We are looking for Operations Associate for our client in South San Francisco, CA
Job Title: Operations Associate
Job Location: South San Francisco, CA
Job Type: Contract
Pay Range: $49.55hr - $54.55hr
Job Overview:
Provides analytical, operational and specialized support to leaders and teams, enabling effective execution of business priorities. Coordinates activities across teams and stakeholders, helping ensure alignment, follow-through and effective ways of working.
Duties:
- Work may involve sensitive or confidential information and requires sound judgment, discretion and proactive problem-solving.
- Responsibilities may span a range of business and operational activities within the functional remit.
External Job Ad Text:
- At our client, we are passionate about transforming patients lives.
- Global Product Strategy (GPS) drives the business strategy at the organization from research to commercialization.
- GPS collaborates closely with teams across the organization to bring new therapies to the market and maximize the launched product portfolio.
- As an integral part of GPS, the CVRM Therapeutic Area contributes to delivering the ambition of delivering 20 transformative medicines by 2029.
- As a member of the Operations Partner Team, our focus is to enable individuals and teams to operate at their highest efficiency, being responsive to change and fit for the future.
- We provide tailored business and team operations support to the CVRM Therapeutic Area team, ensuring continuity, coordination, and effective execution of work.
- As a communicative and proactive Operations Partner, the candidate will work with minimal direction, applying sound judgment to prioritize, make recommendations and identify solutions.
Mindset and Behavior Profile:
- Agile mindset (speed, stability, flexibility) works according to and brings the agile mindset concept into daily operations, embracing transparency, candor, input and feedback.
- Customer Centric Mindset internal and external.
- A creative and growth mindset, with curiosity for new technologies and ways of working.
- High willingness to take ownership and a can-do mindset.
- Giving and receiving feedback.
- Manage and enable change.
- Develop an understanding of the broader business context and connect day-to-day activities with team and functional priorities.
Capabilities Required:
- Enterprise thinking act on behalf of the enterprise, lead with inclusion and build company reputation.
- Consultative excellence to proactively shape solutions that accelerate Therapeutic Area priorities and stakeholder success.
- Comfort with challenging the status quo, influencing change and navigating a global network, embracing work in self-organized teams and proactively contributing to improving the Operations Partner community.
- Strong collaboration, communication and facilitation skills, negotiation and influencing abilities, and presentation skills.
- Superior and independent judgment and discretion with sensitive, confidential and proprietary information.
- Ability to build trust and confidence with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Seek to simplify, prioritize and act with urgency focusing on the right work, taking smart risks, speaking up and challenging, fostering learning and creativity, and collaborating and building networks.
- Apply sound judgment and a growing understanding of the business to prioritize work and identify practical solutions.
- Use project management approaches appropriate to the work to organize activities, coordinate stakeholders and support delivery through to completion.
- Be curious about and increasingly leverage AI and digital tools to simplify work, improve productivity and enable more effective ways of working.
Areas of Focus:
Depending on day-to-day responsibilities and the functional remit, an Operations Partner may have a greater focus on one of the following areas, alongside the common responsibilities of the role:
- Executive Partnership: Providing high-touch operational partnership to senior leaders, helping coordinate priorities, key interactions and complex activities while anticipating needs and enabling effective use of leadership time.
- Core Operations Partner Support: Enabling effective business and team operations through coordinated workflows, operational processes, digital tools and continuous improvement.
- Operational Program Support: Coordinating projects, work packages and cross-functional activities, connecting stakeholders, actions, timelines and priorities to support effective execution.
Operations Partner Responsibilities:
- Actively participate in meetings, promoting new ways of working and improvements to work processes, as well as sharing ideas and support amongst colleagues.
- Act in a professional and exemplary manner whilst supporting change management activities.
- Enable effective virtual collaboration within CVRM TA through the effective use of enterprise collaboration platforms and digital tools.
- Coordinate work packages and projects, including prioritization, planning, stakeholder coordination, progress tracking and development of solutions.
- Support business and team priorities by coordinating actions, timelines and follow-up across stakeholders.
- Prepare and synthesize relevant information and updates to support discussions, recommendations and decision-making.
- Proactively identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve ways of working.
- Explore and apply AI-enabled and digital tools where appropriate to improve coordination, information management and operational workflows.
- Coordinate business and administrative activities through agreed intake channels, including meeting logistics, recruitment, contract and compliance support, ensuring continuity and effective execution of work.
- Support effective ways of working by helping connect priorities, stakeholders and follow-through across the functional remit.
Candidate Profile:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience working in diverse and complex organizational cultures and structures and embracing the concept of constantly adapting to support 10-year ambitions.
- Tech savvy and proficient with technology applications, with an interest in exploring new digital tools and curiosity about AI and its potential to improve how work gets done.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to track and manage projects through to completion.
- Comfortable applying project management principles to organize work, coordinate activities and manage competing priorities.
- Interested in developing business acumen and understanding how work contributes to broader team and functional priorities.
- Maintains a collaborative, professional, highly responsive and team-oriented approach to the workplace.
- Ability to work independently and with a team effectively.
- Ability to see the big picture and incorporate problem solving, critical thinking and tactical execution into daily work.
- Maintains calm in a fast-paced environment with an ability to multitask and prioritize numerous projects.
- Maintains confidentiality and discretion.
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Benefits
Our Benefits Include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
- Supplemental Insurance Plans
- Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Wellness Programs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities
Disclaimer: Benefits eligibility, accrual rates, and usage limits may vary based on employment status, length of service, and work location. Paid Sick Leave is provided in strict accordance with applicable state and municipal mandates. Cynet Systems Inc. reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate any benefit plans at any time in accordance with applicable laws.
About Cynet Systems
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the Washington, DC metro area, Cynet Systems Inc. is a leading technology staffing and workforce solutions company serving Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and enterprise organizations across the United States and Canada. We deliver agile, scalable talent solutions across IT, engineering, life sciences, clinical, and professional staffing, powered by a high-performing recruitment engine operating across North America and Asia.
As a nationally and locally certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Cynet Systems is committed to helping organizations build high-performing teams while empowering professionals to grow rewarding careers. Our organization is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II standards, reflecting our commitment to quality, security, operational excellence, and customer success.
