About This Role
The Senior Category Manager, Lab Testing Services is responsible for the strategic management of Biogen’s spend across laboratory testing services supporting Research, Development, Manufacturing, and Commercial functions. This role partners closely with cross‑functional stakeholders to understand business priorities, translate requirements into category strategies, and deliver measurable value aligned with both Procurement and enterprise objectives.
The Senior Category Manager serves as a trusted advisor to internal customers and senior leaders by aggregating stakeholder input, leveraging data and market intelligence, and providing fact‑based recommendations. The role also contributes to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, innovation, and risk management across the lab testing services landscape. This position reports to the Procurement Director, Scientific Products & Services.
What You’ll Do
Category Strategy & Management
Develop, implement, and continuously evolve category strategies for Lab Testing Services that align with Biogen’s business objectives and procurement priorities, including:
Clinical trials central and specialty labs
Biomarkers testing
Analytical testing of drug product
Patient safety and genetic testing
Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders across R&D, Manufacturing, Commercial, Quality, Legal, and Finance to understand demand drivers, align strategies, and drive adoption.
Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor to senior leadership on lab testing services procurement, market dynamics, and supplier capabilities.
Monitor market trends, emerging technologies, supplier landscapes, and regulatory considerations to inform category direction and mitigate risk.
Leverage spend analytics, market research, and cost models to identify high‑value opportunities related to cost optimization and service performance.
Strategic Sourcing & Contracting
Lead end‑to‑end sourcing initiatives, including RFX development, supplier evaluation, negotiations, and award recommendations.
Own and lead all Master Service Agreement negotiations within the Lab Testing Services category.
Partner with category analysts and procurement operations to execute sourcing strategies efficiently and maximize value realization.
Stakeholder Management
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, managing expectations and resolving issues throughout the procurement lifecycle.
Facilitate clear and consistent communication with stakeholders, ensuring transparency on sourcing activities, supplier performance, and category outcomes.
Continuous Improvement
Identify and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance procurement processes, supplier performance, and business outcomes.
Promote best practices in category management, sourcing, and supplier engagement across the organization.
Who You Are
You are an experienced procurement professional who thrives in a collaborative, matrixed environment and enjoys partnering with diverse stakeholders to deliver strategic and operational results.
Required Experience & Skills
7+ years of relevant procurement or category management experience.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field required. Advanced degree preferred.
Demonstrated expertise in category management, including development and execution of category strategies informed by internal and external market factors.
Proven experience leading complex negotiations and managing commercial and contractual terms.
Strong project management skills, with the ability to plan and prioritize work, manage competing demands, and lead multiple initiatives concurrently.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence peers, stakeholders, and senior leaders.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in the biotech, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industry.
Knowledge of, or prior experience with, laboratory testing services.
Professional certification such as C.P.M. or CPSM is desirable.
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Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of relevant procurement or category management experience
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- Demonstrated expertise in category management
- Proven experience leading complex negotiations
- Strong project management skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Biogen Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Biogen and has not been reviewed or approved by Biogen.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive and often perceived as fair across roles, with total compensation framed as strong when bonus and equity are included. Compensation sentiment is described as above-average overall, though it varies by function and business cycle.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity programs are repeatedly highlighted as a meaningful part of the total package, including stock programs and an employee stock purchase plan. Equity and bonus elements are portrayed as important contributors to feeling well rewarded beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are described as distinctive, including a year-end shutdown and a paid sabbatical after extended tenure. Vacation, holidays, sick time, and personal-significance days are also presented as supportive of work-life needs.
Biogen Insights
What We Do
Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies worldwide for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Founded in 1978, Biogen is a pioneer in biotechnology and today the Company has the leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first and only approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is at the forefront of neurology research for conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biogen also manufactures and commercializes biosimilars of advanced biologics. With approximately 7000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries. For more information, please visit www.biogen.com. Follow us on social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube.
