Associate Director, Project Management - Value & Implementation (VIPM) - Hybrid

Job Description

Global Project and Alliance Management (GPAM) sits in the R&D organization at our Company. GPAM comprises several distinct groups, including Project Managers in Value & Implementation (which is this job), Development, and CMC; Discovery Portfolio Managers; Alliance Managers; Project Management Office (PMO); and Administrative Professionals.

Position Description/Summary:

The GPAM Associate Director, Value & Implementation Project Manager (VIPM), is a core member of Value & Implementation (V&I) Team, partnering with team leaders to develop strategies and execute our Company's drug and vaccine V&I efforts to progress the R&D 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 GPAM.

This position may be based in either Rahway, NJ; Upper Gwynedd, PA; or Zurich, Switzerland.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Managing the Value and Implementation 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., Medical Affairs, Outcomes Research, Market Access, Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences, Commercial, and other areas) as applicable to the project.

• Building and maintaining project plans 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 process and organizational norms to enable teams to understand corporate 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 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 working on common projects. Sharing lessons learned and best practices to impact the GPAM community positively.

Required Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in a scientific or applied discipline preferred

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in project management or a related role required; in a pharmaceutical/biotech industry preferred

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Advanced degree (e.g., MPH, MS, MBA, Ph.D., PharmD) preferred

• Experience and knowledge of different components of value and implementation strongly preferred; including how the various functional areas contribute to a comprehensive strategy

• Project management certification (PMP) and/or formal coursework/training in project management strongly preferred

Required Travel:

• Minimal

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