Associate Director, Corporate Operations

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is headquartered in Carlsbad, California, with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, and Dublin, Ireland. For more than 30 years, Ionis has been the leader in RNA-targeted therapy, pioneering new markets and changing standards of care with our novel antisense technology. Ionis currently has three marketed medicines and a premier late-stage pipeline highlighted by industry-leading cardiovascular and neurological franchises. Our scientific innovation began and continues with the knowledge that sick people depend on us, which fuels our vision to become the undisputed leader in genetic medicine, utilizing a multi-platform approach to discover, develop and deliver life-transforming therapies.
As the first company to fully harness the power of RNA technology for human therapeutics, Ionis’ platform continues to revolutionize drug discovery and transform lives for patients with unmet needs. We are building upon our innovative research and drug development excellence to provide greater value to patients, and we are well positioned financially to deliver on our strategic goals.
Ionis is a challenging, motivating and rewarding environment designed to foster innovation and scientific excellence. Our success is a direct result of our outstanding employees. We are interested in bringing together a diverse group of individuals with different skill sets and perspectives into this creative environment to be part of a productive and inclusive team. While acknowledging people are actively engaged in hybrid/remote work, we continue to invest time, money, and energy into making our workplace locations a place where our culture and employees can thrive. We believe engaging on a day-to-day basis, in person, builds solid and lasting relationships, and contributes positively to our culture and innovation. From the heart of our stunning Carlsbad campus, we aim to provide a central connection point for all our employees. These facilities give us the opportunity to connect cross-functionally, collaborate and to build on the success of our business as we continue to grow. Join us and experience our unique culture while you develop and expand your career.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CORPORATE OPERATIONS
Summary
The primary function of this role will be to manage or lead key improvement and evolution projects within Ionis. You will manage or lead cross-functional teams to define, plan, deliver, and implement key initiatives and projects to support Ionis’ corporate strategies and evolution plans. This role will be required to work with team members from business units from across the organization to collaboratively build project plans and deliver those projects. This is both a strategic and facilitative role that requires excellent diplomacy skills. This position will play a critical role in driving corporate improvement and evolution projects forward. This role will be the primary go-between identifying and facilitating key interdependencies and collaborations across the company (i.e., G&A, Commercial, Development, Research, etc.) to ensure alignment so that projects supporting our corporate strategies, objectives, priorities, and evolution to a FIBCO rapidly progress.
Primary Responsibilities

• Conduct meetings (Preparing agendas, meeting materials, meeting minutes, and tracking action items)
• Suggest and organize team-building activities.
• Estimate the scope of work and resources required. (FTEs & Funds)
• Manage project resources and budget.
• Work with team members to objectively assess and resolve project and operational issues by identifying root causes as opportunities to improve effectiveness.
• Establish and maintain an effective channel of communication with team members.
• Prioritize the most important tasks, track and ensure that key deliverables are completed as planned.
• Strategic Problem Solving
• Build and maintain strong and supportive relationships with all levels of the organization.
• Assess project and initiative “status vs. plan” and proactively recommend corrective actions to get projects and initiatives back on plan if required.
• Generate insights into external best practices and peer company strategies, positively impacting our journey to becoming an FIBCO.
• Leadership and Collaboration
• Project Facilitation
• Recognize high performance and reward accomplishments.
• Work with cross-functional teams to identify and implement potential solutions for specific corporate problems or challenges.
• Synthesize complex information into clear takeaways and recommendations.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Ensure that all stakeholders understand what needs to be done and the problems we are solving.
• Manage the planning, scheduling, monitoring, and coordination of project activities.

Key Candidate Qualities

• Ability to accommodate shifting priorities, demands, and timelines.
• Strong data presentation skills using PowerPoint and Excel.
• Must be deadline-driven, organized, and able to multi-task.
• Strong analytical skills and effective judgment in managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to support multiple programs while being well-organized, and having strong time management skills, and attention to detail.
• Ability to distill complex issues and present them in a clear, easy-to-understand manner.
• Budget management skills to generate spreadsheets, track costs throughout the project's lifetime, and identify areas where costs are exceeding.
• Working knowledge of the pharmaceutical drug development process.
• Ability to learn, understand, and apply innovative technologies, strategies, and approaches that enhance the team’s ability to achieve goals and meet timelines/deliverables.
• High attention to detail.
• Knowledge of the commercialization process for development-stage pharmaceutical assets.

Key Candidate Skills

• A high degree of organizational astuteness and leadership skills.
• Leadership and Management Skills
• Strategic Problem-Solving Skills
• To work on a wide range of business areas across Ionis to develop strategies, processes, and systems that support our business objectives.
• Strong relationship-building skills and aptitude for relationship management across all levels of the organization.
• To play an active role in corporate problem-solving, including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing, and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations.
• The ability to manage multiple, detailed projects to a successful end while working under tight time deadlines.
• To identify issues, develop a resolution plan, execute the plan, assess the effectiveness of solutions, and make course corrections as needed.

Key Areas Of Focus 2023 To 2025

• Program Progress Reporting
• Ionis Growth & Evolution Program - Specific Initiative Leadership or Management
• Cross-Functional Corporate Process Improvement Project - Leadership or Management
• Performance Management Against Plans & Work Order Deliverables
• Program Budget & Work Order Oversight
• Contractor Management
• Ionis Growth & Evolution Program - Support & Management:
• Program Communications & Updates

Please visit our website, www.ionispharma.com for more information about Ionis and to apply for this position; reference requisition #IONIS003073
Ionis offers an excellent benefits package! Follow this link for more details: Ionis Benefits
Full Benefits Link: https://www.ionispharma.com/careers/working-at-ionis/#:~:text=our%20employee%20spotlight-,Benefits,-Employees%20are%20rewarded
The pay scale for this position is $125,535 to $182,770
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