Senior Project Manager

• Grade: L3-2
• Hiring Manager: Kristine Mihm
• Location: Bridgewater, NJ
• Work Schedule: Hybrid (2 days onsite, 3 days remote)
• Job type: Full-Time

About the Job

At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we have one overarching mission - to work passionately, challenging ourselves and our industry every day, to build a healthier future by helping people, help themselves, bringing “Health in Your Hands”.

Our teams are building trusted & loved brands that connect with hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide, enabling better self-care for individuals and communities, while also contributing to a healthier planet. To fulfill this mission, we are embarking our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees in this journey because this is what will make us become the “Best Fast-Moving Consumer Healthcare (FMCH) Company In & For the World”.

We strive to act as a force for good by integrating sustainability along our business and employees’ mission and operate responsibly from both a social and environmental point of view.

To achieve this, we need strong talent who will help us shape the future of our Consumer Healthcare business and challenge our industry. At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, we aspire to create a work environment where people can thrive, grow, and be at their best every day. Our priority is working with integrity to improve the health and well-being of people and communities where we operate, working towards making a positive impact in the world.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver cross-functional, end to end complex innovation initiatives contributing to sales growth in line with the Company innovation ambition.

• Manage process improvement and support initiatives across categories and project types (innovation, optimization, sustainability), primarily focused on those that have an impact on brand/ consumer with commercial value.

Key Results/Accountabilities

• Define and execute the project strategy in alignment with the functional partners.

• Lead cross functional Project Teams.

• Deliver critical aspects of each project on time: scope, schedules, risks mitigation, budget & resources; Provides Project Reporting and KPIs as required.

• Lead kick off, workshops and regular meetings to effective project execution.

• Structures team discussions and drive timely decision making within the team.

• Represent the project team in global/regional governance and project/portfolio reviews.

• Proactively communicate project status to key stakeholders, enters key information into tracking systems on time, summarize performance/risks.

• Responsible to maintain Project- and Portfolio-Management-Systems: data entry, updating and accuracy.

• Conducts after action reviews and continues process improvements. 

• Assess organizational capabilities and team mindset driving improvement to the way we work cross functional. Deliver project execution improvements. 

Key Working Relationships

• Cross functional project teams with local and/or regional and/or global project representative(s) from support functions (Regulatory, Medical, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Marketing, CMI, Finance, Legal, Science hub, Business Development as needed).

• Portfolio Management local and globa.l

• PM Community for PM Standards and best practices.

• Project Governance and Portfolio Management Team.

• Regional Science Innovation Head and Team.

• R&D Team incl. Open Innovation.

• Local Innovation Lead (Growth Hub) & Brand Leads.

• External Partnering.

About You

Education

• Bachelor's Degree.

• Master's Degree (preferred).

• Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification (preferred).

Required knowledge and/or experience

• 8+ years of experience in project management and innovation.

• Experience in regulated environment: Pharma, OTC, Cosmetics, Consumer Health, Food Supplements.

• Experience in NDA and 510 (K) related projects.

• Understanding of various functions and steps related to innovation process.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Excellent planning and organizational skills.

• Experience in planning and executing process improvement initiatives.

• Strong analytical skills: possess the ability to proactively analyze problems, identify key issues, develop strategic and tactical solutions, and design metrics to measure business impact.<