Senior Manager, R&D Procurement, Biomarkers Category
$122,000–$212,750 year
On-siteTampa, Florida, United States or Raritan, New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Develop global Innovative Medicine category strategy for Biomarkers, translating scientific and clinical needs into supplier segmentation, governance models, and contracting pathways. Lead sourcing approaches, RFx processes, and negotiations while managing supplier relationships, performance reviews, and risk mitigation across exploratory, primary, and secondary biomarker services. Partner with clinical trial, legal, finance, and vendor management teams to align procurement value with business priorities and drive disciplined project execution. Manage a dynamic supply market for companion diagnostics, next-generation sequencing, and multi-omics technologies to ensure speed to innovation and quality compliance.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 8 years of related working experience
- Strong business acumen
- Influencing skills
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills
- Strong verbal, written communication, and presentation skills
- Broad-based understanding of core procurement areas of focus (spend management, category management, supplier management, and negotiation)
- Demonstrated learning agility
- Demonstrated project management skills
- English
- Travel requirement: up to 10%
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree or advanced degree in sciences, business, supply chain, procurement, or related field
- Working experience in the pharmaceutical, MedTech, clinical development, laboratory services, diagnostics, central lab, biomarker, or CRO industry
- Experience with biomarkers, specialty labs, companion diagnostics, assay development, clinical trial services, central laboratories, or adjacent R&D/clinical/Supply Chain categories
- Experience working across geographies and with supplier relationships that cross category teams, business units, and sectors
- Experience using data, analytics, market intelligence, and approved GenAI tools to support sourcing, negotiation, contract review, spend analytics, supplier segmentation, or category strategy
- Experience leading or supporting a category strategy refresh, including assessing business needs, supplier market dynamics, stakeholder priorities, and implementation plans to advance category maturity and measurable business value
- Demonstrated ability to partner with business development, commercial, marketing, scientific, technology, regulatory, quality, finance, legal, and procurement stakeholders
- Advanced Analytics
- Business Data Analysis
- Business Savvy
- Category Management Strategy
- Competitive Landscape Analysis
- Contract Management
- Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
- Critical Thinking
- Leadership
- Market Savvy
- Mentorship
- Negotiation
- Organizing
- Performance Measurement
- Process Improvements
- Relationship Building
- Risk Management
- Spend Analysis
- Strategic Thinking
- Supplier Collaboration
- Sustainable Procurement
- Technical Credibility
- Vendor Selection
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