What are the responsibilities and job description for the Coordinator, Business Operations position at Sarepta Therapeutics?
Why Sarepta? Why Now?
The promise of genetic medicine has arrived, and Sarepta is at the forefront. We hold leadership positions in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs), and we currently have more than 40 programs in various stages of development in gene therapy, RNA and gene editing. In 2023, we launched our fourth therapy and the first ever gene therapy to treat Duchenne.
We're looking for people who see unlimited potential in themselves and who are motivated by an unwavering commitment to patients.
What Sarepta Offers
At Sarepta, we care deeply about all the people in our community and believe in the importance of supporting them in all aspects of their lives. We aspire to maintain a culture that acknowledges people bring their whole selves to work, and we will strive to help everyone in our community integrate their work and personal lives while maintaining productivity. We are committed to offering a range of benefits and work-life resources designed to support people in the following areas:
Physical and Emotional Wellness
Financial Wellness
Support for Caregivers
For a full list of our comprehensive benefits, see our website: https://www.sarepta.com/join-us
The Importance of the Role
As a member of our business operations team, you will have the opportunity to work with an improvement driven team to support cross functional communication with scientific leads, purchasing, legal, procurement, and finance teams. This role is part of a growing department dedicated to ensuring contracting, purchasing, and vendor management are managed consistently with a biased to financial responsibility and harmonization. This role will act as a bridge to ensure efficient processing for activities within R/D.The Opportunity to Make a Difference
In this exciting and dynamic position, you will have the opportunity to collaborate across the organization and help make an impact on patients' lives. In the past you will have workedina business or administrative function and have exuded a sense of urgency and passion for your work, while contributing to the departmental and company goals. The ideal candidate is proactive, analytical, and highly organized. In this role, you will be responsible for -
Providing financial and contract support to assigned departments as needed:
- Management of contracts and purchase orders: Manage contract requests and purchase orders for assigned functions, as well as for other functions on an ad hoc basis
- File organization and management: Maintain files and operations related documentation (e.g. project/study tracking, contracts, change orders, budgets, invoices) in a centralized, organized manner
- Accrual reporting: Work as a liaison between assigned functions and accounting team to report on and update monthly accruals based on project status, duration of activities, and total budget
- Budget monitoring and forecasting: Assist with creation of the annual budget and reforecasting, as needed, using information from assigned functional areas regarding activities, timelines, deliverables, and costs; support monthly or ad hoc reviews of actual budget versus forecast
- Meeting Coordination, as needed: Coordinate meetings with internal groups and external parties (i.e. vendors, as applicable), addressing all necessary details and documenting outcomes and action items as needed.
- Vendor Management: Ensure when possible, scientists are harmonizing vendors, utilizing historic vendors with established relationships and ensuring supported maintenance of approved vendor list for regulated projects.
- Supporting development of efficient, harmonized business practices across different groups and departments.
- Supporting a centralized research and business operations function to facilitate the smooth flow of business activities using professionalism, confidentiality, superior organizational skills, high level of attention to detail, responsiveness, and forward thinking/anticipating next steps.
- Proactively looking for ways to make processes more efficient.
More about You
- 3 years of successful experience in an administrative and/or business operations role strongly encouraged.
- Bachelors or Associates degree preferred.
- Excellent technical skills with Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Experience in a bio-tech company preferred.
- Superior organizational skills including strong attention to detail and accuracy, the ability to prioritize and organize multiple projects, meet deadlines, problem-solve, and multi-task.
- Proven track record in performing well in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be collegial and a self-motivated high performer who brings positive attitude and energy to the job.
- Ability to work independently, anticipate next steps, and exercise confidentiality.
- Excellent communication skills are a must.
What Now?
We're always looking for solution-oriented, critical thinkers.
So, if you're comfortable with ambiguity and candor, relish challenging yourself, and place kindness and integrity at the forefront of how you approach your peers and work, then we encourage you to apply.
Salary : $52,000 - $65,000
