At Genmab, we’re committed to building extra[not]ordinary futures together, by developing antibody products and pioneering, knock-your-socks-off therapies that change the lives of patients and the future of cancer treatment and serious diseases. From our people who are caring, candid, and impact-driven to our business, which is innovative and rooted in science, we believe that being proudly unique, determined to be our best, and authentic is essential to fulfilling our purpose.

The Role & Department

The Associate Director, Vendor Management, will play a pivotal role in managing the relationships with the clinical vendors as well as coordinate and manage outsourcing of new trials. The role will include responsibilities in – and is not limited to - the following areas.

Key Account Manager:

• Coordinate Sourcing for New Trials: Responsible for coordinating sourcing for new trials to ensure efficient and effective trial operations.
• Point of Contact for Global Clinical Trial Managers: Act as the primary point of contact, facilitate communication and resolve issues.

Vendor Owner:

• First Point of Contact for clinical trial vendors: Serves as the first point of contact for the vendors, across multiple trials, ensuring consistent communication and management.
• Manage MSAs for certain suppliers: own and manage the Master Service Agreement (MSA) for the ___, ensuring all terms and conditions are met, current and updated as needed.
• Governance: chair governance framework, coordinate issue escalation and resolution of issues. Be in close collaboration with the Line of Business owning the governance.
• Escalation: work in close collaboration with Outsourcing colleagues and line of business to ensure the right escalations and issue trends are brought to governance.
• Contribute to the vendor evaluation process.

Outsourcing and category management:

• Drive the outsourcing process for new trials (from bidding process through to contracting)
• Owner of one or more category strategies (including identification of vendors used in the category(ies) in collaboration with internal stakeholders. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 10+ years of industry related experience
• Proven experience in clinical vendor management.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities.

Skills:

• Ability to work successfully under pressure in a fast-paced environment and with tight timelines
• Ability to be proactive, enthusiastic and goal orientated
• Excellent coordination and project management abilities.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Act as a team player with demonstrated ability to collaborate with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Scientists, Trial Managers, Data Managers, Clinicians, vendors) to support the overall development strategy
• Proficient in managing service agreements and vendor contracts.

Where you will work

This position will report to the Princeton, NJ USA office and is hybrid.

For US based candidates, the proposed salary band for this position is as follows:

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The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as bonuses.

About You

• You are passionate about our purpose and genuinely care about our mission to transform the lives of patients through innovative cancer treatment
• You bring rigor and excellence to all that you do. You are a fierce believer in our rooted-in-science approach to problem-solving
• You are a generous collaborator who can work in teams with diverse backgrounds
• You are determined to do and be your best and take pride in enabling the best work of others on the team
• You are not afraid to grapple with the unknown and be innovative
• You have experience working in a fast-growing, dynamic company (or a strong desire to)
• You work hard and are not afraid to have a little fun while you do so

Locations

Genmab leverages the effectiveness of an agile working environment, when possible, for the betterment of employee work-life balance. Our offices are designed as open, community-based spaces that work to connect employees while being immersed in our state-of-the-art laboratories. Whether you’re in one of our collaboratively designed office spaces or working remotely, we thrive on connecting with each other to innovate.

About Genmab

Genmab is an international biotechnology company with a core purpose guiding its unstoppable team to strive towards improving the lives of patients through innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For more than 20 years, its passionate, innovative and collaborative team has invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and leveraged translational research and data sciences, which has resulted in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers, next-generation immune checkpoint modulators, effector function enhanced antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates. To help develop and deliver novel antibody therapies to patients, Genmab has formed 20+ strategic partnerships with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. By 2030, Genmab’s vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and other serious diseases with Knock-Your-Socks-Off (KYSO™) antibody medicines.

Established in 1999, Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark with locations in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. and Tokyo, Japan. 

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We are committed to fostering workplace diversity at all levels of the company and we believe it is essential for our continued success. No applicant shall be discriminated against or treated unfairly because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. Learn more about our commitments on our website. 

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Please note that if you are applying for a position in the Netherlands, Genmab’s policy for all permanently budgeted hires in NL is initially to offer a fixed-term employment contract for a year, if the employee performs well and if the business conditions do not change, renewal for an indefinite term may be considered after the fixed-term employment contract.