Overview:
Job Summary: The Project Manager will provide leadership for strategic projects by ensuring that there is strong alignment between strategy, goals, and implementation.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Project Management
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Conduct Project Management activities as a billable consultant by supporting Project Leaders in delivering quality, efficient, and timely solutions
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Translate decisions into implementable projects and manage to successful implementation
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Plan, develop, monitor, and track projects schedules through project management system
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Manage budget and invoicing throughout the project lifecycle
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Manage a project portfolio to meet evolving deadlines by balancing and optimizing resources.
- Identify and document scope changes, ensuring timing and budget impact are communicated to all stakeholders
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Support the Account/Project Leader in all aspects of project management activities such as time-, resource and budget tracking, project planning, client interactions, and reporting
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Collaborate with project team to ensure timely delivery and quality of all project deliverables
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Responsible for meeting planning and meeting management
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Oversee QC process of a project by tracking contributions of stakeholders and assuring full document QC according to applicable SOPs
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Support invoicing processes including maintaining project status, planning invoice dates, and timesheet review and approval
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May provide operational support, including the ongoing development and improvement of business practices and processes
Communication
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Collaborate directly with sponsors and stakeholders in developing business requirements, business controls and implementation plans
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Communicate issues, issue status, and issue resolution on a regular basis
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Provide leadership and timely feedback to keep all stakeholders, including senior management, informed of project progress
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Lead and facilitate regular client status meetings for internal and external customers
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Develop and distribute daily, weekly, and monthly reporting mechanisms as needed
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
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Undergraduate or graduate degree in project management, business administration, or relevant scientific discipline with a proven track record in integrated drug development
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Science based background preferred
- Professional Project Management Certification in PMP, Agile, SCRUM, ISO, Six-Sigma or ITIL preferred
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Minimum of 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or contract research organization(s) in positions of increasing responsibility in project management with at least 3 years relevant project management experience in multi-disciplinary drug development teams
- Proven ability to analyze complex issues to develop relevant and realistic solutions
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Demonstrated experience in building, leading, and motivating teams
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Strong track record of working with sponsors to translate decisions into actions and delivering complex projects on time, under budget, and with high quality
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Experience in optimizing the trade-offs within a set of projects to maximize the ROI and reduce the risk across a potential portfolio of investment
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Hands-on experience in scoping and executing complex projects
Skills & Abilities:
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Undergraduate or graduate degree in project management, business administration, operations management, or relevant scientific discipline.
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Science based background is preferable, but not essential.
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Certification in PMP, Agile, SCRUM, ISO, Six-Sigma or ITIL a strong plus.
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Project Management experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, drug development, or contract research organization(s).
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Strong track record of working with sponsors to translate decisions into actions and delivering complex projects on time, under budget, and with high quality.
- Experience in optimizing the trade-offs within a set of projects to maximize the ROI and reduce the risk across a potential portfolio of investment.
- Experience interfacing with scientists on complex, data intensive projects with a deeply analytical set of scientific stakeholders.
- Hands-on experience in scoping and executing complex projects.
- Knowledge of project tracking and accounting software.
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Knowledge of Mavenlink and Netsuite is preferred but not essential.
- Familiarity with project planning tools such as MS Project or similar and concepts such as task dependencies.