Director, Program Management

Job Description

The Position

Join a dynamic team at the heart of helping Organon to realize its vision of creating a better and healthier every day for every woman. Organon is a global leader in women’s health, delivering medicines and health technologies in the areas of reproductive health, maternal health and conditions that are unique to and disproportionately affect women. Our goal is to deliver innovation, improve access and expand choice to help address the therapeutic gaps in women’s health around the world, and ultimately improve the lives of women globally.

We are looking for an experienced Director, Program Management (PM) to join our versatile team and center of excellence for portfolio and program management.  This successful candidate will have advanced project management skills, excellent strategic thinking skills, and a deep and broad working knowledge of the end-to-end drug development process.  They will also bring business acumen and experience in leading business transformation projects including skills in process mapping, process improvement and change management.  Strong leadership skills are also required across multi-functional matrix team leadership, communication, collaboration, negotiation, and problem solving.  These versatile talents will position them to apply their expertise to building our future, transforming our ways of working, leading our talent and developing best practices.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Head of Portfolio and Program Management to advance our capabilities and build best practices into our culture and ways of working.

• In collaboration with the Program Leader and cross functional team members, contribute to the development of the overall program strategy and objectives for drugs or devices to achieve the target product profile and value proposition.

• Lead the establishment of an integrated and operational plan designed to meet the strategy and objectives.

• Efficiently collaborate and drive a program or project team with a sense of urgency through the management of uncertainties, risks, challenges and ensure the team has a clear path to deliver.

• Be a central point-of-contact and liaison across R&D for business development transactions and work alongside R&D subject matter experts to assess business opportunities, gain endorsement approval and through business integration and program implementation

If you have expertise as a program and project manager, we would love to consider you for this role. Here are a few of the core capabilities we’re looking for:

• Expertise in project, program and portfolio management, strategic planning and integration with a strong working knowledge of research and development operations across the functions, an in-depth knowledge of the drug development process, and familiar with agile methodologies.

  • Provide program management and integrated planning across functions incorporating TPP, key value drivers, leading indicators, financial assumptions.

  • Lead teams through the establishment of cross functionally integrated plans that are connected to the strategy and are high-quality, executable and informed by benchmarks or internal metrics.  Facilitate short- and long-term scenario planning, option and decision analysis. Lead meetings, operational logistics and workshops. Leverage agile sprint methodologies, if applicable. 

  • Function as a resource and mentor to colleagues and potentially manage other program managers. 

• Take personal accountability to drive success.

  • Understand all aspects of the program from strategy to execution.

  • Results oriented and able to manage tasks of high complexity with autonomy.

  • Translate the strategy and program goals into the planning details with ease and make execution expectations clear and meaningful to the team.

  • Identify critical path and apply acceleration levers.

  • Partner with the team to drive execution according to the set timelines, milestones, decision gates, scope, and budget.

  • Effectively hold the team and functions accountable for the establishment and execution of plan.

  • Facilitate process improvement workshops and drive for optimal solutions.

  • Lead by example, demonstrating integrity, resilience, and a commitment to organizational values.

  • Promote a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging feedback and implementing best practices.

• Strong collaborator and communicator (written, spoken, presentation) with the ability to influence.

  • Team player who can connect and coach, effectively identify stakeholders