Senior Specialist, Project Management- Drug Development- Hybrid
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Position Description:
Senior Specialist, Project Management- Drug Development
The Senior Specialist, Project Manager is a core member of Early Drug Development and/or Late Drug Development Teams partnering with team leaders to develop strategies and execute our Company's drug and vaccine development efforts.
The Senior Specialist is expected to provide project management leadership and drive cross-functional teams with sufficient influence and mastery of project management to take on simple projects independently or moderate-complexity assignments in conjunction with a partner project manager. Projects could span any therapeutic areas in which our company is actively engaged.
This position may be based in either Rahway, NJ; Upper Gwynedd, PA.
Primary Responsibilities:
Managing the end-to-end drug development process including projects that are of moderate complexity and/or partnering with a more seasoned project manager on high complexity projects; driving cross functional teams to develop comprehensive strategies and ensure successful execution of such.
Act as enterprise leaders by guiding teams through the creation, approval, and execution of integrated project plans appropriate to the project's phase of development and complexity. This includes integrating strategic and tactical input from diverse disciplines (e.g., clinical, regulatory, market access, manufacturing, CMC, commercial, and other areas) as applicable to the project.
Building and maintaining project schedules and critical project information in enterprise project management systems and databases; using these as tools to integrate activities across key team members, proactively identify risks, and ensure clear and effective communication with key team, management and cross-departmental stakeholders.
Leveraging relationships and networks to improve and enhance team dynamics; with guidance from senior GPAM professionals as needed, proactively identifying, and removing obstacles to drive business results.
Navigating our company's process and organizational norms to enable teams to understand corporate governance and business requirements.
Preparing for, facilitating, and documenting outcomes of team meetings, ensuring meetings have clear purpose and objectives and that conflict is surfaced and resolved.
Actively participating and completing ongoing training and personal development activities to increase leadership competency and to gain knowledge and skill in the discipline of project management and the business and science of pharmaceutical product discovery and development.
Providing significant input into the monitoring of GPAM processes and tools used to support the teams, as appropriate; advocate for and contribute to the success of change / process improvements when warranted.
Required Travel:
Minimal
Position Qualifications:
Education Minimum Requirement:
Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in a scientific or applied discipline preferred.
Required Experience and Skills:
Minimum of three (3) years of experience in project management or a related role required.
Product development experience required; in a pharmaceutical/biotech industry preferred.
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Advanced degree (e.g., MS, MBA, Ph.D., PharmD) preferred.
Experience and knowledge of clinical drug development strongly preferred; including the different phases of development and how the various functional areas contribute to a comprehensive strategy.
Project management certification (PMP) and/or formal coursework/training in project management strongly preferred.
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