Senior Manager, Project Manager - Biologics

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Summary: The Senior Manager, Project Management will manage and/or support the aspects of initiating, planning, and executing complex, multi-disciplinary projects throughout Devens Biologics. With a breadth of hands-on project management experience in the Pharma/Biotech regulated environments, the Project Manager is expected to manage this critical initiative in support of specific site goals & objectives. The Project Manager will be responsible for using Devens PMO best practices, tools & templates and will be proficient in PMI program management standards, processes, procedures, and guidelines. The successful candidate must have a proven record of extensive professional experience and the drive to steer internal partners to efficient delivery of the program and projects on time & within budget.  This role will report to the Associate Director, Project Management Office (PMO) and Business Operations.

• Understand the business strategy and business process areas and ensure that these are best aligned.
• Identify appropriate technical solutions for business needs in partnership with the process owners and agreed suppliers, aligned to the Site Business Strategy.
• Partners with Devens Biologics Operations Leadership Team members and project sponsor(s) to ensure successful delivery of projects. Schedules governance / steering committee meetings for program team(s), prepares meeting materials with/for lead as requested, facilitates team meetings as needed, and documents actions & decisions during project team meetings.
• Apply project management expertise across the portfolio for project workstreams, managing multiple projects in parallel.
• Define project scope / goals / deliverables / budget / timeline.
• Develops Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), project plans and Agile Sprint planning with Project Sponsor, Workstream Leads & team members.
• Manages WBS in a Project Portfolio Management system (OnePlan) and/or MS-Project. Sequences WBS activities, facilities discussion with project team to estimate activity resources and durations.
• Facilitates resource planning for program teams throughout the lifecycle of the initiative.
• Develop critical path analyses to understand risks and opportunities within project timelines.
• Monitor project performance and progress, specifically to assure successful completion of short- and long-term goals.
• Identify potential risks in the program and conduct qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and develop & implement risk mitigation plans and strategies.
• Maintain program budgets and meet budgetary objectives by adjusting project constraints based on financial analysis.
• Create and communicate project plans and manage dependencies, milestones, and deliverables.
• Manages project schedules, including reconciling completed/not completed activities and proactively communicates upcoming activities to Steering Committee & Workstream Leads.
• Use Change Management methods to mitigate barriers to improvement efforts.
• Aligns with Associate Director of PMO to take action(s) to drive performance of cross-functional teams. Appropriately escalates concerns to Associate Director or recommend escalation to Site Leadership Team.
• Identify, handle, and resolve project-related issues and risks by developing specific action / risk mitigation /contingency plans and escalating early to Digital Transformation Program Leade