Associate Director/Director, Corporate Planning

At Genmab, we're committed to building extra[not]ordinary futures together, by developing antibody products and pioneering, knock-your-socks-off therapies that change the lives of patients and the future of cancer treatment and serious diseases. From our people who are caring, candid, and impact-driven to our business, which is innovative and rooted in science, we believe that being proudly unique, determined to be our best, and authentic is essential to fulfilling our purpose.

Role & department
The Corporate Planning and Governance team focusses on facilitating and managing multiple processes around strategy development, anchoring and execution. This is a pivotal role in driving Genmab's ambition as we march towards our 2030 vision.

As (Associate) Director you and your fellow team members will be responsible for defining and developing various processes related to managing and anchoring Genmab's strategic roadmap, as well as overseeing and implementing these processes.

This role involves working closely with all levels of management and functions across Genmab to ensure understanding and effective translation and monitoring of progress against our strategic roadmap and related strategic initiatives. Your goal will be to ensure that strategic activities are well defined, making them measurable so progress can be tracked, and conversations are backed by objective insights.

Specific focus therefore will be on turning strategic initiatives into clear programs and promoting a metric-driven approach to help Genmab effectively steer its strategy and achieve the benefits.

The (Associate) Director will ensure our leadership teams understand and fulfill their roles in guiding this transformational journey by embracing and supporting a metric-driven mindset. The (Associate) Director will work with many stakeholders across the organization and, together with the Corporate Planning and Governance team, implement and utilize a benefit realization framework.

The (Associate) Director will report to the Sr. Director and Global Head of Corporate Planning and Governance. As the Corporate Planning & Governance department is a relatively new function at Genmab. The (Associate) Director of Corporate Planning & Governance brings an entrepreneurial and creative spirit.

Interviews scheduled for week 36/37

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Process Development and Management

• Oversee the development and refinement of the company's strategic planning process, aligning with the strategic annual wheel and corporate planning calendar.
• Develop methodologies and tools in close collaboration with the Strategy Office and Corporate Planning and Governance team members Strategic initiative translation
• Work closely with all levels of management and functions across Genmab to ensure understanding and effective translation of the strategic roadmap in relevant strategic initiatives
• Convert these strategic initiatives into well-defined programs, ensuring alignment with corporate goals.

Metrics driven Organization

• Identify and advocate Genmab's metric-driven landscape by evaluating and describing the current maturity level of Genmab in using a metric-driven approach
• Improve company goal setting process and develop key performance indicators (KPI) and metrics to measure success and track progress.
• Further develop the strategy dashboard and monitor through dashboard review and company goal reporting.
• Utilize a benefit realization framework to help define measurable outcomes and ensure data-driven decision-making
• In close collaboration with your team members improve the Corporate Planning & Governance further shape these team responsibilities

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Act as a liaison between executive leadership and various organizational functions to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across departments.
• Ensure leadership teams understand and act on their roles in guiding the transformation journey with a metrics-driven mindset.
• Support governance and decision-making trough objective, data driven insights

As a person

• The (Associate) Director of Corporate Planning & Governance will hold a high-profile position, playing a critical support role to the Executive Committee and functional leadership teams.
• The person is a true team player and success in this role will require entrepreneurial, creative, and collaborative mindset.
• This will be an hands-on and flexible role as complementary functions across the organization are onboarded.

Furthermore:

• Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict and influence teams beyond individuals who are direct reports.
• Acting as a liaison with cross-functional team members to ensure timely completion of all deliverables.
• Establish and develop effective business relationships with key business functions to deliver solutions which align with business strategies.
• Knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting, and risk management
• Demonstrated experience overseeing global teams and enterprise-wide initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business Administration, or related field.
• 12 + years of experience in high paced, complex organizations, pharma/biotech experience preferred.
• Potential Top tier consultancy exit .

Required Skills:

• Entrepreneur, show-cased by a creative and flexible mindset.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Critical thinker, able to draw insights and connections.
• Ability to influence or lead without direct authority
• Ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams.
• Proficient in project management and capable of managing multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, international, and evolving environment, with the flexibility to adjust to changing priorities.
• Strong capability to work both collaboratively in a group setting and independently.
• Demonstrated sensitivity and integrity when interacting with upper management.

Working Conditions:

• Office environment with the possibility of remote work.
• Regular meetings with various departments and leadership teams.
• Some travel may be required for training and implementation purposes.
• This job profile aims to attract a candidate who is adept at guiding an organization through change, ensuring that initiatives are implemented effectively and are aligned with the organization's strategic goals.

About You

• You are passionate about our purpose and genuinely care about our mission to transform the lives of patients through innovative cancer treatment
• You bring rigor and excellence to all that you do. You are a fierce believer in our rooted-in-science approach to problem-solving
• You are a generous collaborator who can work in teams with diverse backgrounds
• You are determined to do and be your best and take pride in enabling the best work of others on the team
• You are not afraid to grapple with the unknown and be innovative
• You have experience working in a fast-growing, dynamic company (or a strong desire to)
• You work hard and are not afraid to have a little fun while you do so

Locations
Genmab leverages the effectiveness of an agile working environment, when possible, for the betterment of employee work-life balance. Our offices are designed as open, community-based spaces that work to connect employees while being immersed in our state-of-the-art laboratories. Whether you're in one of our collaboratively designed office spaces or working remotely, we thrive on connecting with each other to innovate.

About Genmab
Genmab is an international biotechnology company with a core purpose guiding its unstoppable team to strive towards improving the lives of patients through innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For more than 20 years, its passionate, innovative and collaborative team has invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and leveraged translational research and data sciences, which has resulted in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers, next-generation immune checkpoint modulators, effector function enhanced antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates. To help develop and deliver novel antibody therapies to patients, Genmab has formed 20+ strategic partnerships with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. By 2030, Genmab's vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and other serious diseases with Knock-Your-Socks-Off (KYSOTM) antibody medicines.

Established in 1999, Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark with locations in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. and Tokyo, Japan.

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Location: Copenhagen - Carl Jacobsens Vej 30

Additional location:

• Utrecht