| OVERVIEW
A startup organization wanted to have strategic insights into the growth and planning for the organization. Human Resources required a strategic partner, Finance needed support for their strategic planning process, and the Executive Leadership wanted to prioritize near-term hires and plan for the mid/long-term horizon.
| ACTION
We worked to align the strategic planning, business planning, and SWP processes.
Conduct 3 sets of workshops –with R&D, G&A and Manufacturing. Provide grounded assumptions and a base-case portfolio. Develop a functional area strategy across the teams, design and developed “algorithms” to estimate resource need, designed a resource model, shared the outcomes and findings with Executive Leadership.
Uncovered critical gaps in Development to scale the organization’s efforts for multiple programs in Phase 2 and 3 (e.g., Regulatory, Clin Ops, Drug Safety).
| RESULTS
The company expanded and grew their team aligned to the requirements for the organization, i.e., additional focus and investments in Development and scaling back Research.
The company advanced their programs through development, and responded to a setback in their pipeline. They continued to drive toward commercialization, and still use the processes implemented to guidance their SWP efforts.