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Bausch + Lomb (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) is a leading global eye health company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world—from the moment of birth through every phase of life. Our mission is simple, yet powerful: helping you see better, to live better.

Our comprehensive portfolio of over 400 products is fully integrated and built to serve our customers across the full spectrum of their eye health needs throughout their lives. Our iconic brand is built on the deep trust and loyalty of our customers established over our 170-year history. We have a significant global research, development, manufacturing and commercial footprint of approximately 13,000 employees and a presence in approximately 100 countries , extending our reach to billions of potential customers across the globe. We have long been associated with many of the most significant advances in eye health, and we believe we are well positioned to continue leading the advancement of eye health in the future.

Position Overview:

Bausch + Lomb is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, R&D Operations who will act as a key business partner for the Pharmaceutical and Consumer R&D team. This individual will manage day-to-day R&D operations and drive strategic initiatives. This role requires exceptional communication and organizational skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to handle a wide range of responsibilities effectively. The R&D Operations Manager must demonstrate the ability to lead without authority. This role reports to the SVP, Pharmaceutical and Consumer R&D.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Drive operational effectiveness within the department through establishing systems, processes and overall business infrastructure.

• Manage end-to-end event planning logistics for advisory boards, expert panel meetings, and collaboration joint/research/development committee meetings encompassing organization, scheduling, contracting, and execution for in-person and virtual formats.

• Act as the main liaison to drive contracting from initiation through completion and maintenance, coordinating handoffs between cross-functional partners such as finance, procurement, contracting/legal, information technology and other administrative functions.

• Enable vendor and technology assessment, procurement and as necessary onboarding.

• Track department-level budgets, including forecasts, expenditures, and accruals.

• Coordinate team logistics, e.g. department meetings and travel arrangements as appropriate.

• Preparing and editing department wide communications, presentations, reports, and documents.

• Serve as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, handling inquiries and communications with professionalism and discretion.

• Assist in onboarding new employees and organizing employee events.

Education and Experience

• BA/BS required, advanced degree preferred.

• Minimum of 8 years of professional industry experience with a successful track record in strategic operations.

• Previous experience in pharma R&D.

• Demonstrated excellent communication and presentation skills across a variety of organization levels and disciplines, including senior executives.

Essential Skills and Competencies

• Strong problem solving and strategic skills as well as demonstrated learning agility.

• Strong ability to communicate ideas & make the complex easy for others to understand.

• Good financial acumen.

• Experience with remote and global teams and project management.

• Works collaboratively and proactively, maintains high degree of planning, coordination & project management skills, demonstrated ability to problem solve & resolve conflict with diplomacy.

• Builds strong relationships with peers and cross functional partners.

• Exhibits strong emotional intelligence, diplomacy, maintenance of confidentiality, maturity, and organizational savvy.

• Self-starter, learns fast, quickly grasps the essence of concepts, can change course rapidly where required, demonstrates intellectual curiosity.

• Executes highly effective working team meetings with internal and external partners and is visibly inclusive and transparent.

• Excellent command of MS PowerPoint and MS Excel

• Excellent organizational, multitasking, and time management abilities.

This position may be available in the following location(s): [[location_obj]]

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting pay for this role is between $120,000 and $184,000. The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-term incentives. They may also be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, disability and life insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, a tuition reimbursement program (select degrees), company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive sick time, floating holidays and paid vacation.

Job Applicants should be aware of job offer scams perpetrated through the use of the Internet and social media platforms.

To learn more please read Bausch + Lomb's Job Offer Fraud Statement (https://performancemanager.successfactors.eu/doc/custom/BauschLomb/Bausch_job_posting_statement.docx) .

Our Benefit Programs: Employee Benefits: Bausch + Lomb (https://www.bausch.com/careers/benefits/)

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