Senior Director, Functional Planning – OnePlan Transformation

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🌐 France, United States, +1 more countries – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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Excelya

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Excelya is a leading global Contract Research Organization (CRO) focused on advancing healthcare through innovative solutions and expert guidance. With a presence in 28 countries, Excelya supports biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies by offering full-service, functional service provider (FSP), and resourcing solutions across a broad spectrum of therapeutic areas. The company's unique business model emphasizes collaboration and flexible services, enabling clients to deliver life-changing therapies effectively.

📋 Description

• Lead multiple planning transformation workstreams and facilitate strategic planning workshops • Design and implement functional planning frameworks, templates, governance models, and milestone structures • Drive stakeholder alignment and decision-making across business functions • Develop cross-functional dependency maps and planning standards to support scalable execution • Translate workshop outcomes into implementation-ready deliverables for planning platform deployment • Partner with business and technical teams to ensure planning solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with governance requirements • Support pilot deployments and adoption activities for new planning processes and tools • Advise senior leadership on planning maturity, portfolio governance, and operating model evolution • Standardize planning practices across functions and contribute to broader transformation initiatives • Mentor project management and planning resources involved in the program

🎯 Requirements

• Strong experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, or related industries • Strong experience in drug development, portfolio management, project management, or planning transformation • Proven track record leading cross-functional planning initiatives and strategic workshops • Expertise in planning methodologies, portfolio governance, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), milestone frameworks, and operating models • Experience with planning and PPM tools such as OnePlan, Planisware, Planview, Clarity, or Microsoft Project • Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills • Ability to work independently and influence senior stakeholders in complex environments • Fluent English

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a young, ambitious health company representing 900 employees • Opportunity to contribute to Excelya’s mission of becoming Europe’s leading mid-size CRO • Best employee experience • One-stop provider service model offering full-service, functional service provider, and consulting projects • Opportunities to evolve through diverse projects • Collaboration with preeminent experts • Environment that values natural talents, pushes boundaries with audacity, and nurtures potential • Opportunity to improve scientific, operational, and human knowledge to enhance the patient journey

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