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Zuzana Saillard

Longevilles

Summary

Strategic Alliance and Project Management Professional:

• Proven track record in international project leadership within matrix structures, with a focus on clinical development project management.

• Extensive experience in Alliance Management, coordinating commercial alliances and partnerships, managing governance meetings, and ensuring smooth operations.

• Highly experienced in Medical and Regulatory Affairs.

• Deep knowledge of the compliance environment.

• Proficient in budget management with an ability to negotiate contractual changes effectively while maintaining an eye on commercial performance metrics across portfolios.

• Serves as an escalation point for unresolved issues, driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Assoc. Manager, Commercial Alliances & LCM

Debiooharm International S.A.
05.2022 - Current

Alliance Management

  • Ensuring smooth operation of assigned commercial alliances and partnerships (8), i.e.: coordinating with partner counterparts, managing governance meetings, ensuring that established protocols are adhered to.
  • Lead and moderate internal & external meetings
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Streamlined workflows by identifying bottlenecks in existing systems and implementing appropriate solutions.
  • Ensuring respect for contractual framework by partners and internal collaborators. In case of deviations, proposing corrective actions in timely manner.
  • Management of efficient communication flows between partners and internal teams.
  • Establishment of appropriate governance mechanisms in agreement with partners as well as onboarding new partnerships and change management.
  • Analyzing and monitoring of commercial performance using key performance indicators/metrics across portfolio vendors along with marketing team members, competitive intelligence units and finance department.
  • Negotiating changes related to contractual clauses alongside Legal professionals as well as Heads of Commercial Alliances.
  • Regular reporting on alliance activities & performance

LCM Project Management

  • Management of drug development project progress & monitor progress
  • Assistance in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
  • Execution of project in collaboration with internal teams and in line with approved strategy
  • Resource identification and planning in collaboration with resource planning manager
  • Monitoring and tracking of projects against approved timelines and milestones
  • Risk assessment & budget monitoring
  • Contributing to the creation and distribution of various Project status reports in Word, Excel, MS project, Teams, SharePoint and other formats
  • Contributing to project governance documentation

Project Man Support Specialist & Project Manager

Debiopharm International S.A.
08.2020 - 05.2022

Project Manager

  • Manage drug development project progress & monitor progress
  • Assist in definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
  • Create Project Plan & manage resources
  • Risk assessment & budget monitoring

Project Management Support

  • Creation and distribution of various Project status reports in Word, Excel, MS project, Teams, SharePoint and other formats
  • Project governance documentation
  • Development of PM processes and tools (e.g. dashboards, resource capacity planning, etc.)
  • Supporting Team Leaders in project management ( budget and FTE planning, tracking and reporting)

Project Coordinator Medical Affairs

Celgene International
01.2016 - 12.2019
  • Lead and coordination of medical affairs projects
  • Compliance reference person, internal and external audits lead
  • Grants & sponsorships management
  • Advisory boards and steering committee meetings planning and coordination
  • IT systems management
  • Budget management, reporting and planning

CMC Document Coordinator Regulatory Affairs

Merck Serono
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • CMC regulatory submission coordination
  • CMC dossier creation - eCTD formatting, quality control
  • Global planning of submission
  • Project traceability and reporting
  • Budget management

Executive Assistant Regulatory Affairs

Alexion Pharma International
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • HQ Regulatory and Global Regulatory affairs coordination
  • Coordination and planning of regulatory submission
  • Coordination of materials review and approval process
  • Project and events planning and coordination
  • Financial reporting

Sr. Assistant Medical Affairs

Shire AG
01.2011 - 01.2014
  • Coordination and support to Global Medical Affairs Sr
  • Vice President
  • Lead and coordination of medical affairs projects
  • Grants & sponsorships management
  • Reports and presentations creation
  • Medical material preparation & referencing
  • Events management

Project Assistant Regulatory Affairs

Voisin Consulting
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Coordination and support to Global Medical Affairs Sr
  • Vice President
  • Interactions with worldwide health agencies
  • ODD, CTA, PIP and other regulatory submissions preparation
  • Deliverables formatting QC for regulatory submission
  • Global planning of submissions
  • Projects record maintenance and traceability

Education

Strategic Partnerships -

IMD Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland
11.2023

PMI - Project management program -

Next Level Consulting
Vienna, Austria
05.2019

EU compliance certification program -

Seton Law Hall & Science Po Paris
Paris, France
11.2018

D.I.S. - International Business Management

Goodwill University
Czech Republic
01.2006

Skills

    Strategic Planning

    Project Management

    Contract Negotiation

    Presentations

    Business Development

    Customer Relations

    Budgeting and finance

    Microsoft Office

    Zinc, PromoMats, Veeva

    ECTD formatting

    SAP, Oracle, Concur

Languages

English
French
Slovak / Czech

Hobbies and Interests

  • International literature
  • Travel

Timeline

Assoc. Manager, Commercial Alliances & LCM

Debiooharm International S.A.
05.2022 - Current

Project Man Support Specialist & Project Manager

Debiopharm International S.A.
08.2020 - 05.2022

Project Coordinator Medical Affairs

Celgene International
01.2016 - 12.2019

CMC Document Coordinator Regulatory Affairs

Merck Serono
01.2015 - 01.2016

Executive Assistant Regulatory Affairs

Alexion Pharma International
01.2014 - 01.2015

Sr. Assistant Medical Affairs

Shire AG
01.2011 - 01.2014

Project Assistant Regulatory Affairs

Voisin Consulting
01.2008 - 01.2010

Strategic Partnerships -

IMD Switzerland

PMI - Project management program -

Next Level Consulting

EU compliance certification program -

Seton Law Hall & Science Po Paris

D.I.S. - International Business Management

Goodwill University
Zuzana Saillard