Chief of Staff, Clinical Operations EME

A family-owned company, bioMérieux has grown to become a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics. For 60 years and across the world, we have imagined and developed innovative diagnostics solutions to improve public health. Today, our teams are spread across 45 countries and serve 160 countries with the support of a large distribution network.
Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture.

The Chief of Staff reports to the EME VP as a strategic advisor. Your role is pivotal in supporting the EME VP in steering the organization towards the full potential ambition. It’s about transforming strategy from a concept into impact, guiding our collective journey forward.
The focus of this position is quality & timely execution of decisions made by the EME Clinical Operations Leadership team. You will lead our strategic planning efforts and make sure the mission, vision and direction are clear to everyone. You will foster effective leadership and nurture connections. Under your guidance, all our activities align with our strategy.

What will your responsibilities be within bioMérieux?

Strategy and Planning: As a strategic advisor to VP EME, provide insight and support for excellent decision making
-Prepare for VP EME for business reviews, leadership meetings and events.
-Develop the action goals, measure progress and provide updates to 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

Execution: 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
-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
 
Communication: 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

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

bioMérieux welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.