Senior Director, R&D Digital Strategy and Delivery Lead

The Position
The R&D Digital Strategy and Delivery Lead ensures that the digital portfolio across R&D is planned, executed, and tracked effectively to maximize business value. This role is responsible for governance, operational excellence, and strategic planning for TES initiatives, including program management, vendor oversight, and value realization tracking. The role partners with digital leaders, I&T, and finance to ensure disciplined delivery of the digital roadmap and portfolio transparency. This role will oversee the platform operations vendor relationship, as well as key R&D Technology Enabled Science vendor partnerships, in close collaboration with the PPE organization. The role also provides strategic oversight of R&D digital architecture to ensure scalable, integrated, and future-ready solutions aligned with enterprise technology standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end portfolio management of R&D digital projects, ensuring alignment to R&D strategy and TES vision
• Manage governance structures, including steering committees and working groups, to oversee execution
• Monitor program performance, timelines, budgets, and ROI metrics using digital portfolio tools
• Oversee operational processes and ensure adherence to quality and compliance standards
• Manage key vendor and service provider relationships in partnership with PPE, procurement and finance
• Support strategic planning and scenario analysis by integrating business needs with digital capabilities
• Lead change management efforts to drive adoption of digital tools and ways of working
• Provide executive reporting on digital progress and impact across R&D organization and the broader enterprise
• Provide leadership and governance for R&D digital architecture, ensuring consistency, scalability, interoperability, and alignment with enterprise IT frameworks and digital strategies

Education & Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in digital transformation, PMO, or portfolio management within R&D, biotech, or pharma
• Proven experience managing cross-functional digital programs or portfolios.
• Demonstrated success in managing cross-functional initiatives and complex program portfolios
• Strong operational and planning acumen, with knowledge of portfolio management tools (e.g., Planview, Smartsheet, Jira)
• Understanding of R&D processes and digital strategy trends in the life sciences sector
• Experience in digital architecture strategy, solution design, or enterprise architecture within R&D, with strong understanding of integration patterns, data flows, and platform scalability
• Experience with vendor and external partner governance
• Strong communication, change leadership, and executive reporting capabilities

Our Benefits
CSL employees that work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for benefits effective day 1. We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and their loved ones. CSL offers resources and benefits, from health care to financial protection, so you can focus on doing work that matters. Our benefits are designed to support the needs of our employees at every stage of their life. Whether you are considering starting a family, need help paying for emergency back up care or summer camp, looking for mental health resources, planning for your financial future, or supporting your favorite charity with a matching contribution, CSL has many benefits to help achieve your goals.

Please take the time to review our benefits site to see what's available to you as a CSL employee.

About CSL Behring
CSL Behring is a global leader in developing and delivering high-quality medicines that treat people with rare and serious diseases. Our treatments offer promise for people in more than 100 countries living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. Learn more about CSL Behring.

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