Vacatures manager Hilversum

At Genmab, we are dedicated to building extra[not]ordinary® futures, together, by developing antibody products and groundbreaking, knock-your-socks-off KYSO antibody medicines® that change lives and the future of cancer treatment and serious diseases. We strive to create, champion and maintain a global workplace where individuals’ unique contributions are valued and drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our patients, care partners, families and employees.

Our people are compassionate, candid, and purposeful, and our business is innovative and rooted in science. We believe that being proudly authentic and determined to be our best is essential to fulfilling our purpose. Yes, our work is incredibly serious and impactful, but we have big ambitions, bring a ton of care to pursuing them, and have a lot of fun while doing so.

Does this inspire you and feel like a fit? Then we would love to have you join us!

You will support the head of Development Sourcing and Vendor Management. This leadership role will drive, collaborate, and advise on the end-to-end contracting & outsourcing process for development services with external service providers/vendors e.g., Contract Research Organizations (CROs), and ancillary service providers to support the development pipeline. The role will build contracting & outsourcing strategies and create leading practices which improve values, minimize risk & cost, ensure quality, and create scalability in a dynamic and growing business demand setting.

The key accountability of this role is to lead the end-to-end contracting & outsourcing process, in close collaboration with departments in Development to facilitate timely, fit for purpose contracts, by:

• Building and managing global team of outsourcing professionals and support their career development and objective performance management.
• Providing leadership and oversight for the Development Sourcing and Vendor Management team, accountable for outsourcing and contracting processes with external service providers.
• Being responsible for the alignment of category strategies within the Development Sourcing and Vendor Management team.
• Advising line of business on future best practices by leveraging on risk, performance and relationship lessons learned.
• Support the team in defining, implementing, and maintaining the outsourcing strategies within the assigned clinical development services for their categories.
• Taking the lead in and actively influence continuous improvement initiatives that will generate comprehensive processes; delineate roles/responsibilities; and promote quality. Support the team in managing vendor governance including performance management i.e., chair the provider-Genmab Governance Meetings, drive contract issue escalation and resolution as well as risk mitigation and process optimization, identify improvement and trending activities for better collaboration with the external service provider. Driving the request for outsourcing process. Driving the vendor evaluation. Enabling the vendor selection. Driving the contract process (initiation, negotiation, execution, and scope changes) for master service agreements as well as monetary agreements i.e., task orders/statement of works and change orders.

Furthermore, this role will play an important part in the further development of the global outsourcing, contract management and vendor governance processes together with the entire Development Sourcing and Vendor Management team and stakeholders in R&D, Legal, IT&D, Finance, Compliance & Risk, QA, and Global Procurement.

• Coordinate Sourcing for New Trials: Responsible for coordinating sourcing for new trials to ensure efficient and effective trial operations.
• Point of Contact for Global Clinical Trial Managers: Acts as the primary point of contact, facilitate communication and resolve issues.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 10+ years of industry related experience.
• Proven experience in clinical vendor management.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities.
• Previous experience in leading a team.

• Ability to work successfully under pressure in a fast-paced environment and with tight timelines.
• Ability to be proactive, enthusiastic and goal oriented.
• Excellent coordination and project management abilities.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• A team player with demonstrated ability to collaborate with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Scientists, Trial Managers, Data Managers, Clinicians, vendors) to support the overall development strategy.

This position will be reporting to the Head of Development Sourcing & Vendor Management.

• You are genuinely passionate about our purpose.
• You bring precision and excellence to all that you do.
• You believe in our rooted-in-science approach to problem-solving.
• You are a generous collaborator who can work in teams with a broad spectrum of backgrounds.
• You take pride in enabling the best work of others on the team.
• You can 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!

Genmab maximizes the efficiency of an agile working environment, when possible, for the betterment of employee work-life balance. Our offices are crafted as open, community-based spaces that work to connect employees while being immersed in our powerful laboratories. Whether you’re in one of our office spaces or working remotely, we thrive on connecting with each other to innovate.

Genmab is an international biotechnology company with a core purpose to improve the lives of patients through innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For 25 years, its hard-working, innovative and collaborative team has invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and harnessed translational, quantitative and data sciences, resulting in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers, antibody-drug conjugates, next-generation immune checkpoint modulators and effector function-enhanced antibodies. By 2030, Genmab’s vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and other serious diseases with Knock-Your-Socks-Off (KYSO®) antibody medicines. Established in 1999, Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark with international presence across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.