Business Operations Manager

**Job Description Summary** As a tactical BOM, you will participate in proactively supporting tactical budget activities across the Biomedical Research Translational Medicine (BR-TM) organization. The role strengthens op-erational budget consistency, improves financial risk detection, and ensures high-quality budget execution across budget life cycle early development related to TM deliverables. This role complements the end-to-end budget management and oversight under the Portfolio Resources and Finance Management group. Whilst not having any direct overall clinical budget responsibility the BOM needs to have a solid understanding of budget activities and forecasting. It is also of huge benefit that the TBM is familiar with basic clinical study/early development conduct terms and timings.   **Job Description** **Major accountabilities:** * Proactively provide tactical solutions for daily budget tasks during study conduct and other cross-TM cost activities. Serve as first contact for basic budget support and PO and invoice matters from study maintenance onward. * Oversee and monitor PO activity and budget impact. Detect risks and communicate to Clinical Finance Manager. Deliver quarterly PO risk assessments on GR IR balances. * Track budget impact from contracts and amendments. Support timely, current budget planning and forecasting. * Ensure tracking systems and data sources are accurate and up to date. * Support Therapeutic Area-level budget deliverables. Provide Clinical Finance Managers with PO-related financial risk inputs. * Support end-of-trial budget activities. Partner with Clinical study team and drive timely, accurate PO closeouts. * Identify budget risks and opportunities. Communicate and report to relevant stakeholders * Contribute to process improvement. * Support internal TM processes with guidance on requirements and best practices. * Represent your function to deliver tactical support to Translational Management. Collect data and track KPIs and other performance indicators. * Liaise with customers and partners to align actions and track deliverables. * Maintain supporting IT systems to keep information accurate. Minimum Requirement * Total experience of 10+ years Understanding of clinical study processes and ​Minimum 5 years’ experience in Clinical Operations (early development), procurement or trial budget execution. * Strong communication and stakeholder management. Proactive problem solver. * Ability to navigate financial systems and maintain data accuracy. * Ability to prioritize work, multitask, manage time appropriately in a fast paced/high volume environment. Proven cGCP background * Undergraduate degree, preferably in a scientific discipline or life science background or equivalent work experience   **Skills Desired** Budget Management, Clinical Trials, Project Planning, Vendor Management, Waterfall Model