Senior Director, Program Management

This is a hybrid position on-site 3 days per week in Armonk, NY or Basking Ridge, NJ and 2 days from home. A fully remote role is not possible for this position.

The Senior Director, Transformation Program Management will play a vital role in the planning, execution and delivery of cross-functional and complex non-drug strategic and transformational initiatives for Global Development and other areas of Regeneron as requested. This role will collaborate closely with senior and executive leaders and stakeholders to drive the business transformation across the organization. The Senior Director Transformation Program Management communicates and collaborates with executive stakeholders and customers to ensure alignment and satisfaction. This role consults and negotiates with the Director Business Transformation Lead and Director Transformational Change & Engagement to translate business objectives into programs of work to be executed upon. This role requires a visionary leader with a strong background in program management, operational excellence and strategic planning.

In a typical day, you will:

• Build a strategic execution and delivery framework for the Transformation and Engagement organization
• Lead a team of project managers, program managers, project operations experts, and strategic facilitators.
• Drive the distribution, prioritization and volume of the team’s work and oversee the team’s planning, execution and delivery
• Ensure all program management, project management and facilitation tools, templates, processes and methodologies are industry best in class allowing for the consistent development and delivery of quality outcomes across the portfolio. Through research and innovation ensure these are maintained and matured overtime.
• Build agile program and project management approaches, supportive tools and processes, and upskill the team and organization
• In collaboration with the Business Transformation Lead, define the governance, flying formation, sequencing and coordination of all programs and projects in the portfolio
• Ensure robust project and program performance metrics, reporting and dashboards are in place to manage the portfolio of work and drive senior/ executive leader decision making
• Lead project and program Change Control ensuring that any changes to scope, resources, schedule across the portfolio are understood, sponsor/ leader endorsed and tracked
• Monitor project and program business value realization through benefits and value measurements
• Ensure PPM tools and processes are robust and allow for dependency mapping, sequencing, and resource utilization mapping
• Institute a formal process and approach for transformation program reviews. Ensure reviews are regularly and effectively conducted to drive delivery of programs to schedule, budget and agreed quality level
• In partnership with the Director Transformational Change and Engagement, evangelize and consult with leaders across the organization to create awareness for projects and programs.  
• Drive the development of a Facilitation Center of Excellence for R&D that will support cross-functional leaders and stakeholders to drive strategy, solve complex and sensitive problems, build relationships, enable learning and sharing of ideas through experiences that leverage trust, unbiased objectivity and agility
• Drive the creation of an R&D Facilitation Community of Practice to share best practices, learn from each other and pressure test approaches and processes
• As a member of the Transformation and Engagement Leadership team, share ideas and improve operations, recommending, supporting and implementing continuous improvement activities and process and procedure improvements
• Actively participate in professional project and program management communities

To be considered, you must possess:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 15+ years of relevant project management industry experience managing large, complex programs
• PMP Certification, Six Sigma/ Lean
• Program Management Methodologies. Exceptional knowledge of program management methodologies to help structure, standardize and organize methods for the execution of programs. Optimizes processes to reach excellence in tools, approaches, controls
• Organizational Savvy and Political Acumen.  Understand how wider objectives of the program align to business and strategic goals.
• Executive Stakeholder Management. Ability to work with a wide range of individuals at executive levels. Ability to analyze and reinvent to seek customer satisfaction. Anticipates customer needs with a goal of generating loyalty and lasting relationships
• Budget Acumen and Resource Allocation. Ability to manage budgets, optimize resource allocation, and tracking expenses. Understanding of financial principles and having the ability to interpret financial data
• Integration Management. Dot connecting, integrating, proactive identification and management of roadblocks. Is proactive in monitoring the internal and external environment during the execution of strategies, being capable of assessing risks, their impacts in conjunction with stakeholders involved and of making recommendations to Top Management
• Advanced Critical Thinking. Extensively determines the relevance and reliability of information that might be used to support a conclusion of argument. Accurately interprets information to determine meaning and to extract relevant evidence. Accurately connects or integrates information to support an argument or reach a conclusion. Makes claims and provide complete evidence to support it
• Advanced Problem Solving. Ability to analyze complex data, identify trends, and make informed decisions based on data-driven insights. Able to identify areas of improvement, diagnose issues, and develop effective solutions to complex problems.
• Exceptional Interpersonal and Communication. Effectively liaise between different stakeholders and team members
• Change Management Knowledge. Understanding of change management processes to effectively implement changes that may occur during the lifecycle of the program
• Strategic Agility. Ability to respond to or drive change while maintaining flexibility and focus quickly and appropriately. Adapts and manages new situations with ease
• Advanced Ability to Influence. Anticipates situations that impose constraints in the organization, linking actions and decisions in advance, using communication and relationship skills to influence and drive the key decision and opinion makers. Articulates well and quickly in the chain of command to gain the necessary support
• Entrepreneur/Self-Starter. Assess a situation and gets the people organized and headed in the right director. Influences circle of connections and can get results by mobilizing other people and their own sense of planning and execution
• Logic. Consistent use of logical judgement when making daily decisions
• Conflict Management. Can explain situations of dilemmas and resistance impartially, without undermining relationships with stakeholders (internal or external), promoting consensus without impact to objectives
• Unbiased objectivity. Uses facts and evidence to form opinions or make judgements. Removes personal bias and emotions to arrive at decisions.

Does this sound like you? Apply now to take your first step towards living the Regeneron Way! We have an inclusive and diverse culture that provides comprehensive benefits, which often include (depending on location) health and wellness programs, fitness centers, equity awards, annual bonuses, and paid time off for eligible employees at all levels!

Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, nationality, national or ethnic origin, civil status, age, citizenship status, membership of the Traveler community, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, familial status, marital or registered civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, gender identity, gender reassignment, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The Company will also provide reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities or chronic illnesses of an otherwise qualified applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of the Company's business.

For roles in which the hired candidate will be working in the U.S., the salary ranges provided are shown in accordance with U.S. law and apply to U.S.-based positions.  For roles which will be based in Japan and/or Canada, the salary ranges are shown in accordance with the applicable local law and currency. If you are outside the U.S, Japan or Canada, please speak with your recruiter about salaries and benefits in your location.

Please note that certain background checks will form part of the recruitment process.  Background checks will be conducted in accordance with the law of the country where the position is based, including the type of background checks conducted. The purpose of carrying out such checks is for Regeneron to verify certain information regarding a candidate prior to the commencement of employment such as identity, right to work, educational qualifications etc.

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