[Hiring] Senior Director Functional Planning & OnePlan Transformation @Excelya

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Director – Planning Transformation & Portfolio Excellence to drive the design and implementation of planning capabilities across a major enterprise transformation program. Acting as a planning expert, you will lead cross-functional workshops, define scalable planning frameworks, and ensure alignment between business functions, governance structures, and portfolio management processes.

• Lead multiple planning transformation workstreams and facilitate strategic planning workshops.
• Design and implement functional planning frameworks, templates, governance models, and milestone structures.
• Drive stakeholder alignment and decision-making across business functions.
• Develop cross-functional dependency maps and planning standards to support scalable execution.
• Translate workshop outcomes into implementation-ready deliverables for planning platform deployment.
• Partner with business and technical teams to ensure planning solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with governance requirements.
• Support pilot deployments and adoption activities for new planning processes and tools.
• Advise senior leadership on planning maturity, portfolio governance, and operating model evolution.
• Standardize planning practices across functions and contribute to broader transformation initiatives.
• Mentor project management and planning resources involved in the program.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, or related industries.
• Strong experience in drug development, portfolio management, project management, or planning transformation.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional planning initiatives and strategic workshops.
• Expertise in planning methodologies, portfolio governance, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), milestone frameworks, and operating models.
• Experience with planning and PPM tools such as OnePlan, Planisware, Planview, Clarity, or Microsoft Project.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and influence senior stakeholders in complex environments.
• Fluent English.

Benefits

• We combine passion for science with enthusiasm for teamwork to redefine excellence in healthcare.
• We are a young, ambitious health company representing 900 Excelyates, driven to become Europe’s leading mid-size CRO with the best employee experience.
• Our one-stop provider service model—offering full-service, functional service provider, and consulting—enables you to evolve through diverse projects.
• Working alongside preeminent experts, you will help improve scientific, operational, and human knowledge to enhance the patient's journey.
• Excelling with care means benefiting from an environment that values your natural talents, pushes boundaries with audacity, and nurtures your potential, allowing you to contribute fully to our shared mission.