Director, Operations Lead - Private-Public Partnership (Tolling)

CSL Behring Vifor seeks a Director, Operations Lead for its Private-Public Partnership Centre of Excellence to govern PPP operations, optimize evaluation toolkits, and align internal governance with strategic business cycles.

This position serves as the operational backbone for CSL’s Private-Public Partnership Centre of Excellence. The role is responsible for establishing and maintaining the governance frameworks, data systems, and internal networks that support both external government engagements and internal deal origination efforts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine the evaluation toolkit for government partnerships, including standardized business case templates and decision criteria.
• Coordinate with Financial Business Planning to ensure eNPV, P&L, and Long-Range Planning models reflect current assumptions.
• Oversee the PPP Stage Gate methodology, ensuring qualification criteria and approval governance are up to date.
• Identify and implement new tools to enhance the Centre of Excellence’s efficiency, resilience, and sustainability.
• Manage the PPP governance rhythm by preparing and leading the PPP Taskforce and related committees.
• Align PPP activities with enterprise-wide cycles, including Strategic Planning, LRP, and Market Demand & Capacity Planning.
• Propose updates to governance structures and formats for better internal stakeholder connection.
• Proactively identify stakeholder engagement needs and organize these interactions.
• Maintain a qualified opportunity pipeline in close collaboration with the Director of PPP Engagements.
• Define the transition process from opportunity identification to execution, including operational plans, resourcing, and KPIs.
• Ensure accurate capture and maintenance of PPP data in enterprise systems such as GTMS, Rapid Response, and I360.
• Design and operate dashboards with Insights & Analytics partners to track PPP metrics and deal performance.
• Create and maintain a central repository for PPP documents, templates, and insights.
• Collaborate with Competitive Intelligence to keep market and competitor insights current.
• Implement a lessons-learned process for won and lost opportunities to improve future frameworks.
• Map internal and external stakeholders and events relevant to PPP commercial development.
• Establish an annual plan for external engagements for the PPP Centre of Excellence team.
• Foster a cross-functional network across Commercial, Strategy, Finance, Legal, Operations, and Supply Chain.
• Build internal awareness of CSL’s PPP service offerings and provide local teams with strategic playbooks.

Requirements

• Senior professional experience in setting up and managing commercial operations.
• Strong project management skills with a track record of leading and delivering complex projects.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build rapport across a wide range of internal functions.
• Ability to influence leadership and peers without direct authority.
• Deep knowledge of CSL’s organizational structure, people, and processes.
• Over 10 years of progressive experience in the international biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry, focusing on commercial operations or cross-functional project leadership in a global matrix environment.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree or certification in project management.
• Direct leadership experience.

What the company offers

• Flexible work location within EU time zones.
• Hybrid work model requiring three days of onsite presence per week.

About the company

CSL Behring Vifor is a global partner of choice for pharmaceuticals and innovative therapies in iron deficiency and nephrology. The company specializes in strategic global partnering, in-licensing, and the development, manufacturing, and marketing of products for precision healthcare. Inclusion and belonging are central to its mission, driving innovation through curiosity and empathy.

• Global partner of choice for innovative therapies in iron deficiency and nephrology.
• Specializes in strategic global partnering and precision healthcare products.
• Core values of inclusion and belonging fuel innovation through curiosity and empathy.