- Partner with Regulatory leadership team and key stakeholders to create and manage departmental outsourcing strategy, including ensuring business continuity.
- Develop and lead vendor oversight plan for function and provide education to ensure ongoing assessment.
- Orchestrate and participate in all aspects of vendor governance from operational to executive level.
- Create and monitor KPIs and metrics to document and measure vendor performance and value.
- Drive operational efficiency to ensure economies of scale and consolidation where possible.
- Identify and lead continuous improvement initiatives within vendor relationships, including the development of process documents to standardize process and optimize performance.
- Partner with Strategic Sourcing and OBIE on contracting process.
- Advanced knowledge of vendor management, including strategic sourcing, and financial management.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including well-developed presentation skills.
- Proven ability to drive conflict resolution
- Organizational skills, an ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Strong collaboration, negotiation and interpersonal skills to effectively influence internal or external stakeholders at all levels in the organization.
- General business management knowledge to assess the impact of project decisions on financial and corporate objectives.
- Ability to drive firm deadlines.
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration
- Typically requires 8 years of experience or the equivalent combination of education and Experience
- Experience within the Life Sciences industry or similar
Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs Vendor Management - Boston, MA, United States - Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs Vendor Management (Boston, MA)
Apply locations Boston, MA time type Full time posted on Posted 4 Days Ago job requisition id REQ-21258Job Description
General Summary:
The Vendor Management Associate Director oversees all vendor management activities for Global Regulatory Affairs, including vendor governance, vendor relationship management, performance management, and new vendor selection process. This role will serve as the key interface between Regulatory functional leaders and departmental vendors.
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We're enabling flexibility and choice between individuals and their managers to maintain our strong culture of collaboration and ensure a daily vibrancy within our sites globally. In this Hybrid or On-Site-Eligible role, you can choose to work:
1. Hybrid and work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2. On-Site and work 5 days per week with ad hoc flexibility.
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Company Information
Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.
Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at
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locations Boston, MA time type Full time posted on Posted 24 Days AgoVertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. The company has approved medicines that treat the underlying causes of multiple chronic, life-shortening genetic diseases — cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia — and continues to advance clinical and research programs in these diseases. Vertex also has a robust clinical pipeline of investigational therapies across a range of modalities in other serious diseases where it has deep insight into causal human biology, including APOL1-mediated kidney disease, acute and neuropathic pain, type 1 diabetes, myotonic dystrophy type 1 and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency .
Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Mass., Vertex's global headquarters is now located in Boston's Innovation District and its international headquarters is in London. Additionally, the company has research and development sites and commercial offices in North America, Europe, Australia, Latin America and the Middle East. Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry's top places to work, including 14 consecutive years on Science magazine's Top Employers list and one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For. For company updates and to learn more about Vertex's history of innovation, visit or follow us on Facebook , Twitter/X , LinkedIn , YouTube and Instagram .
The diversity and authenticity of our people is part of what makes Vertex unique, and we recognize that each employee brings diverse perspectives and strengths. By embracing those strengths and celebrating differences, we are fostering an inclusive culture where each of us can bring our authentic selves to work, inspire innovation together, and change people's lives.
Our vision is clear: to be the place where an authentic, diverse mix of talent want to come, to stay, and do their best work.
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