Director, Commercial Finance

For the past 25 years, ProPharma has improved the health and wellness of patients by providing advice and expertise that empowers biotech, med device, and pharmaceutical organizations of all sizes to confidently advance scientific breakthroughs and introduce new therapies. ProPharma partners with its clients through an advise-build-operate model across the complete product lifecycle. With deep domain expertise in regulatory sciences, clinical research solutions, quality & compliance, pharmacovigilance, medical information, and R&D technology, ProPharma offers an end-to-end suite of fully customizable consulting solutions that de-risk and accelerate our partners’ most high-profile drug and device programs.

Essential Functions:

• Oversee and contribute to developing ProPharma service line RFPs and proposals.
• Manage and direct RFP workflow across the Commercial Finance team, allocating work to team members as appropriate.
• Assist in developing and managing Request for Information (RFI) documents as requested.
• Assist in developing and maintaining RFP and proposal budget tools.
• Train other Commercial Finance team members in the preparation of RFP documents and other service line proposals for all ProPharma service lines.
• Manage and update all proposal-related templates for ProPharma service lines.
• In conjunction with Commercial Finance leadership, develop, collect, and monitor key performance indicator (KPI) metrics for Commercial Finance team.
• Liaise with service line subject matter experts (SMEs) and key opinion leaders/consultants supporting RFP and proposal responses.
• Support developing and maintaining RFP and RFI libraries for ProPharma corporate, service line, and technical experience/expertise collection.
• Gather business intelligence on competitor proposal strategies.
• Assist and perform final RFP and budget reviews for accuracy, grammar, completeness, and compliance with RFP requirements.
• Work with department heads to develop, update, and implement internal RFP and proposal processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Necessary Skills and Abilities:

• Highly numerate with good Excel skills.
• Proficiency in Word with excellent written English.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task within a matrix organization.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Willing to take on new responsibilities as required.
• Strong communication skills, including technical writing, and the ability to build visual presentations.
• Excellent time management, organizational, and record-keeping skills.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry; specific knowledge of industry trends in clinical development, functional service provider (FSP) outsourcing, regulatory affairs, and GMP/GCP/GLP compliance.

Educational Requirements:

• Required: Bachelor's degree.
• Preferred: Master's preferred.

Experience Requirements:

• 8 years’ experience within a clinical research organization (CRO) proposals/contracts team or CRO environment, or a minimum of 10 years of biotechnology or pharmaceutical budget and/or contract  experience.
• Experience in supporting and writing RFP responses.
• High degree of experience working in Excel-based budget tools.
• 5 years’ management experience

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