Country Operations Manager

My Client is leading the development of a new business service, the foundation for which is a pan-European infrastructure to collect, aggregate and report on pharmaceutical product use at a patient level. Partnering with healthcare data providers this new Real-World Evidence Solutions initiative will bring together patient-level data sources across multiple global geographies and create a solution that will allow for enhanced strategic decision making across the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector.

This pan-European initiative is gathering momentum and now requires a dedicated Operations Manager positioned within each market who will report to the Country Programme Manager in managing the day-to-day execution of tasks in support of the establishment of the initiative in that market. The Operations Manager will lead the execution of tasks critical to the country-specific implementation approach as developed by the Country Programme Manager with the guidance of the Central team. As such it is a high profile role of strategic importance.

Your Principal responsibilities will include:

– Management of the day-to-day tasks to implement the in-country programme across each of the phases (e.g. Development, Pilot and Deployment), this will include: – – Management of the delivery of work to adapt the overall European strategy for the specifics of the country market, ensuring country specifics are understood and adaptations made.
– – Tracking progress on country-specific workstreams and providing updates to initiative leadership and client consortium members
– – Responsibility for conducting in-country programme governance and complying with central governance requirements

– Provide line management and local leadership for junior members of the in-country initiative team
– Provide leadership and direction for the in-country functional and project teams

To be a successful applicant you should have the majority of the following:

– BS/BA required, advanced degree preferred, ideally in a discipline relevant to the Life Sciences industry.
– Commercial experience in the Life Sciences arena with focus on project management, data, analytics or consulting.
– First-hand experience of the hospital sector and/or specialty care environment in-country
– Demonstrated experience managing complex projects or programs; relevant project management certifications
– Experience leading execution of complex programs that include technology implementation components
– Exposure to patient-level outcomes data, implementation of technology solutions with particular emphasis on hospitals, commercial organisations within healthcare, services experience with technology solutions/advisory; some familiarity with oncology would be an advantage.

Please apply for immediate consideration, or feel free to call me to discuss further as to whether this role is right for you. Thanks.