Sr. Specialist, Project Management - Drug Development (Hybrid)

Job Description

Global Project and Alliance Management (GPAM) sits in the R&D organization at our Company (known as our Company Research Laboratories). GPAM comprises several distinct groups, including Project Managers (this position), Discovery Project and Portfolio Managers, Alliance Managers, Project Management Office (PMO), and Administrative Professionals.  

Position Description/Summary 

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; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA; or Philadelphia, 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 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.