BeOne continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.
General Description:
The Associate Director, Regulatory Business Operations will play a critical role in enabling our company’s expanding external partnership model, including incubator collaborations, co-development arrangements, minority investments, and in-licensing/out-licensing opportunities. Sitting within the Regulatory Affairs organization, this role serves as the operational hub connecting Business Development (BD), Regulatory functions, Finance, and Governance.
This individual will act as an extension of the Chief of Staff, driving the operational processes that ensure Regulatory is positioned to support external opportunities with speed, precision, and discipline. The role combines intake and triage management, resource forecasting, governance coordination, reporting, and light project management into a single, high‑impact function.
This is a unique opportunity for a highly organized, analytical, and collaborative professional to shape how Regulatory supports a rapidly evolving portfolio of internal and external collaborations.
Essential Functions of the job:
Intake & Triage Management
Serve as the primary operational point of contact for BD‑initiated opportunities.
Manage the intake process, ensuring complete and consistent information capture.
Collaborate with SMEs to conduct rapid opportunity characterization (scope, risks, timelines, Regulatory impact).
Work with Senior leadership to identify and assign the Regulatory Single Point of Contact for early‑stage assessments.
Develop, maintain and refine intake tools, templates, and workflows.
Resource & Capacity Planning
Lead the development of a validated, algorithm‑based approach for estimating study‑level Regulatory Affairs FTE needs, in close collaboration and alignment with Regulatory Affairs teams and other R&D and corporate functions.
Track functional demand vs. capacity and identify gaps or constraints.
Support forecast cycles and partner with Finance on budget implications.
Contracting Support
Coordinate GRA’s input into partnership contracts by gathering requirements, aligning stakeholders, and partnering with Legal and Procurement to ensure contractual terms reflect GRA’s governance, operational, and oversight needs.
Governance & Operating Rhythm
Establish and coordinate governance forums related to external partnerships (e.g., BD–Regulatory syncs, LT updates).
Prepare materials, decision summaries, and action logs.
Acting as project manger, ensure timely follow‑up and alignment across Regulatory functions.
Maintain a consistent operating cadence that supports rapid decision‑making.
Tracking, Reporting & Insights
Maintain the central tracker for all BD‑related opportunities.
Establish mechanisms for capturing actual resource utilization and cost, including timecard reporting in Workday or related systems.
Develop dashboards and reports that provide visibility into pipeline, resource load, risks, and cycle times.
Identify trends, bottlenecks, and opportunities for process improvement.
Provide regular updates to Regulatory leadership and cross‑functional partners.
Project Management Support
Provide PM support for high‑priority or complex external engagements.
Coordinate timelines, deliverables, and cross‑functional alignment.
Lead or support integration activities for in-license or acquisition scenarios.
Ensure Regulatory deliverables are on track and risks are escalated appropriately.
Strategic Partnership with GRA Chief of Staff
Act as an operational extension of the Chief of Staff.
Support strategic planning, prioritization, and escalation management.
Contribute to the evolution of the operating model as the external partnership portfolio grows.
Required
Bachelor's degree with 8+ OR master's degree with 6+ years of experience in Regulatory Affairs, R&D Operations, Program/Portfolio Management, or a related function.
Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams.
Demonstrated ability to work cross‑functionally and influence without authority.
Experience with resource planning, forecasting, or operational analytics.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to synthesize information for senior stakeholders.
Comfort operating in ambiguity and building structure/ processes where none exist.
Preferred
Experience supporting BD, external partnerships, or alliance management.
Familiarity with Regulatory processes across clinical development, CMC, and submissions.
Experience with dashboards, reporting tools, or operational systems.
Background in consulting, PMO, or business operations.
Global Competencies
When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Driving Excellence, Bold Ingenuity and Collaborative Spirit, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.
BeOne is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation packages are determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location. Packages may vary by location due to differences in the cost of labor. The recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for a preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the listed range reflects the base salary or hourly range only. Non-Commercial roles are eligible to participate in the annual bonus plan, and Commercial roles are eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan. All Company employees have the opportunity to own shares of BeOne Medicines Ltd. stock because all employees are eligible for discretionary equity awards and to voluntarily participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company has a comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. BeOne does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and any other applicable federal, state or local laws, applicants who require reasonable accommodation in the job application process may contact accommodationsus@beonemed.com.