Senior Consultant, Life Sciences - Pharma Drug Development

For more than three decades, premier organizations have trusted IPM to lead the successful execution of their strategic portfolios and critically important initiatives.  Headquartered in Chicago with offices in Boston, Parsippany, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, IPM has led more than 5,000 projects for over 500 clients.  Our clients range from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups.  We are a certified “Great Place to Work” company and have been named to the Great Place to Work list of “Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services”.  Our Senior Consultants are our full-time employees and the competitive advantage that sets us apart from the rest. 
IPM partners with clients in the pharmaceutical industry.

• We lead, at the core team level, product development projects from pre-clinical R&D through commercialization, including planning for regulatory, clinical, and commercial strategies and processes, and product lifecycle management.
• We lead the creation or improvement of operational processes including harmonizing regulatory and quality systems and building project, program and portfolio management capabilities.

JOB DESCRIPTION As a Senior Consultant, you will partner with client leadership and delivery teams to lead project and program planning and execution across various functions, driving projects and programs to achieve mission-critical outcomes for our pharmaceutical industry clients.  At each new engagement you will leverage the continual exposure and experiences from working within a variety of clients and project types.  Your primary goals and focus will be to: 

• Lead late stage product development and submissions
• Implement or optimize project management frameworks through the use of current best practices and tools, to improve the teams ability to execute and meet their goals.
• Leverage current industry best-practice tools, such as MS Project, Smartsheets, Planisware, etc. to develop and drive integrated project plans, aligning project tactics with project strategy
• Manage projects within established scope, schedule and budget while exceeding IPM project management standards
• Participate and drive discussions to develop and document high-level strategies for accomplishing specific project objectives
• Establish, maintain, lead and guide high performance project teams, serving as the project advocate within the client organization.
• Provide project/program management oversight to assigned IPM consultants, as needed
• Contribute to the generation of business opportunities via relationship building
• Participate in an IPM service line Center of Excellence (CoE)
• Support content marketing and business development proposal and project activities
• Complete activities that promote professional development, including involvement in professional organizations and leading internal initiatives.

 DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE  

• The ideal candidate for this Senior Consultant position will possess the following: 
• Bachelor's degree in a science, engineering, or a relatable field. Advanced degrees are a plus.
• A minimum of 12 years of professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry related full product life cycle product development and product management with 7 years of professional project management experience.
• Knowledge and application of a disciplined project management process (Six Sigma and Project Management Professional certifications are a plus).
• Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills to effectively communicate and build relationships with a broad spectrum of audiences at all organizational levels.

WHY IPM

• Engaging culture:  IPM has a caring, nurturing culture with a transparent communication approach and culture-building and team-building events, both regional and company-wide.
• Inclusion:  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion have always been a part of our culture; we are a company that treats everyone with respect and dignity.  Everyone has a voice and is heard.
• Professional development:  We ensure you reach your professional aspirations by providing you with training and development opportunities.  We’ll create the bandwidth you need to further your career at IPM.  You are IPM’s future – we only promote from within.
• Diverse projects:   We lead a wide variety of projects and provide significant exposure to many clients and project types.
• Collaborative work environment:  We have a well-structured system to provide support from managers, internal teams, and our Centers of Excellence (CoE).  Our CoEs serve as a resource for specific service and