About This Role

As the Director, Finance Head of Clinical Portfolio, you'll play a pivotal role within the R&D Finance team, reporting directly to the Head of R&D Finance. This position involves managing a dynamic team of six direct reports and offers substantial exposure to senior leadership, including the CFO and Executive Committee. Your primary responsibility will be financial ownership of the Clinical Development Plan (CDP) and overall R&D program spending. You will work closely with Senior R&D leaders to shape and influence strategic investment decisions, providing critical financial insights to drive effective decision-making. Your strategic leadership will be invaluable as you oversee the Program Financial Planning team, ensuring Biogen's clinical trials are well-supported and aligned with governance perspectives. This high-impact role requires strong financial acumen, management skills, and the ability to multitask effectively within a complex organizational structure.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the financial partner to R&D program teams, owning forecasts for program CDPs.
• Collaborate with various key stakeholders across multiple organizations, including program teams, study teams, external CROs, and Procurement.
• Provide financial insights to drive decision-making and assess program economics, business cases, and scenario planning.
• Oversee clinical trials, ensuring support from a forecasting and governance perspective.
• Approve purchase orders related to trials that have gained appropriate governance committee approval.
• Utilize analytics and benchmarks to produce and regularly update an accurate study model.
• Maintain fiscal vigilance on program spend and trends; identify risks and business drivers.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and participate in R&D initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with all corporate timelines and processes associated with forecasts.
• Support Corporate in prioritizing portfolio investments.
• Aid in business development activities on CDP costing.

Who You Are

You possess a strategic mindset with a distinctive ability to think critically and analytically. Your comfort in navigating complex matrixed environments allows you to influence effectively, particularly with senior leadership. With a high sense of urgency and ownership, your exceptional follow-through and communication skills are evident in everything you do. You are adept at quantitative analysis and modeling, and your leadership skills enable you to manage direct reports while also leading without direct authority. Your proficiency in PowerPoint and Hyperion is exceptional, and your knowledge of drug development and life sciences is evident.

Required Skills

• BS/BA in Finance, Accounting, or an equivalent qualification. MBA preferred.
• A minimum of ten years of progressive finance or related experience.
• Strong financial and analytical skills.
• Ability to shape and influence strategic investment decisions.
• Experience working in a highly matrixed environment.
• Distinctive quantitative and modeling skills.
• Excellent PowerPoint and Hyperion skills.
• Knowledge of drug development and life sciences is a must.

Additional Information

Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.

Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.

In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees' and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
• Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
• Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
• A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
• Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
• 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
• Employee Resource Groups participation

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.Read onto learn more about our DE&I efforts.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.