Sr. Manager Network Finance & Strategy

The role

This strategic finance leader manages financial planning, performance management, and decision support for a global manufacturing and supply network. The role evaluates manufacturing network strategies, major investments, and capacity decisions while partnering with cross-functional leadership.

What you will do

• Lead financial evaluation of manufacturing network strategies including capacity expansion and product transfers.
• Develop scenario analyses for COGM, gross margin, capital requirements, and cash flow.
• Lead financial evaluations for automation, capacity expansion, and technology investments.
• Develop business cases incorporating NPV, ROI, payback, and sensitivity analysis.
• Lead financial assessment of make-versus-buy and CMO sourcing decisions.
• Lead network-level financial analysis for gross-margin expansion and productivity.
• Provide strategic finance support for pipeline products and future commercialization.
• Lead consolidated budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning.
• Oversee the Manager, Network FP&A in coordinating site submissions and reporting.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Network FP&A team.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field
• Significant progressive experience in FP&A, manufacturing finance, supply-chain finance, strategic finance, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex financial planning, strategic modeling, business-case development, and executive decision support.
• Demonstrated experience leading employees and influencing senior stakeholders across functions and geographies.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing economics, COGM, gross margin, capacity planning, inventory, productivity, and capital investment.
• Advanced financial modeling and business-case development capabilities.
• Strong FP&A, forecasting, long-range planning, performance-management, and analytical skills.
• Ability to translate complex analysis into clear executive recommendations.
• Strong business-partnering and influencing skills across functions, sites, and leadership levels.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, navigate ambiguity, and manage multiple strategic priorities.
• Strong systems orientation and commitment to data quality, automation, and scalable analytics.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree and/or relevant professional accounting/finance qualification
• Experience supporting manufacturing-network decisions, capital investments, automation, capacity expansion, or external-manufacturing strategies
• Experience within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cell therapy, medical technology, or another regulated manufacturing environment

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that vests fully on day one
• Eight weeks of paid parental leave after three months of employment
• Paid time off including vacation, personal, sick, floating holidays, and eleven company holidays
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Legal assistance
• Supplemental plans such as pet, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Voluntary commuter benefits
• Family planning and care resources
• Well-being initiatives and peer-to-peer recognition programs

Before you apply

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Employment eligibility will be verified through E-Verify.

About the company

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating and curing life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, the company advances cell therapy through innovative technologies.