Associate Director, Oncology, Program Manager

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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Associate Director, Oncology Program Manager

The Associate Director, Oncology, Program Manager will be a member of the Program Management Team with assignment to a specified Therapeutic Area within the Oncology US Medical Affairs organization. In close collaboration with the Therapeutic Area Lead(s), this role will be responsible for driving cross-functional integration of operational activities, including coordinating deliverables across workgroups, leading decision-making activities and identifying risks requiring problem solving and contingency planning. This individual will lead their assigned Therapeutic Area Team(s) in short & long-term strategic planning, including business planning activities.

 The Associate Director of Program Management will report to the Director, Clin Ops and & Program Management in USMA. The primary responsibilities include:

Program Management Lead for Oncology:

• Prepare Presentations/Reports for Sr. Management
• Alliance Management
• Advisory Board Support
• Budget Management (including alliance budget(s))
• Prepare Agenda, Facilitate & Deliver Minutes for key meetings
• Manage Team Meetings

Process Improvement & Metric Dashboards:

• Develop & Maintain Dashboards to track current process and status of various activities
• Issue identification & resolution development

 Program Management Lead for Strategic Planning:

• Business Plan Development (including joint alliance business plan)
• IEGP support
• Tracking Strategy/Tactic/Deliverable details, including budget, risks and issue management
• Updating US-MA metrics to be communicated to the Oncology Leadership Team
• Resource Planning

Therapeutic Area Communications:

• Develop communication plans
• Maintain SharePoint
• Cascade information to team

Qualifications - External

• Bachelor’s degree with experience equivalent to graduate degree is required OR Master’s or doctoral degree in the life sciences, medical sciences, chemistry, or business is preferred
• Minimum of five years in project management is required
• At least eight years of experience in the pharmaceutical field is preferred
• Project management certification would be preferred (PMP, FPx, etc.)
• Previous work in international and multidisciplinary drug development teams with knowledge of regulatory and business requirements is preferred.
• Exhibiting strong analytical skills for integrating and interpreting international and interdisciplinary project information is preferred
• Expert leadership skills in a team environment is preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills for bridging between scientific and business participants, for negotiating timelines and for effective interactions with all levels of the organization is preferred.
• Expert problem-solving skills developing creative solutions to maintain project timelines; ability to resolve conflicts in an objective fashion is preferred
• Strong planning and tracking skills, capable of managing multiple projects, excellent time management with respect to priorities and self-management is preferred
• Core competencies to include delivery of results, gaining commitment, interdependent partnering, customer focus, team development, building trust, change management, decision making, master’s complexity, innovation, communications, delegating responsibility is preferred
• This position will be based in Horsham, PA and will require up to 20% domestic travel