ViiV Healthcare Project Management Director

ViiV Healthcare is a global specialty HIV company, the only one that is 100% focused on researching and delivering new medicines for people living with, and at risk of, HIV. ViiV is highly mission-driven in our unrelenting commitment to being a trusted partner for all people living with and affected by HIV. Our aim is to think, act, and connect differently through a focus on education on and treatment for HIV.  We go to extraordinary lengths to deliver the sorts of breakthroughs, both in treatments, care solutions and communities, that really count. We go beyond the boundaries of medicine by taking a holistic approach to HIV through developing and supporting sustainable community programs and improving access to care.  We are fully committed to push through every challenge until HIV/AIDS is eradicated. ViiV has played a significant part in delivering breakthroughs that have turned HIV into a manageable health condition. We offer the largest portfolio of HIV medicines available anywhere, and we continue our work to cater for the widest possible range of needs in response to the HIV epidemic.

We are aware of how much is at stake for those affected by HIV and we show up every day 100% committed to the patients. Our work culture is fast-paced, diverse, inclusive, competitive, and caring. But ViiV isn’t just somewhere to work – it’s a place to belong, an invitation to bring your very best, and a team full of impact-driven team members who are hungry to make a difference.

While we have been improving lives of HIV patients for 30 years, this is an especially exciting time to be at ViiV, as we evaluate novel approaches to treatment and prevention that could further reduce the impact of HIV on individuals and communities.

ViiV Healthcare was created as a joint venture by Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline in November 2009 with both companies transferring their HIV assets to the new company. In 2012 Shionogi joined the company. 76.5% of the company is now owned by GlaxoSmithKline, 13.5% by Pfizer and 10% by Shionogi.

As an experienced life sciences Project Director, you will work in close collaboration with the Project Lead to provide operational and strategic leadership to the HIV matrix teams by working with functional area partners to deliver robust, fit for purpose plan, and oversee its execution.  The role is responsible for generating scenario planning for the project team, enabling robust data-driven decision-making, and for the oversight and reporting of development program deliverables and objectives. Alongside the technical project management responsibilities, you will use your ‘soft skills’ to keep the matrix team motivated, aligned and focused on delivering the team’s critical path.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following…

Influence the strategy, seamlessly integrate it into an endorsed development plan, optimize the critical path, and oversee its execution

• Be accountable to, and work with, the Project Leader (and Project Team) to translate the strategy into a robust, competitive medicines development plan, with an optimized critical path and clear go/no go decision points
• Define opportunities for acceleration and manage the assumptions regarding human resources and budget forecast
• Proactively identify and escalate project risks or issues, and consider options to manage and minimize implications on project timelines, budgets, and goals
• Monitor progress against approved project plans, noting deviations and suggesting corrective actions
• Work with all functional lines to create alignment of overarching project development plans with functional area plans
• Ensure source systems reflect the current project plan assumptions to enable integrated planning across the organization, and ability to track performance against baseline and current plan

Drive scenario planning and enable Governance / Decision- Making

• Drive the preparation of strategic scenario analyses to achieve time, value, and budget advantages
• Lead the preparation of documents for key governance meetings

Manage Resource and Budget

• Identify and manage project resource/budget requirements and anticipated variance, and work with the Project Leader and matrix team to ensure estimates are accurate, gaps are addressed, and progress tracked
   

Manage the Matrix Team

• Provide operational leadership of project team by overseeing the execution of the strategy
  • Manage project-level team meetings, ensure they have a structure and are effective
  • Document clear decisions/actions (minutes) that are communicated to team members and stakehol