Strategy & Operations Lead, Global Engineering & Technical Services (GETS)
Job Description
About This Role:
As the Strategy & Operations Lead for Global Engineering & Technical Services (GETS), you will play a pivotal role in shaping strategic priorities, enabling operational excellence, and maximizing executive effectiveness across a diverse global technical portfolio. Working as a trusted advisor to the SVP of GETS, you will ensure alignment, focus, and execution of initiatives that span engineering, EH&S, Security, Enterprise Risk Management, Manufacturing Network Strategy, Continuous Improvement, and Manufacturing Corporate Partnerships.
This position combines strategic oversight with hands-on operational management, serving as the connective tissue across the GETS Leadership Team. With your deep understanding of organizational dynamics, you will drive data-driven decisions, cross-functional collaboration, and ensure the SVP’s vision is translated into actionable results. This role requires a blend of business acumen, operational rigor, and emotional intelligence to navigate the dynamic landscape of the biopharmaceutical industry.
This is a hybrid role to be based at our Headquarters in Cambridge, MA.
What You’ll Do:
Lead GETS strategy formulation, OKR development, and annual planning processes in collaboration with the SVP and Leadership Team.
Orchestrate day-to-day executive operations, including staff meetings, strategic forums, and high-impact engagements.
Develop executive communications, board updates, and internal messaging that reflect coherent and impactful narratives for the GETS organization.
Partner with Finance to oversee budgeting, capital planning, and performance metric tracking, supporting resource prioritization and business case development.
Collaborate with HR to manage organizational health, foster leadership team dynamics, and strengthen GETS culture.
Act as a strategic delegate for the SVP on priority initiatives, special projects, and GETS-wide transformations.
Coordinate alignment and readiness with enterprise governance owners and other cross-functional teams.
Monitor the execution of strategic plans, evaluate risks, and ensure alignment across functions.
Facilitate trade-off decisions and resource allocations to support the organization’s goals.
Drive transformation initiatives, particularly those involving digital enablement and operating model evolution.
Who You Are:
You are a strategic thinker with a strong ability to synthesize complex information and connect the dots across multiple priorities. You thrive in fast-paced environments and excel at navigating ambiguity, ensuring alignment in cross-functional teams. With your exceptional executive presence, you build trust and credibility as a trusted advisor while maintaining discretion and professionalism. You are adaptable, balancing urgency with tact and structure with flexibility, all while maintaining a forward-looking mindset. Your ability to influence without formal authority and mobilize teams ensures progress and alignment towards organizational goals.
Required Skills:
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MS in Engineering or Operations, etc.) strongly preferred.
10+ years of progressive experience in global operations, engineering, or technical services, ideally within the life sciences or biotech sector.
Proven ability to operate at senior executive levels, with a track record of leading through influence and enabling strategic execution.
Strong project management, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Deep understanding of organizational dynamics and the ability to anticipate challenges in complex environments.
Excellent analytical and decision-making capabilities, with a focus on data-driven solutions.
Experience with digital transformation initiatives and operating model evolution.
Familiarity with enterprise governance structures and cross-functional alignment processes.
Background in managing organizational culture and leadership team effectiveness.
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
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