Описание
About This Role The SPARQ Strategy, Operations & Communications Lead is a senior individual contributor role focused on R&D business strategy, operating model effectiveness, portfolio and resource alignment, and executive-level communications for a global technical, medical, and scientific organization. Reporting to the SVP, Head of SPARQ, this role will serve as a strategic thought partner to the SPARQ Leadership Team, translating enterprise and functional priorities into actionable plans, decision forums, metrics, and delivery roadmaps.
The role
will shape and lead complex workstreams that require business judgment, cross-functional influence, portfolio awareness and disciplined execution across Safety, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory Operations, Quality, Compliance, Analytics, and Authoring. This individual will operate as a business strategy lead who frames issues, synthesizes data and stakeholder input, develops recommendations, drives alignment enabling senior leadership decision-making and organizational clarity. What You’ll Do Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Head of SPARQ and SPARQ Leadership Team, helping frame priority business questions, identify risks and trade-offs, and drive alignment on decisions and next steps Translate strategic priorities into clear operating plans with defined scope, ownership, timelines, success measures, governance forums, and executive-level progress reporting Lead high-impact cross-functional initiatives that advance SPARQ and Development priorities, including business process improvement, operating model optimization, knowledge management, and functional capability-building efforts Partner with Finance, Business Operations, Portfolio, HR, Communications, and functional leaders to support planning, priority setting, resource discussions, and trade-off recommendations Develop analyses, briefing materials, business reviews, leadership narratives, and recommendations that synthesize complex information for senior leader decision-making Design and facilitate SPARQ leadership forums, business reviews, priority reviews, town halls, offsites, and other operating mechanisms to ensure discussions are decision-oriented and outcomes are tracked Track initiative progress, interdependencies, metrics, risks, and issue escalation across multiple workstreams, ensuring commitments are visible and follow-through is disciplined Create communications that support organizational alignment, employee engagement, and visibility into SPARQ priorities, progress, and business impact across a global team Who You Are You are a strategic operator and business partner who can bring structure to ambiguity, distill complex inputs into practical recommendations, and move cross-functional teams from discussion to decision.
You have strong business judgment, analytical capability, and the confidence to advise and influence senior leaders in a matrixed R&D environment. You are equally comfortable facilitating leadership alignment, building executive-ready materials, pressure-testing priorities and trade-offs, and driving disciplined execution across multiple initiatives. You understand that this role requires more than coordination; it requires strategic thinking, ownership, follow-through, and the ability to connect work across functions so SPARQ can deliver against its highest priorities.
00 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 incentiv
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