Associate Director - Partner Clinical Development Innovation

The Associate Director of Development Innovation will support the Head of Innovation and Director, Development Innovation to assist in operational activities toward our innovation efforts focused on speed, flexibility, quality and productivity. This leader will be responsible for participating in and implementing innovation and transformation projects supporting the Global Development (GD) Goals and Strategy.

The incumbent will act as a collaborator to internal and external partners to drive innovation across Global Development’s clinical platform. The role will interact with cross-functional leaders, industry consortia, external vendors, collaboration partners and participates in efforts to identify high impact opportunities to advance our study execution model, and advance selected efforts from proof of concept to pilot and implementation.

• Participation in day-to-day coordination of activities for innovative partnerships with external companies.
• Work with internal teams to drive new partnered initiatives forward across Global Development and other invested functions across Regeneron.
• Using short-term consultants in development of business cases, literature searches, and vendor landscaping.
• Leading project design & planning, management, and task development, tracking and execution for numerous innovation experiments, including work on Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCT) and eSource.
• Crafting the communication and change management plans for awareness and instilling innovation in the culture.
• Collaborating with external partners, vendors for interoperability and data standardization needs, and with internal functions (e.g. Data Management, Global Development Systems, Privacy, Legal)
• Collaborating with partner functions across GD to surface specific problems, user journeys, and potential targets for innovation.
• Conducting human-centered design sprints for high-priority focus areas.
• Developing strategic profiles of vendors, critiques, and fit to cross-therapeutic area innovation and transformation priorities.
• Obtaining quantitative and qualitative information through literature searches to build business cases for initial pilots and broader plans for future scaling and "operationalization"; coordinating development of robust business cases and trajectory to scale/generalize successful pilots
• Ability to travel up to 15%

You lead by example to cultivate an entrepreneurial culture of ingenuity and innovation to bring together the best efforts for lasting results

You have proven ability to conceptualize, develop, and lead efforts to support change within a complex, growing organization

You have a track record of finding creative ways to leverage processes, systems, and people to implement innovative projects that solve a business problem.

You have knowledge of the drug development process and specific knowledge of clinical trial, clinical monitoring, data management, and/or site management processes, and associated industry regulations.

Project Management and business case writing experience required. Scaled Agile Framework- (SAF) project management experience, a plus. Ability to write or oversee literature searches preferred.

You can work with broad objectives to solve sophisticated problems that influence multiple business organizations

You can perform as a process and/or technical expert, with the ability to influence internally and externally across all levels

To be considered, you must have a Bachelor's Degree with at least 10 years of related experience.

Does this sound like you? Apply now to take your first steps toward living the Regeneron Way! We have an inclusive and diverse culture that provides amazing benefits including health and wellness programs, fitness centers and stock for 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 maternity status, gender identity, gender reassignment, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process. Please contact us to discuss any accommodations you think you may need.