Senior Project Manager – Fixed Term

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the product development plan including activity planning, budgets, schedule adherence, resourcing, and milestone reporting.
• Engage with senior leadership to define project strategies and objectives and provide leadership for complex, multi-faceted projects spanning multiple functional areas.
• Support alignment of project goals with the company's strategic objectives.
• Actively maintain internal Project Management software (SmartSheet), ensuring consistent accuracy in scheduling, risk assessment, and team data integrity.
• Work with Project Team to develop, maintain, and report all project schedule information and baselines using standardized dashboard reporting.
• Facilitate regular project update meetings with the Project Teams.
• Quantify associated cost and schedule changes for submission to change management.
• Contribute to integrated project teams across a matrixed organization.
• Develop and manage key cross-functional reporting relationships to ensure project information traceability to other systems.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks to ensure smooth project progression.
• Maintain ongoing communication with key stakeholders to ensure alignment and visibility on project progress and potential challenges.
• Act as key internal contact for projects under your supervision.
• Work collaboratively with department leadership to ensure all reporting is met.
• Manage complex, late-stage, high-priority programs independently.
• Coach, review, and delegate work for team members and/or other PMO staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in science or life sciences discipline, or equivalent experience in the life science field.
• PMP certification is strongly preferred.
• 6+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical/drug development/biotechnology industry experience including work on products in Ph1-Ph3 readiness and execution.
• 5+ years of project management experience leading multiple projects concurrently, several functions, and across different stages of development.
• 5+ years of experience in financial management, including budget management and tracking, forecasting, and resource allocation.
• Proficient in at least two key drug development functions, such as clinical operations, manufacturing development, regulatory affairs, or non-clinical development.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and coordinating multiple tasks and functional areas within complex projects.

Hard Skills

• project management
• budget management
• risk assessment
• scheduling
• resource allocation
• dashboard reporting
• financial management
• drug development
• clinical operations
• regulatory affairs

Soft Skills

• leadership
• communication
• collaboration
• problem-solving
• coaching
• organizational skills
• stakeholder management
• strategic planning
• team management
• adaptability

Certifications & Qualifications

• PMP certification

Industry Keywords

• pharmaceutical
• biotechnology
• drug development
• Ph1-Ph3 readiness
• life sciences
• project strategies
• cross-functional teams
• matrixed organization
• change management
• project update meetings

Tools & Technologies

• SmartSheet