Senior Manager, Medical Affairs Cell Therapy, Franchise Strategy and Operations, Project Manager

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Position Summary

Independently and proactively leads matrixed cross-functional project management teams and projects within the Medical Affairs Cell Therapy Organization. 

This role reports directly to the Senior Director of Strategy and Operations, serving as a strategic and operational partner within the Cell Therapy Medical organization to deliver key portfolio priorities. Responsibilities include global and regional brand and medical planning, budget planning, congress planning, and the execution of special projects. Additionally, this role collaborates with Commercial, Hematology, and Cell Therapy teams to support strategic planning. The individual will lead with integrity, passion, innovation, inclusion, speed, and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, develop and execute strategic reviews for Medical and Budget Planning across the therapeutic areas within Cell Therapy Medical.
• Manage the Cell Therapy Medical Monthly Dashboard, including creating, populating, and streamlining content, while ensuring metric based updates align with the organization’s strategic objectives.
• Serve as the single point of contact for congress operations for the Cell Therapy Medical organization, including tracking attendance/rationale across the therapeutic within allocations provided.
• Prepare detailed project plans, progress reports, and presentations for senior management and other stakeholders, as needed.
• Track & measure performance and identify risk areas or barriers impeding successful execution. Work with teams, Medical leadership, and/or senior management to resolve
• Ensure agendas for key meetings are focused on key deliverables, risk management, issue identification and resolution. Ensure that key actions and agreements are understood, and the team is held accountable for their commitments.
• Partner with Finance and Medical leads to facilitate the budget process including trade-off discussions and on an ongoing basis ensure the brand budgets (including facilitation of annual budget, monthly projections, accruals, variance analysis and budget planning for the coming year) are on track.
• Identify, develop and implement new processes to facilitate continued evolution of the Operations function and improve efficiency of the Medical organization.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders, Commercial, Hematology and Cell Therapy Medical team members, to influence strategic alignment on key Medical objectives.
• Ensure Medical Team members are fully represented in the decision-making process and knowledge exchange is taking place.
• Ensure key communication points/metrics are captured and disseminated (dashboards, tracking scientific communications).
• Train/Onboard of new project managers, junior level support, and/or contingent workers.

Qualifications & Experience

• BS/BA required; 5+ years industry experience required (research in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or academics is preferred)-science background strongly recommended.
• Advanced project management skills and relevant experience on matrix management, budget management, metrics, senior leadership communication (Commercial, R&D experience a plus).
• Ability to lead and engage in complex strategic scientific discussions to develop /summarize clear follow-up/action plans, to execute and drive performance.
• Ability to build relationships, influence and drive organizational engagement at all levels in a rapidly changing environment.
• Highly effective written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly organized and motivated individual with the ability to work independently/