Chief Of Staff, Clinical Operations Eme

The Chief of Staff reports to the EME VP. That role aims at supporting the EME VP in coordinating Clinical Operations Areas & Functions within Clinical Operations, implementing organizational and strategic projects as well as supporting the management of the Clinical Operations EME Leadership team meetings and events. The focus of this position is quality & timely execution of decisions made by the EME Clinical Operations Leadership team. This position requires forward thinking innovative strategy in support of key business priorities, as well as partnering closely with Clinical Operations Leadership Team and key stakeholders within the rest of the organization.

What will your responsibilities be within bioMérieux?

Prepare for VP EME local Business reviews (area/cluster/country business reviews)

• Coordinate with the relevant stakeholders for agenda preparation
• Prepare the meeting minutes
• Develop the action goals, measure progress and provide updates to stakeholders

Support preparation for Clinical Operations Leadership team meetings and events

• Act as a facilitator for smooth coordination within the Leadership Team of Clinical Operations
• Prepare agenda, formalize minutes and follow up the execution of decisions made and action plans established by the EME Clinical Operations Leadership Team

Monitor & support key transformation projects rollout with countries/functions when projects enter into effective operational stage

• Establish effective execution tracking / reporting processes suitable for reporting at various management levels
• Identify and manage effectively ongoing issues and potential risks
• Operate at a tactical, strategic and operational level, handling the oversight of projects that do not neatly fit within the organizational chart or that fall between departments or leadership areas of responsibility
• Track high priority initiatives at large and identify any obstacles, communicate initiative status, pulling in other stakeholders as necessary to ensure the quality and timey deliverables

Act as the Point of Contact between Corporate Communication (internal and external), company Change management community and the Clinical Operations

• Enable delivery of change through target setting, planning, tracking and reporting utilizing good practice knowledge of change management techniques
• Engage and manager stakeholders; ensure effective communications plans in place and managed on an on-going basis
• Develop presentations and communications contents to the organization through liaising with the relevant stakeholders

Provide “sounding board” active listening and knowledge of the organization & strategic priorities to problem solve a broad range of areas that impact progress

Provide decision support through data gathering, information analyzing, and presenting considerations to the EME VP and the Leadership Team of Clinical Operations

Additional responsibilities as periodically assigned

Who are you?

• Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree, MBA preferred
• Knowledge and experience in health care preferred
• Good knowledge of the business, finance and analytics

• Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal skills with project management experience, multi-task capability and ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced and matrix environment
• Passionate about work with the can do and must do better attitude, highly motivated and results driven, ability to demonstrate problem solving and decision making skills
• Customer centric mindset and problem-solving abilities and comfort in providing open, honest feedback
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships both internally and externally
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn and build skills
• Business travel required