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BeOne Medicines Senior Learning Business Partner, Global Clinical Operations, Technical and Leadership Capabilities in San Mateo, California
General Description:
The Senior Manager, Global Clinical Operations (GCO) Learning Business Partner, Technical and Leadership Capabilities is dedicated to advancing critical capabilities in Global Clinical Operations leaders and individual contributors. In close collaboration with Learning and Development leadership, this role is responsible for designing, building, scaling, and sustaining structured development programs that strengthen technical expertise, operational excellence, and leadership effectiveness across GCO.
The position leads advanced learning initiatives beyond onboarding, including certificate-based programs such as Early Clinical Development and other specialized capability pathways. Through strong partnership with both GCO leadership and enterprise Learning and Development teams, this role ensures consistent global standards, aligns solutions with enterprise learning frameworks, builds deep technical proficiency, and supports workforce readiness in an increasingly complex clinical environment.
The role requires extensive hands-on GCO experience, preferably in site management and study management roles, to ensure learning solutions are practical, credible, and grounded in real-world operational demands while remaining aligned to enterprise learning strategy and governance.
Essential Functions of the Job:
Technical Capability Development for GCO Leadership and Individual Contributors
Partner closely with Learning and Development leadership to design, build, and implement advanced technical capability programs aligned to enterprise learning standards and frameworks.
Translate business-defined capability priorities into structured, scalable learning solutions in collaboration with instructional design and L and D teams.
Lead the development of comprehensive technical learning strategies for GCO leaders and experienced individual contributors beyond onboarding.
Design structured learning journeys focused on study management, site management, trial execution, inspection readiness, regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and operational excellence.
Define clear technical competency frameworks and proficiency levels across critical GCO roles.
Establish global technical standards and capability benchmarks to ensure consistency across regions.
Integrate real-world case studies, lessons learned, inspection findings, and operational risk themes into program content to ensure practical relevance.
Ensure leaders demonstrate strong technical depth in addition to people leadership capability.
Continuously assess evolving regulatory requirements, portfolio complexity, and operational challenges, and translate them into targeted development initiatives.
Partner with quality, regulatory, and operational stakeholders to validate content accuracy and reinforce standards.
Line Management Development Program
Collaborate with Learning and Development leadership to design, implement, and scale a global line management development program aligned to enterprise leadership frameworks.
Integrate technical excellence expectations into leadership development curricula to ensure line managers maintain operational credibility.
Ensure consistent capability standards, expectations, and learning pathways across regions.
Partner with regional and functional leaders to drive adoption and practical application of learning.
Develop reinforcement mechanisms such as toolkits, application guides, and follow-up sessions to sustain capability growth.
Support continuous refinement of the program based on business feedback, performance data, and organizational needs.
Specialized and Certificate-Based Programs
In partnership with Learning and Development leadership, lead the design, build, and governance of advanced certificate-based programs such as Early Clinical Development.
Establish structured curriculum architecture, learning objectives, and proficiency milestones for certificate programs.
Build and scale disease state learning initiatives to deepen therapeutic and operational expertise across GCO.
Develop advanced learning pathways for experienced GCO professionals to strengthen specialized capabilities beyond onboarding.
Partner with subject matter experts and enterprise instructional design teams to ensure scientific rigor, operational accuracy, and instructional effectiveness.
Implement credentialing or badging mechanisms to formally recognize attainment of critical capabilities.
Ensure sustainability and scalability of programs through standardized materials, facilitator guides, and digital enablement.
Measurement and Impact
In collaboration with Learning and Development leadership, define measurable outcomes and key performance indicators for all major programs.
Track technical proficiency progression, certification completion, and application of learning to operational performance.
Monitor impact on study execution metrics, quality indicators, and inspection outcomes where applicable.
Use feedback, data analytics, and business performance trends to continuously improve program effectiveness.
Report capability trends, impact insights, and development outcomes to GCO and HR leadership.
Education/Experience Required:
Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or related field required.
Minimum 7 years of clinical trial operations experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology.
Experience in clinical monitoring, site management, or study management required.
At least 2 years of experience in training, capability development, or process improvement.
Knowledge of adult learning principles and ability to apply them in technical training design.
Strong knowledge of ICH GCP and global regulatory requirements.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.