Associate Director, Change Management - Hybrid, Chicago

Required

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a scientific discipline, life sciences, engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry (or 5+ years with an MS/PhD), with relevant focus in quality change management.
• Proven leadership experience in matrixed, cross-functional environments, with demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority.
• Extensive hands-on experience in Quality Change Management (QCM), covering multiple domains such as Clinical Operations, Pharmacovigilance, pre-Clinical, or Manufacturing.
• Deep knowledge of global regulatory frameworks, inspection readiness, compliance standards, and QCM methodologies
• Demonstrated capability to standardize and scale quality and change management processes globally to enhance operational efficiency and reduce complexity.
• Strong change agility, with a track record of effectively leading organizations through ambiguity and transformation while balancing competing priorities.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and mentoring skills, including experience engaging with senior leadership and developing SMEs.
• Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.