Overview
Monte Rosa Therapeutics is seeking a motivated Development Operations Coordinator in Basel to support global R&D operations. The role involves coordinating cross-functional activities across chemistry, DMPK, and CMC, and serving as the main point of contact for day-to-day development operations, including invoices, contracts, shipments, and compound registration, to help advance the pipeline.
Responsibilities
- Track invoice flow and monitor spending against the available budget.
- Serve as the main point of contact for CROs and CDMOs on contracts, logistics, invoices, and day-to-day operational matters.
- Manage, maintain, and organize contracts and amendments with external vendors.
- Oversee shipments of materials and samples in compliance with applicable regulations, including GDP, with support from couriers, brokers, and other vendors.
- Coordinate all activities related to external warehouses, including contracts, inventory, material preparation requests, and deliveries.
- Manage compound registration, inventory, and the movement of materials between internal and external sites, including maintenance of the compound database.
- Establish and maintain databases and documentation repositories, working with internal IT and document management teams to ensure structure and compliance.
- Build and maintain relationships with reliable partners for compounds and services supporting chemical and pharmaceutical R&D.
- Support QA activities as needed, including documentation flow and archiving.
- Track ongoing stability studies, review pull-point data and take action to extend material shelf life where appropriate.
- Provide flexible support to other drug discovery functions as needed.
- Contribute to budget planning by collecting and harmonizing forecast inputs.
- Maintain oversight of POs and open contracts and liaise with the finance team on accruals and audit-related activities.
- Apply strong project management skills to support timelines, budgets, scope, and execution across projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or MSc in Chemistry, a related scientific discipline, Engineering, or a technical field.
- 4–5 years of experience in a similar role, ideally within a pharmaceutical or biotechnology environment.
- Project management knowledge, including key concepts and tools; PMP certification is an advantage.
- Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional technical teams, with strong interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of technology transfer, cGMP manufacturing, and supply chain management.
- Proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and SharePoint, Smarthseet. Pragmatic, flexible, well organized, and a strong problem solver, collaborative attitude and excellent team player.