• Drive the entire life cycle of key Zenas suppliers, from identification, selection, and on-boarding to performance management• Establish relationships with all internal business function leaders, particularly in the R&D organization (Clinical Development, Technical Operations, Non-Clinical Development) to understand sourcing needs and serve as a thought leader and technical resource.• Identify, build, and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, partnerships, and alliances with key suppliers and business partners • Work collaboratively with the Finance team to ensure accurate budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, and financial reporting.

• Drive the entire life cycle of key Zenas suppliers, from identification, selection, and on-boarding to performance management• Establish relationships with all internal business function leaders, particularly in the R&D organization (Clinical Operations, Technical Operations, Non-Clinical Development) to understand sourcing needs.• Identify, build, and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, partnerships, and alliances with key suppliers and business partners • Work collaboratively with the Finance team to ensure accurate budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, and financial reporting.

Provide Business Operations Consulting for Research and Development functions within biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.Supported multiple drug approval for both Research and Development groups in companies with less than 100 employees to greater than 99,000.

Leader of RED Business Operations team to manage business aspects of Research and Translational Medicine group to allow scientist to focus on scientific deliverables. After acquisition worked with GSK on successful integration. • Built and led a team that supported all RED disciplines across key areas of focus including finance, vendor qualification/management, reagent management, and information management.• Built processes, reports and tools to enable effective management of individual projects, as well as the overall portfolio. Ensured leadership, governance bodies and stakeholders had the necessary information to understand the performance across projects (e.g. milestones, timelines, costs) to drive pipeline decisions and ensure decision-making were performed in integrated manner• Facilitated processes to enable tracking of key items, such as IP and partner deliverables. • • • Negotiated business terms and worked to build strong relationships with external partners. • Led RED Long-Range Planning and Annual Operating Plans in partnership with FP&A. Ensured the planning and organization of resources and activities were managed against strategic objectives that were integrated across functional teams and corporate objectives. • Implemented and managed a comprehensive reagent inventory planning and management system for small molecule and biologics which resulted in savings of approx. 1 FTE. • Partnered with RED leadership in the operational and business relationship management of alliances, academic partners and 3rd party vendors. Ensured the pro-active management of challenges and opportunities. • Acted as lead for integration of TESARO’s RED departments into respective GSK departments and actively participated in broader Integration to ensure budgets and data were successfully transitioned.

Member of the GCD Leadership Team as leader of the Global GCD Operations function (>20 roles) accountable for the business operations, training, compliance and eTMF required to deliver the R&D business goals.• Acted as escalation point for issues related to performance and delivery of expected services.• Collaborated with other GCD leaders on process improvements and change management.• Participated and led vendor steering committee meetings for GCD organization.• Partnered with Finance and GCD leadership to manage financial projection, tracking and analysis of spend to support budget accountability for all development activities with annual spend totaling over $200mn.

Established strong partnerships with major clinical trial vendors to ensure TESARO’s current and future outsourcing needs were met.• Acted as Vendor Oversight Subject Matter Expert for Regulatory Inspections. Participated in 2 FDA, 1 EMA and 1 MHRA inspection with zero 483s/critical findings. • As initial member of team recruited, hired, coached and developed operations team cultivating a culture of empowerment, accountability and high performance. • Acted as lead for selection of vendors and contracting process including RFPs, study specific statements of work, change order analysis/approvals.• Developed and managed financial projection, tracking and analysis process to support Clinical Trial Managers and other team member with budget management for clinical trials.• Responsible for ensuring completeness of expenses included in the planning/budgeting process and for the monthly/quarterly expense reviews/monitoring of actual vs. budgeted amounts.• Provided guidance for program and study teams based on various financial analyses.• Acted as escalation point for both internal and external teams on issues related to the vendor(s) performance.• Facilitated the development and execution of appropriate governance for identified suppliers.

Acted as lead finance business partner for various R&D Leadership members, providing insight and influence to help drive the growth and success of R&D at Shire.• Provided financial direction and strategic insight including identification of key value drivers and Business KPIs.• Finance Business Partner for several integrated development programs, providing strategic decision support, including commercial readiness.• Led the financial planning process (budget, forecast, long range plan) for responsible functions providing insightful and influential forward-looking direction, to develop key scenarios, and to identify key risks/uncertainties and plans for potential mitigation. With annual operating budget in excess of $500mn per year.• Led team of R&D Business Partners, responsibilities also included staff development and the definition and evolution of roles and responsibilities to meet business needs.• Provided insight and support to Vendor Oversight Committee.

Managed the Clinical Development and R&D Compliance annual budget development and forecast updates for current year & next fiscal year.• Managed individual responsible for supporting Regulatory Affairs and oversaw individual responsible for Medical Affairs invoice processing & monthly accruals.• Contributor to Vendor Management initiative to improve relationships and leverage outsourced spend. Helped drive selection of CROs from transactional to a strategic partner.• Worked with the R&D Leadership Team members to develop seven-year long range plans and explain variances from previous versions. • Finance lead for development program responsible for valuations and financial program changes for Technical Operations, R&D, and Commercial.• Developed model utilized by operations staff to cost new trials and reduce budget variance. • Provided financial training to clinical staff.

• Developed, implemented and managed outsourcing/vendor management process. • Participated in vendor governance meetings with strategic vendors.• Managed the budgeting and forecasting process for ongoing and planned clinical trials. • Negotiated contracts and changes in scopes with vendors.• Worked with contracts group to improve contract templates, including master services agreement.

Conduit of budgeting activities and accrual process.Processed requisitions and invoice for approval. Reviewed documents utilizing Legal guidelines.