Associate Director, Project Management -Drug Development- Hybrid

Job Description

The drug development Project Manager is part of Global Project and Alliance Management (GPAM) which sits in the Research & Division organization of our company.

 Position Description/Summary:

The GPAM Associate Director, Project Manager, is a core member of Early Drug Development and/or Late Drug Development Teams, partnering with team leaders to develop strategies and execute our Company's drug and vaccine development efforts to progress the Research & Development pipeline and realize its full potential. The Associate Director is expected to provide project management leadership and drive cross-functional teams with sufficient influence and mastery of project management to take on challenging assignments with minimal guidance. Projects could span any therapeutic areas in which our company is actively engaged. In addition to project work, the Associate Director is expected to contribute to ongoing business process improvement and talent development in Global Project and Alliance Management (GPAM).

Primary Responsibilities:

• Managing the end-to-end drug development process, including projects of significant complexity; driving cross-functional teams and leading by influence to develop comprehensive strategies and ensure successful execution.

• Act as enterprise leaders by guiding teams through the creation, approval, and execution of integrated project plans appropriate to the project's phase of development and complexity. This includes integrating strategic and tactical input from diverse disciplines (e.g., clinical, regulatory, market access, manufacturing, CMC, commercial, and other areas) as applicable to the project.

• Building and maintaining project schedules and critical project information in enterprise project management systems and databases. Using these tools to integrate activities across key team members, proactively identify risks, and ensure clear and effective communication with key team, management, and cross-departmental stakeholders.

• Leveraging relationships and networks to improve and enhance team dynamics; proactively identifying and removing obstacles to drive business results.

• Navigating our company's process and organizational norms to enable teams to understand corporate governance and business requirements, thereby enabling decision-making.

• Leading key team meetings including creating thoughtful agendas, ensuring appropriate participation, contributing project management insights, and following up to ensure the team continues to make progress while holding others accountable.

• Participating in Global Project and Alliance Management (GPAM) departmental initiatives and workstreams aimed at improving the way that we work and the way that we interact with one another as well as other departments. Improving business processes to find new efficiencies and connect people to the information that they need.

• Providing mentoring, coaching, and oversight to Specialist and Senior Specialist project managers …