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We are a place where people are united around a single purpose and an ambitious vision. Together, we aspire to deliver ever better health outcomes for patients while lowering overall healthcare costs. Our goal is to compel the customer to act on behalf of their patients while showing great commitment to the rare disease community, whose support is key. Utilizing innovative methods to identify patients who may benefit from treatment, we must take a highly strategic approach to patient access while assisting patients and their caregivers to navigate the healthcare system.\nPOSITION SUMMARY\nThe Field Operations Director serves as the trusted operations partner to an assigned Regional VP or National Team VP and their leadership team, helping translate business priorities into clear plans, coordinated execution, and effective connection to the broader CE Operations and enterprise support network. The Director owns the operating rhythm and priority agenda for the assigned leadership team and provides a single point of connectivity between Field Leadership and the broader operational ecosystem.\nSCOPE & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nStrategic Partnership with Field Leadership\nServe as the primary Operations partner to an assigned Regional VP or National Team VP and their leadership team.\nDevelop a deep understanding of the team's business priorities, customers, opportunities, challenges, and performance.\nTranslate enterprise and CE priorities into clear implications and action plans for the assigned Region or National Team.\nProvide strategic and operational counsel to leadership and proactively identify issues requiring attention, decisions, or escalation.\nHelp leadership prioritize competing needs and maintain focus on the highest-impact business opportunities.\nOperating Rhythm & Business Planning\nOwn the operating rhythm and priority agenda for the assigned leadership team.\nLead development and coordination of annual, quarterly, and other operating plans.\nTranslate priorities into clear roadmaps with owners, milestones, dependencies, and measures of progress.\nCoordinate leadership agendas, decision materials, action tracking, and follow-through.\nSupport Regional or National Team input into ABP, resource planning, RBO, and other CE and enterprise planning processes.\nOperational Integration & Execution\nServe as a front door for operational requests from the assigned leadership team and route needs to the appropriate CE Operations or enterprise partner.\nConnect Field Leadership and HEDs to the broader support network without requiring them to independently navigate multiple teams.\nCoordinate across Enterprise Operations, RBO, Squad Field Partners, ABP, DDA, L&SD, and other functions to enable execution.\nAnticipate execution barriers, dependencies, and operational risks and mobilize partners to resolve them.\nEnsure appropriate communication and coordination between enterprise initiatives and Regional/National execution.\nInsights & Decision Support\nSynthesize field insights, performance signals, customer information, and emerging business needs into clear leadership implications.\nDevelop business reviews and decision materials that enable productive leadership conversations.\nIdentify patterns and recurring needs that may have implications beyond the assigned Region or National Team.\nSurface cross-field opportunities, risks, and common needs to the Head of CE Field Operations so they can be addressed across the organization where appropriate.\nProvide recommendations related to priorities, resources, capacity, and operational tradeoffs.\nResource & Capacity Planning\nMaintain an integrated understanding of the assigned team's resource and capacity requirements.\nSupport Regional or National Team roster, resource, and capacity planning.\nIdentify capacity constraints and emerging needs and develop recommendations in partnership with Field Leadership.\nConnect local resource needs to broader CE and enterprise planning processes.\nKEY DELIVERABLES\nAnnual and quarterly operating plans\nRegional or National Team priority roadmap\nLeadership agendas, decision materials, and action logs\nBusiness reviews and synthesized field insights\nRBO, ABP, and enterprise planning inputs\nResource, roster, and capacity plans\nConsolidated requests, risks, and capacity recommendations\nClear escalation of cross-field opportunities and common operational needs\nMINDSET & CAPABILITIES\nTrusted partner who builds credibility with senior Field Leaders\nStrategic thinker with strong operational discipline\nAble to translate ambiguity and complexity into clear plans and actions\nStrong business acumen and understanding of field execution\nHighly effective at influencing without formal authority\nSkilled at connecting people, priorities, and resources across organizational boundaries\nStrong analytical and synthesis capabilities\nProactive and anticipatory rather than reactive\nComfortable navigating a complex, matrixed environment\nStrong judgment and ability to distinguish between issues that should be solved locally and those requiring enterprise solutions\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining focus on business impact\nGrowth mindset and commitment to continuous improvement\nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS\nBachelor's degree required\nSignificant pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consulting, commercial, field operations, strategic, and/or analytical experience (8+ years preferred) \nDemonstrated experience partnering with senior business or field leaders\nExperience translating strategy into operational plans and driving execution\nStrong project/program management and cross-functional leadership capabilities\nDemonstrated ability to operate effectively within a complex matrixed organization\nStrong communication, executive presentation, analytical, and problem-solving 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