Business Operations Manager - Tactical Budget Management

Business Operations Manager (BOM - tactical) Job Description Summary As a tactical BOM, you will participate in proactively supporting tactical budget activities across the Biomedical Research Translational Medicine (BR-TM) organization. The role strengthens op-erational budget consistency, improves financial risk detection, and ensures high-quality budget execution across budget life cycle early development related to TM deliverables. This role complements the end-to-end budget management and oversight under the Portfolio Resources and Finance Management group. Whilst not having any direct overall clinical budget responsibility the BOM needs to have a solid understanding of budget activities and forecasting. It is also of huge benefit that the TBM is familiar with basic clinical study/early development conduct terms and timings. Job Description Major accountabilities: Proactively provide tactical solutions for daily budget tasks during study conduct and other cross-TM cost activities. Serve as first contact for basic budget support and PO and invoice matters from study maintenance onward. Oversee and monitor PO activity and budget impact. Detect risks and communicate to Clinical Finance Manager. Deliver quarterly PO risk assessments on GR IR balances. Track budget impact from contracts and amendments. Support timely, current budget planning and forecasting. Ensure tracking systems and data sources are accurate and up to date. Support Therapeutic Area-level budget deliverables. Provide Clinical Finance Managers with PO-related financial risk inputs. Support end-of-trial budget activities. Partner with Clinical study team and drive timely, accurate PO closeouts. Identify budget risks and opportunities. Communicate and report to relevant stakeholders Contribute to process improvement. Support internal TM processes with guidance on requirements and best practices. Represent your function to deliver tactical support to Translational Management. Collect data and track KPIs and other performance indicators. Liaise with customers and partners to align actions and track deliverables. Maintain supporting IT systems to keep information accurate. Minimum Requirement Total experience of 10+ years Understanding of clinical study processes and ​Minimum 5 years’ experience in Clinical Operations (early development), procurement or trial budget execution. Strong communication and stakeholder management. Proactive problem solver. Ability to navigate financial systems and maintain data accuracy. Ability to prioritize work, multitask, manage time appropriately in a fast paced/high volume environment. Proven cGCP background Undergraduate degree, preferably in a scientific discipline or life science background or equivalent work experience Skills Desired Budget Management, Clinical Trials, Project Planning, Vendor Management, Waterfall Model Experience Level Mid Level