Associate Director, Business Operations & Digital Enablement

The role

This role builds business operations, data, digital tools, and performance insights for Technical Operations. The person will create an integrated view of priorities, capacity, and risks to help leaders make decisions and execute as the organization grows.

What you will do

• Build and improve business operating practices for Technical Operations priorities and performance
• Establish portfolio and capacity-management processes for resource tradeoffs and leadership decisions
• Support demand intake, strategy realization, and execution-readiness processes
• Partner with leaders to identify resource constraints, risks, and cross-functional dependencies
• Develop executive dashboards, KPIs, reporting, and operational insights
• Translate complex operational data into insights, scenarios, and recommendations for leadership
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve productivity through digital tools, automation, and AI
• Translate business needs into scalable digital solutions in partnership with IT and functional teams
• Integrate information and workflows across functional boundaries
• Build repeatable business operations, analytics, and digital capabilities

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Engineering, Data/Analytics, Information Systems, Life Sciences, or a related discipline
• 10+ years of progressive experience in business operations, strategy and operations, portfolio management, analytics, digital transformation, operational excellence, or related disciplines
• Demonstrated experience building executive dashboards, KPIs, portfolio views, performance-management systems, and decision-support mechanisms
• Strong business and analytical acumen to translate complex data into actionable insights
• Strong understanding of business processes, systems, workflow optimization, data governance, and digital enablement
• Demonstrated experience applying automation, analytics, AI, or emerging technologies to practical business problems
• Strong cross-functional leadership, facilitation, and executive communication skills
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Nice to have

• Advanced degree
• Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical manufacturing, Technical Operations, or another complex regulated environment

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits
• Equity component

About the company

Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from bacterial diseases.