TITLE: Senior Resourcing Manager - Princeton, NJ

Job Description
The Sr Manager is primarily responsible for tracking, aggregating, and interpreting clinical trial-related information for staff demand, supply and deployment of resources within Clinical Trial Operations (CTO).

The position is a cross function one, within Project Management, to review and optimize resource deployment and utilization in support of clinical trials across all functions within the CTO department.

The Sr Manager provides the analysis of supply, demand and upcoming challenges together with deployment analyses to the Strategic Leadership Team (SLT), including recommendations in relation to a fluid and a robust resource plan, in order to meet corporate and NNI goals for the division.

The position will partner with Clinical Business Management to forecast for any headcount needs across CTO.

The position will partner with the training group within CTO to ensure the skill set and competency requirements of department staff are evaluated, gaps identified and training provided to ensure optimized utilization of cross trained resources throughout CTO.

RELATIONSHIPS

This position reports to the Director of Project Management, Clinical Trial Operations (CTO). This position is accountable to the Strategic Leadership Team. Other internal relationships include those with core functional groups within CTO. These include Project Management (PM), Clinical Support Operations (CSO), Field Trial Operations (FTO), Data Management (DM), and Clinical Business Management (CBM).

External relationships may include Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and other clinical research vendors and consultants.


ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

STRATEGIC BUSINESS ALIGNMENT

·Provide recommendations to the SLT regarding CTO's strategic planning objectives by clearly identifying significant deployment improvement opportunities within CTO

·Ensure that CTO resources are utilized and optimized in line with the strategic vision of the CTO Leadership. Provide operational insight and leading indicators of performance against the CMR Balanced Scorecard goals with regard to upcoming resource challenges.

·Maximize the organization-wide transparency of resourcing policies and procedures through the implementation of work practices detailing the gathering of data, generation of reports, interpretation of demand, supply and deployment.

·Validate and clearly define the algorhythms for resource deployment for CTO staff of all skill types



ACTIVITIES

·Provide direction for all initiatives and activities focused on resource reporting, analysis and interpretation.

·Drive development and execution of new measurements or revisions to the scope of existing resource tools to harness a fluid, robust resource model.

·Ensure algorithms, based on skill type, are established for the management of clinical trial resourcing.

·Provide accurate and unbiased interpretation of all resourcing data approved by the Strategic Leadership Team (SLT) and/or the AVP of CTO.

·Manage Information Technology initiatives to develop and refine a resource management model to support optimized resource deployment.

·Collaborate with SLT members to ensure that functions are aligned and clear accountability is in place to ensure resources are adequately deployed to achieve CTO goals and objectives.

·Conduct periodic business reviews with the SLT to review findings, address concerns and identify further opportunities for improvement pertaining to the resource model.

·Partner with the CTO training function to align skill sets and competencies for maximal deployment of a cross-trained resource pool.

·MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE

·Build the talents of key functional representatives of CTO to educate and develop resource management understanding.

·Manage the resource development tool and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies, procedures and Novo Nordisk Way of Management (i.e. Fundamentals, Vision 21) and relevant SOPs.

·Develop, manage and maintain guidelines, training programs, policies and procedures for resourcing group.

·DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGET AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION

·Assist in departmental fiscal workload projections


TRAINING

·Attend relevant symposia, conferences and scientific meetings, as necessary

·Develop and present training activities in CTO for the benefit of peers, other functional groups and teams

·Identify areas of training need within the department and create, develop and provide training to meet those needs to ensure goals pertaining to a fluid, scalable resource model are achieved.


KEY SUCCESS FACTORS: EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

·Bachelors' degree (in science area) or registered nurse (4 year degree). Advanced degree preferred

·Minimum of 9 years of clinical trial experience within pharmaceutical and/or healthcare setting

·Knowledgeable of drug development and GCP principles as it relates to clinical trial management

·Proven execution and core understanding of resource planning and deployment to meet corporate objectives

·Proficient in use of project planning and database software applications, e.g., MS Project and Access

·Core understanding of systems and requirements to set and measure cross-departmental functional deployment to meet corporate goals

·Comprehensive and proven understanding of business management within clinical drug development.

·Execllent communication skills.

OTHER:
·Works within Novo Nordisk's established policies and procedures and ensures alignment of their work to Novo Nordisk fundamentals.
·Embraces Novo Nordisk Values in spirit and actions.
·Approximately 20-40% overnight travel


Additional Information
Headcount repurposed from Arleen Smith's backfill - changed to SR Resource Manager reporting to KAOW