Digital R&D Strategy and Operations Analyst

About the role

The Digital R&D Strategy & Operations Analyst will support the execution of governance, portfolio operations, financial tracking and meeting administration across two Digital R&D areas: Clinical Development and Pipeline & Project Analytics teams.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, structured, proactive, and comfortable working across business, digital, finance, procurement, and product teams. The role requires someone who can help turn strategic priorities into organized plans, track decisions and actions, prepare governance & administrative materials, and keep complex work moving in a fast-paced global environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the maintenance of Digital R&D strategy materials, operating plans, portfolio views, and roadmap documentation.
• Help organize and track priority initiatives across teams, including milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and follow-up actions.
• Support the consolidation of inputs from Product Line Owners, program leads, finance, procurement, and business stakeholders.
• Help ensure portfolio information is clear, current, and consistently structured across teams.
• Work across teams to ensure key reporting systems are up-to-date, consolidate meeting materials, decision logs, action trackers, and follow-up communications.
• Support the tracking of business value, delivery progress, milestones, operational performance and budget across priority initiatives.
• Aid in collecting and organizing inputs related to value delivery, sequencing, business cases, KPIs, OKRs, and adoption indicators. Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or missing inputs in budget, resource, and procurement documentation.
• Assist in preparing summary views that communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and value realization to leadership.
• Support follow-up on action items to ensure commitments are completed and progress is visible.
• Draft and organize clear, concise communications, meeting summaries and portfolio reports.
• Support internal communications related to portfolio progress, operating model updates, governance, and transformation activities.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of experience in Strategy, Operations, or a related field
• Bachelors or Masters degree in business, finance, life sciences, digital field, or related field
• Understanding of organizational change management and Six Sigma methodologies
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Experience working with budgets, OKRs, and performance metrics
• Ability to synthesize data into clear, actionable insights and presentations
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate across technical, business, and finance teams
• Results-oriented, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment