VP, Research Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for VP, research, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for quantitative and qualitative policy research -- Provide timely, in-depth, and relevant policy research for Global Policy team, including highlighting unexpected issues, barriers, or opportunities and helping to assess impacts of proposed policy changes on Sanofi.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Strong communication, presentation, client service and interpersonal skills
• Possess good writing, speaking and presentation skills
• Substantial experience in financial journalism, reporting and editing within a reputable news or business research organization
• Knowledge of fixed income markets is especially preferred
• Computer application skills including Eidos Media Methode, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Understanding of biologics discovery is essential and thus should be evidenced by previous direct experience in the field, from target concept to preclinical development
• Knowledge of in vitro and in vivo approaches to multiple protein therapeutic platforms, including monoclonal antibodies, alternative scaffolds, growth factor and peptide therapeutics, will be crucial
• Exceptional organizational and planning abilities to effectively direct complex development programs with shifting, and sometimes conflicting, priorities across TAs

Please consider me for the VP, research opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

Previously, I was responsible for support and/or manage, as directed, quantitative and qualitative research projects to ensure projects meet objectives, and successfully complete on time and within budget.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Attract, retain, and develop the talent we need to achieve this vision and sustain a thriving team culture
• Business acumen and wisdom will be favored over deep technical strength in the domain
• Polished oral and written English skills in communication, leadership, planning, motivation, coaching and cross-team collaboration
• Operational skills and a demonstrated history of leading projects, initiatives and people to achieve successful outcomes
• Recognized expertise and solid knowledge in particular industry/market to lead relevant research coverage & grow business in topic area
• Polished skills in communication, leadership, planning, motivating and coaching
• Experience running and leading multi-national teams
• Demonstrated high level of influence, negotiation & facilitation skills

I am excited to be applying for the position of VP, research. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for advice and recommendations, which may serve as a basis for policy decisions in areas related to the ethical study of human and animal research subjects, including embryonic stem cell research.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Skilled in providing operational, financial and strategic oversight for a large complex organization with a high span of control
• Implementation experience with and/or formal training in, established process improvement methodology preferred
• Excellent understanding of statistical principles (e.g., multivariate analysis, sampling)
• Expert level abilities in statistical analysis, business intelligence, data visualization tools, standard productivity and web tools
• Proficiency with Advanced Excel, Word, PPT and other digital workplace technologies
• Have deep professional knowledge of large scale machine learning and reinforcement learning
• Experience in delivery of alternately sourced content (user contributed, social media analysis ) and alternate presentation formats (data visualizations/infographics, podcasts, video )
• Knowledge of the broader online video ecosystem (MCNs, SVOD, Newfronts, TV Everywhere)

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the VP, research position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for day-to-day support on various research projects, both qualitative and quantitative, across a number of aspects including brand and advertising, customer experience and satisfaction, consumer sentiment, market testing of new products and services, etc.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Substantial experience in financial journalism, reporting and editing within a reputable news or business research organisation
• Knowledge of fixed income markets, banking and/or insurance is especially preferred
• Catalyze organizational learning and development through designing and implementing an external learning agenda that cultivates collective learning on our organization’s most pressing questions so that we are more rapidly making progress toward TFA’s near-term priorities and long-term vision
• Evolve our approach to external research to leverage external thinking, proactively build an external narrative, and add external expertise/capacity to internal improvement efforts
• Build and maintain strong relationships with a broad and diverse set of external research communities and promote and facilitate external research projects and collaborations which support our external learning agenda
• Ensure that the external learning agenda is strongly informed by and strongly informs our strategic priorities and fundamental strategic questions
• Design and execute quantitative and qualitative analyses
• Lead a team of 2-3 people who execute against this vision

Please consider me for the VP, research opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

Previously, I was responsible for support on primary and secondary research projects for two-person department, which includes Associate Director and Research Manager.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Strong functional leadership and prior management experience leading a team of senior Scientists within discovery organization
• Significant familiarity with validation of drug targets and the exploratory drug development process
• Experience with various biologics platforms is ideal
• Strong publication record in peer reviewed journals across therapeutic areas and patent record
• Experience navigating intellectual property / patents
• Overall business understanding including experience in business development and licensing contracts
• Work experience in a multinational environment / company
• Hands-on attitude, doesn’t shy away from operational topics