Operations Manager / Business Project Coordinator
Roche Palo Alto
Palo Alto, California, United States
Provided contract, portfolio and business project management support to Virology and Inflammation Operations, Project Management, Finance, Strategic Marketing & Business Development: Discovery Portfolio coordinator, managing liaison for external investigators conducting preclinical studies, and functional project resource planning as well as financial analyses.• Managed Virology Discovery budget totaling $15 million in annual expenses and consistently kept spending within… Show more Provided contract, portfolio and business project management support to Virology and Inflammation Operations, Project Management, Finance, Strategic Marketing & Business Development: Discovery Portfolio coordinator, managing liaison for external investigators conducting preclinical studies, and functional project resource planning as well as financial analyses.• Managed Virology Discovery budget totaling $15 million in annual expenses and consistently kept spending within budget targets. Coached project leaders on budget process to successfully improve projections, eliminating previous cost overruns• Improved organization, closure of action items and turnaround times of minutes for the Discovery Management Team meetings by 80% (from 5 to 1 days) by streamlining the documentation process and improving up- and downstream communication• Ensured consistency and transparency between contract milestone payments, financial updates and analyses; maintained forecast integrity by implementing a systematic review process of more than 300 contract activities; determined timelines and all internal resources needs for operational activities• Consistently produced timely, complete, and accurate updates of R&D projects in collaboration with project leaders and managers as site coordinator for the Discovery Portfolio. Tracked business unit goals and milestones, produced various portfolio views, generated quarterly portfolio analyses, and reconciled dates with financial metrics• Directly and indirectly decreased time required to deliver compounds to external investigators by developing and implementing a workflow process that is now a model for other sites, including headquarters. Consolidated operations to manage the distribution of six compounds including CellCept®, Fuzeon® and Valganciclovir for preclinical studies worldwide• Managed successful technology transfer and due diligence meetings for out-licensing projects under tight timelines Show less