Director, Project Controls Operations

The Director plays a strategic leadership role with relentless focus on Business Development and organizational growth while ensuring Project Delivery via their own billability as well as training, mentoring and coaching their teams in both the evolution and continued operational excellence of Precision for Medicine’s Manufacturing Solutions practice area. Specifically, they are responsible for individualized business development activities and organizational growth. This role is primarily client facing, with individualized billability to ensure the timely delivery of innovative solutions while keeping abreast of market and technology trends in the industry. In addition, this role is central to identifying and developing resources within the practice area to ensure a high level of expertise, performance, and client focus to stay ahead of the competition. Success in this role requires proven technical expertise combined with business acumen, advanced people and team-building skills, and a consulting mindset to deliver technical and business solutions that align with our Patient Focused and People First mindset. 

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:

Business Development & Strategy

• Own, review, present, and analyze Business Development, Project Delivery and Team Member activities to Leadership.
• Develop, implement, and execute strategic plans to meet the Manufacturing Solutions business development and growth targets.
• Focus on increasing the market client base and expanding the regional book of business in order to achieve annual growth targets
• Utilize existing network to procure and land new business for Manufacturing Solutions.
• Develop and implement strategic plans to meet the Manufacturing Solutions practice area goals of client satisfaction, business and technical performance, and employee engagement.
• Collaborate across the Manufacturing Solutions practice teams to develop solutions for joint business opportunities that meet business objectives.
• Monitor and manage department budgets and planning needs to meet the necessary project requirements.
• Manage new and existing client accounts, focusing on project delivery and actively seeking account growth.
• Work with client’s business/technical leadership to facilitate workflow development, project scope development and risk assessment, issue resolution and work forecasting and planning.
• Provide direction and innovation in service and/or process improvement, cost reduction and recommendations for business process optimization.
• Stay current with the latest trends in the biomanufacturing industry and implement strategies that leverage changes in the marketplace into new business opportunities.
• Thorough understanding of our target industries including how each sector works together, interdependencies, emerging trends, and key challenges.
• Maintain business development data within customer relationship management (CRM)
• Support strategic creation of cross site / cross account business development tools creating a force multiplier impact.
• Attend and represent Manufacturing Solutions at ISPE or other networking events.
• Other duties as assigned by Management.

Project Delivery and Team Member Development

• Build and oversee teams at various client sites/locations to ensure consistency of services, compliant with client and Manufacturing Solutions processes and standards and responsiveness to both client and employee requirements.
• Develop and implement employee performance and development plans to meet individual development and growth, and overall program goals; includes primary responsibility for talent management including overall hiring and termination decisions in collaboration with human resources
• Direct and manage teams executing projects within the Manufacturing Solutions practice area with overall responsibility for technical solutions, cost, quality, and client satisfaction.
• Lead, inspire and engage in strategic succession planning to ensure the readiness of future leaders.
• Lead initiatives and projects by ensuring Team Members understand team and individual goals and responsibilities, managing priorities and ensuring timely and high-quality completion of work.
• Set and lead project direction and strategy based on client vision and expected outcomes throughout the entire project delivery life cycle without oversight.
• Provide resource planning, as well as define project objectives and requirements necessary to structure a project or activity.
• Subject Matter Expert who provides technical direction, training, career deve