Valneva
Valneva
Valneva is a specialty vaccine company in healthcare, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals. It develops, manufactures, and commercializes vaccines to prevent infectious diseases, including the world’s first and only chikungunya vaccine. Its research pipeline includes candidates for Lyme disease, Shigella, and Zika. Valneva’s work spans vaccine research and development through production and commercialization, with a focus on infectious diseases that address unmet medical needs.

Senior Business Operations Manager, Vaccine Logistics

Lead Valneva’s U.S. vaccine logistics and business operations, spanning distribution, pricing, contracting, and regulatory compliance. Coordinate teams and partners to maintain reliable supply, improve efficiency, and support the vaccine portfolio.

Description

  • Manage U.S. third-party logistics and end-to-end vaccine distribution.
  • Improve distribution networks to strengthen supply reliability and reduce costs.
  • Maintain compliance with FDA, CDC, GMP, and other applicable regulations.
  • Coordinate logistics and commercial operations with corporate priorities for product launches, government contracts, and portfolio lifecycle management.
  • Build collaboration among Commercial, Medical, Regulatory, Quality, Finance, and Global Supply teams.
  • Apply data, standardized processes, and continuous improvement to sustain supply, reduce risk, and support growth.
  • Prepare leadership reports and inform data-based decisions.
  • Manage U.S. contracting, pricing, government reporting, sales analytics, and commercial performance tracking.
  • Direct U.S. entity administration, infrastructure, budgets, vendors, fleet, office operations, and onboarding.

Requirements

  • Lead U.S. business operations and vaccine logistics strategy, coordinating supply chain, finance, commercial, quality, and global teams to deliver effective operations.
  • Provide executive performance reports and insights to the U.S. Head to support leadership alignment and informed decisions.
  • Manage U.S. government, including military, and private-market contracting, covering financial analysis, compliance, and execution.
  • Set and execute the end-to-end U.S. vaccine supply chain strategy.
  • Ensure compliance with GMP, FDA, and State Board of Pharmacy requirements.
  • Act as the Designated Representative nationwide.
  • Manage third-party distribution, including inbound and outbound logistics, cold-chain integrity, inventory, returns, and sales orders.
  • Coordinate with global supply chain teams on demand planning, transfer pricing, U.S. Customs, and inventory optimization.
  • Manage wholesaler and distributor relationships, ensuring contract compliance, inventory discipline, issue resolution, and regulatory adherence.
  • Oversee pricing governance and contract administration, including distributor agreements, rebates, chargebacks, and customer compliance.
  • Prepare and submit required U.S. government pricing reports, including NFAMP and FCP.
  • Implement new pricing structures, membership agreements, and commercial contracts.
  • Oversee sales analytics and reporting systems, including data sources and remote analyst teams.
  • Work with the GM and Sales Leadership on incentive compensation reports and commercial performance tracking.
  • Partner with Quality Assurance to maintain regulatory standards across logistics providers and distribution operations.
  • Identify and reduce compliance, logistics, and operational risks.
  • Put continuous improvement initiatives into practice.
  • Manage U.S. entity administration and operations, including HR benefits oversight, vendors, fleet, office operations, and employee onboarding.
  • Control costs across operational budgets.
  • Coordinate meetings, training, and cross-functional initiatives.

Benefits

  • Join a collaborative, highly motivated team.

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