closely with the VP of Global Operations, driving initiatives that enhance productivity and support the ambitious growth of the organization. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact the company's future and contribute to groundbreaking advancements in cancer detection. If you're a self-driven leader with a strong background in finance and HR, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance and overseeing HR or legal departments.
• Ability to lead across departments and achieve results.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement an administrative structure for product development.
• Manage budgets and identify funding opportunities.
• Support recruitment and employee development processes.

Skills

Leadership

Financial Management

Human Resources Management

Legal Support

Operational Efficiency

Interpersonal Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field

MBA or similar advanced degree

Job description

Senior Director, Administrative Operations

Universal DX, Inc. is an international Company with a highly experienced team focused on cracking cancer’s code. Through our multi-omics and bioinformatics models, we have figured out how to read the disease’s signals in blood with high accuracy to detect cancer in its earliest stages. Starting with a colorectal cancer screening liquid biopsy test, we are building a multi-cancer platform that can identify the unique DNA regions associated with different types of cancers.

The Opportunity:

Universal DX is seeking an experienced Sr. Director, Administrative Operations to join our growing team. You will work directly with the VP of Global Operations and will play an integral role in contributing towards the Company’s future growth by leading the development of our US administrative function. As the US branch of the company’s Administrative leader, you will have overall responsibility for ensuring the US team has the proper business infrastructure to achieve our ambitious goals.

The role spans finance, legal and HR. You will interface with our EU team and admin function representatives to ensure conformance with global procedures while developing excellent processes that match with the best practices of US organizations.

The Sr. Director, Administrative Operations will be an expert at analysis and cross-functional interaction to make recommendations, develop plans, and execute against them. This role will lead Universal Dx towards the aggressive growth of business with a focus on an efficient and excellent administration in the US.

How you’ll contribute:

1. Plan and implement an administrative structure that builds the best company possible to accelerate our product development.
2. Prepare and manage budgets with US operations and identify and manage non-dilutive funding opportunities.
3. Identify opportunities for operational efficiency, streamlining workflows, and implementing systems to optimize productivity.
4. Implement total compensation plan for US employees to attract and retain the best talent (e.g., retirement, insurance policies), develop and implement HR policies and procedures, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws.
5. Support and coordinate attracting key talent to UDX from recruiting, offer- and onboarding-process, to necessary trainings and development programs. Manage internal communication within teams and managers to ensure proper communication strategy.
6. Provide front-line legal support for contract review and negotiation.

What you’ll bring:

1. A positive self-driven attitude, capable of figuring out what needs to be done and making it so.
2. A background in Finance with experience overseeing HR or Legal departments from the private sector.
3. Direct knowledge and experience with venture capital-backed companies.
4. Demonstrated ability to lead people (even across departmental lines) and achieve results through others as demonstrated by a clear record of accomplishments.
5. Experience working in a matrix environment.
6. Demonstrated ability to deliver on time, on budget in a fast-paced lean environment.
7. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interface, negotiate and influence multi-disciplinary teams and with different levels of personnel.
8. Ability and willingness to travel 10% of the time, domestically.

What we’ll offer:

• Flexible work schedule
• Remote work opportunities
• Company-sponsored benefit plans which include Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental, Vision insurance, plus life, STD and LTD coverage, and 401(k)
• Free day on your birthday
• Possibility to buy extra vacation days
• And more to come…

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Administrative and Finance