Eric Terhaerdt

About Eric Terhaerdt

As a multi-cultural business driver of high-performing Scientific, Clinical, R&D and Technical teams, I have lived, worked and successfully delivered projects in 7 different countries.With strong strategy, performance and delivery focus in R&D, I am regarded as someone who simplifies complexity and brings practical business acumen to a scientific environment. Most importantly, I’m passionate about developing medicines to improve patient\'s lives.My breadth of experience spans Development. I’ve been a driver to better align R&D and commercial to improve business outcomes – sales and new product development. My diverse multi-cultural business experience has helped build win-win strategies.I’ve always been able to build and motivate strong teams and set clear direction to deliver organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, performance improvement and alignment. I work well with technical, scientific people by understanding the disciplines and creating environment/process/systems to support them and delivery of their projects. Achievements in brief:• Delivered multiple medicines for patients through the Development cycle.• Key member of R&D strategy team; designed, implemented a holistic ($1B+) strategic change fundamentally shifting focus, capability, operating model, culture.• Industry leading organizational engagement scores.• Embedded leading innovation into the Drug Development process such as the first end-to-end outsourcing of data management in the industry (delivered $100M+ savings and won the CEO award for the innovative approach to improving the business).Competencies: Global Drug Development | Business Performance | Clinical Research | Quality Management | Strategy Design | Portfolio & Capacity Management | Clinical Procurement & Outsourcing | Program & Project Leadership | Partnerships & Business Development | Change ManagementMBA & BSc in Kinesiology & Biology w/Hons

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, Development Operations

   Cytokinetics

   Mar 2022 — Present · South San Francisco, CA, US

Education

• University of Waterloo

  Honors Bachelor of Science (BSc), Degrees in Kinesiology and Biology

  1984 — 1989

• University of Warwick

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management

  1993 — 1997

Skills

• Biotechnology
• Life Sciences
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Regulatory Affairs
• Lifesciences
• Strategy
• Pharmacovigilance
• Market Access
• CRO
• Medical Affairs
• Drug Development
• Gcp
• Biopharmaceuticals
• Regulatory Submissions
• Leadership
• Clinical Trial Management System (Ctms)
• Drug Discovery
• Good Clinical Practice (Gcp)
• Therapeutic Areas
• Pharmacology
• Ctms
• Clinical Trials
• Clinical Research
• Clinical Development
• CRO Management