Sr. Director / Director Program Manager

Program Manager

Scope:

The Program Manager will be an integral member of our team in advancing our programs and ensuring all project requirements and/or objectives are advanced. This role requires skills/expertise in running projects and an excellent understanding of project management and the drug development and commercialization process.

The incumbent will have a collaborative and innovative approach to work with our cross-functional teams, facilitate discussion on progress, risks, impediments and concerns, and ultimately support moving programs forward.

This individual will deploy available tools to ensure program resources are well defined and that teams are able to successfully execute against those plans within scope, budget and in a timely fashion.

Responsibilities

• With leadership input and approval. Will translate vision into objectives and executable plans by working through key ideas, assumptions, and projections with teams
• Co-owns end-to-end success of program with the Executive Sponsor, ensuring accountability, executing timelines, and continuous change management to deliver on-time, qualitative results while communicating state of the program across teams
• Work closely with all functions, including but not limited to Commercial, Medical Affairs, CMC, Clinical, Regulatory, and Quality, to address conflicts/issues, escalating as necessary, to overcome obstacles and meet deadlines
• Works on complex problems where analysis of situations/information requires an in-depth evaluation and knowledge of various factors impacting overall outcome of the project
• Support Core Team and any other PM-driven meetings as requested, including necessary preparation, agendas, minutes, follow-up, and facilitation across the teams
• Establish timelines, dashboards and tools to enable proactive monitoring and reporting of all deliverables and milestones; tools should be fit for purpose of team, size and complexity
• Continually seek opportunities to improve execution and introduce tools for tracking “big picture”, details, monitoring against goals, and clear communication and/or escalation
• Support or lead internal organizational initiatives that ensure high quality delivery, improve execution and/or enable growth

Qualifications:

• BS/BA Degree with 5+ years experience in pharmaceutical development and/or commercialization
• Minimum of 2 years project management experience
• Knowledge of regulations to support drug development and/or commercialization a plus
• Clear understanding of, and continuous curiosity about, product development activities
• The ideal candidate will have experience working collaboratively with partners and familiarity in building relationships working virtually, across organizations, and organizational cultures
• Strong team building, interpersonal, communication, influencing, and organizational skills
• Strong analytical skills, project management, and problem-solving skills
• Must be computer literate in Microsoft Applications, MS Office 365 including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive; experience with Microsoft Project or similar project tracking software is not required but a plus
• PMP or Alliance (CAAM or CSAP) certification a plus
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Self-motivated with a high level of accountability
• The ability to stay organized and maintain records accurately in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks.
• Attention to detail

Physical Requirements:

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• Must be able to lift fifteen pounds at times.