Associate Director, Strategy & Operations, Content Accelerator

**Job Description**This role represents a unique opportunity for professional growth and strategic impact. As a key leadership position, this role will ensure the Content Accelerator team operates effectively and efficiently, driving alignment, orchestration, and execution across a complex global stakeholder ecosystem. The role is responsible for streamlining communication, managing executive-level agendas, and ensuring the VP is fully equipped for high-stakes engagements and strategic decision-making forums. Working closely with peer Strategy & Operations leaders across GHQ, US, DHH and critical HHI markets, this role will coordinate on strategic planning cycles, align on shared priorities, and ensure consistent communication of strategic imperatives to the VP. Acting as the connective tissue between strategy and execution, this role enables the VP to anticipate shifts, identify risks and opportunities early, and co-shape strategic course corrections when necessary. The primary objective is to deliver outcomes that advance the Content Accelerator’s goals while ensuring strategic coherence across GHQ, markets and other functions priorities. This role also leads the ongoing tactical operations of the Content Accelerator team, including the organization and facilitation of key meetings, oversight and strategic pull-through of major projects, programs, and communications.**Responsibilities:*** Ensure the VP is adequately prepared for all engagements by coordinating with relevant subject matter experts within the organization and prepare appropriate, supportive documents that highlight critical strategic context.* Identify emerging trends, tensions, or misalignments and partner with the VP to shape strategic pivots or adjustments as needed.* Represent Content Accelerate goals and support the process to incorporate them into priorities. Facilitate integrated objective setting and quarterly business reviews in partnership with the Content Accelerate workstream leads and HHOC PMO & Change Management team.* Provide operational insights and support to the executive team, assisting in implementing critical decisions that drive desired outcomes and positively impact the organization* Support in managing the Content Accelerator’s operating budget, ensuring alignment of financial planning and resource allocation with strategic priorities.* Manage team priorities by ensuring realization of defined goals, cross- hub integration, and on-going tactical operations with critical stakeholders from DHH, Global Franchises, HR, Finance, HHI, and HH US* Oversee large and often cross-functional organization wide projects or initiatives in support of strategic priorities* Manage a high level of confidential and sensitive information and data, ensuring discretion and appropriate handling of all materials in the fulfillment of duties* Develop appropriate content for meetings e.g. Content Accelerator Get Togethers, Engagements with Global Franchises, HHI and markets and other activities of similar scope* Assist in the implementation of initiatives and strategies that incrementally build and strengthen the culture within Content Accelerator team, including initiatives targeting leadership and the broader organization (e.g., team-building activities, Volunteer Days, etc.)* Collaborate with change and communications teams to ensure that messages reflect the current thinking of the Content Accelerator organization and are tailored for the intended audience.**Qualifications & Skills:****Required*** Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, operations management or related field* At least 5 years of professional experience in roles requiring cross-functional coordination with a comprehensive understanding of marketing, digital and data analytics within a pharmaceutical or biotech company with a global footprint* Exceptional interpersonal and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to work effectively with teams and stakeholders at all levels of the organization. Including mandating accountability to senior stakeholders and completion pull through.* Exceptional program management skills with ability to handle multiple outcome-focused initiatives simultaneously* Ability to organize and convey information and messages clearly and effectively across the enterprise, including senior leadership* Excellent written / verbal communication and presentation capabilities* Strong strategic analysis skills with ability to translate into realization proposal**Preferred*** MBA / Master’s degree* Strong business acumen and ability to drive initiative forward: proven track record of “getting things done”* Proven track record in strategy consolidation and problem solving* Excellent project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple outcome-focused initiatives simultaneously* Ability to work through white space, with learning agility Strategic thinker with innovative mindset and ability to make critical decisions and recommendations among a range of strategic choices* Strong written / verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and ability to craft clear and concise materials for diverse audiences* Skilled in organizational alignment and stakeholder management, adept at building consensus and driving collaboration across diverse teams and leadership levels to support enterprise-wide goals**Required Skills:**Adaptability, Adaptability, Agile Project Management, Business Administration, Business Decisions, Business Management, Business Reviews, Business Strategies, Communication, Data-Driven Decision Making, Developing Proposals, Digital Analytics, Emerging Trends, Employee Performance Evaluations, Environmental Scanning, Executive Communications, Feasibility Studies, Financial Management, Leadership, Market Research, Operations Management, Oral Communications, Organizational Alignment, Pharmaceutical Market, Portfolio Management {+ 5 more}**Preferred Skills:**Current Employees applyCurrent Contingent Workers apply**US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:**Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. 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