Manager/Sr. Manager, Business Operations

Company: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Location: Novato
Posted on: July 19, 2025

Job Description:

BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind. BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives. SUMMARY We are looking for a skilled, and innovative Manager/Sr. Business Operations Manager as we mature and scale our business processes to support future growth. You will directly contribute to the success of the Novato operations site in our mission of producing therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases. This role reports directly to the Head of Novato Business Operations, with accountability to Make – Assess – Release activities at the Novato Site. This role will sit on the Business Operations Leadership Team and have heavy influence across the organization. You will partner with the Head of Business Operations and lead the Novato Leadership team through all annual business planning activities. This includes the oversight of the Novato Operating System core governance, novel strategy creation, and facilitation of the leadership team. You may lead large scale projects and/or programs, through development and implementation, to drive reliable and resilient processes and operations. The position will have wide influence and impact over Manufacturing, Facilities/Engineering, Supply Chain Operations, QC & QA. This position is a dynamic and rewarding position that requires a high degree of professional, collaborative interaction, self-awareness and an innovative spirit. RESPONSIBILITIES (Sr. Manager) Detailed responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: Leading all annual business planning activities Evaluating Corporate and Technical Operations strategy to facilitate local strategic development Developing novel strategy and breakthrough goal setting Leading quarterly business review preparation Partnership with the Site Leadership team to develop annual Business Plans Leading workshops with the Site Leadership team and preparation for any business commitments Business Process Ownership of the Novato Operating System – oversight to core governance such as Performance and Strategic Reviews Developing and facilitating offsite activities with the Site Leadership Team Strong partnership with the Site Financial partners for financial evaluations of programs and/or initiatives Creating business narratives and content for presentations to Senior Leadership Facilitating complex cross-functional business process improvement initiatives: Identify gaps and inefficiencies to current state business processes. Identify opportunities for improvement and the desired future state. Prioritize opportunities based on business drivers. Partner with cross-functional project teams to implement improvements. Recognize barriers to improvement efforts and work to remove them. Completing projects by agreed upon due dates. Shares learnings across the organization. Collecting and reporting metrics. RESPONSIBILITIES (Manager) Detailed responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: Co-leading all annual business planning activities Evaluating Corporate and Technical Operations strategy to facilitate local strategic development Developing novel strategy and breakthrough goal setting Co-leading quarterly business review preparation Partnership with the Site Leadership team to develop annual Business Plans Co-leading workshops with the Site Leadership team and preparation for any business commitments Business Process Ownership of the Novato Operating System – oversight to core governance such as Performance and Strategic Reviews Co-developing and facilitating offsite activities with the Site Leadership Team Strong partnership with the Site Financial partners for financial evaluations of programs and/or initiatives Co-creating business narratives and content for presentations to Senior Leadership Facilitating complex cross-functional business process improvement initiatives: Identify gaps and inefficiencies to current state business processes. Identify opportunities for improvement and the desired future state. Prioritize opportunities based on business drivers. Partner with cross-functional project teams to implement improvements. Recognize barriers to improvement efforts and work to remove them. Completing projects by agreed upon due dates. Shares learnings across the organization. Collecting and reporting metrics. EXPERIENCE Required Skills (Sr. Manager) BS with minimum 8 years’ experience or MS with minimum 4 years’ experience. 5 years of experience leading strategy development and deployment. Demonstrated ability to partner with other functional groups and skilled in leading people through business change. Strong experience in public speaking and leadership/motivation roles A high level of emotional intelligence Ability to comprehend technical process information. Ability to work independently, contribute to teams and lead teams. Ability to quickly grasp and synthesize information across a variety of disciplines to create a strategic plan to achieve business objectives. Knowledge of drug manufacturing Working knowledge of electronic GMP systems, (Oracle EBS, SAP, Trackwise, LIMS, etc.), is preferred Required Skills (Manager) BS with minimum 5 years’ experience or MS with minimum 3 years’ experience. 3 years of experience contributing to strategy development and deployment. Demonstrated ability to partner with other functional groups and skilled in leading people through business change. Strong experience in public speaking and leadership/motivation roles A high level of emotional intelligence Ability to comprehend technical process information. Ability to work independently, contribute to teams and lead teams. Ability to quickly grasp and synthesize information across a variety of disciplines to create a strategic plan to achieve business objectives. Knowledge of drug manufacturing Working knowledge of electronic GMP systems, (Oracle EBS, SAP, Trackwise, LIMS, etc.), is preferred EDUCATION Required Education (Sr. Manager) BS with minimum 8 years’ experience or MS with minimum 4 years’ experience. Experience leading strategy development and deployment. Lean Six Sigma black belt certification preferred Project Management Institute (PMI) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred AGILE experience preferred Required Education (Manager) BS with minimum 5 years’ experience or MS with minimum 3 years’ experience. Experience contributing to strategy development and deployment. Lean Six Sigma certification preferred Experience with Project Management AGILE experience preferred

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