Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Planet Pharma is a pharmaceutical and life sciences company. The Project Manager III will lead new product introduction, commercialization, product support, technical transfer, and global launch programs across cross-functional teams and third-party suppliers. The role will manage project plans, budgets, timelines, quality, process improvements, and stakeholder communication within the CAD and PDS&T organizations.
Responsibilities
- To manage the execution of project(s) across the PDS&T organization, Franchise Organizations, and Third-Party Suppliers
- Coordinate global project teams to perform NPI program management, technical transfers of products, product maintenance and global launches of new combination device and device programs
- To carry out and implement process improvement initiatives
- Manage execution of tasks and co-ordination of projects in both remote and office-based settings
- Open to lead activities across different time zones and be flexible to be available, as appropriate to align with other time zones
- Develop realistic cross functional project implementation plans with input from other functions, e.g., R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and Commercial
- Utilize the relevant PM tools for project planning, monitoring, and reporting
- Maintain project budgets and timelines
- Set project milestones and report progress accordingly. Consider alternative approaches and take corrective action as needed to ensure project milestones are achieved
- Provide project management support for and guide the efforts of third-party organizations (vendors, suppliers, contractors, etc.) to enable achievement of shared milestones
- Fulfil management role in terms of organizing project teams, facilitating communication between resources, guiding technical, financial, business and personnel conflict resolution and monitoring budget administration
- Identify and implement opportunities that will improve ability to implement and deliver quality products in a cost effective, compliant, and timely manner
- Support the development of the Program Management process for the PDS&T organisation
- The Employee will perform duties appropriate to this position as instructed by the Company. He / she will be required to be flexible and to undertake any such additional or alternative duties as the Company shall reasonably assign to the Employee from time to time. The Company also has the right to ask the employee to move to another work location without seeing consent at the time of the transfer
- Comply with the EHS policy and procedures and demonstrate EHS best practices in all work activities
- Continually be conscious of your own safety and that of others, always complying with safety notices and barriers
- Report any EHS incidents and/or Near Misses (unsafe acts and conditions) immediately to your supervisor and always raise the event in eAchieve
- Support a culture of EHS excellence by recognizing and submitting opportunities for EHS improvement on eAchieve
- Attend all required EHS training and medical surveillance programs
- Wear PPE as required
- Required to undertake specific investigations, and business process monitoring with the view to improve efficiency and performance e.g. reducing complexity and maximizing output and benefit
- It may be necessary to re-design elements or entire business processes to adapt to changing business conditions in order to improve efficiency and remove waste
- Considerable and continual care and attention needed to avoid non value added activities within a program or associated business process
- Continual attention needed to ensure Leadership are appropriately informed of program or project progress using the recognized escalation processes and governance models
- Be a leader of the team and ensure the team have what they need to be successful
- Establish timetables, set goals/priorities, develop performance measurements, and assign/prioritize resources
- Measure progress and results accurately and completely
- Generate ideas for improvement which are consistent with the organization’s mission and strategy
- Achieve timelines and capital/expense commitments
Skills
- Degree in Engineering / Science or related discipline
- 10+ years of diversified business experience, including operations support/quality at plant level for medical products and/or medical devices, supply chain, validations, capital and expense management, and commercial product launches
- Knowledge of good R&D practices and design control
- Knowledge of medical device, pharmaceutical industry (or Combination products) is required
- 5+ years of medical device and pharma experience is required
- High level of competence with all Microsoft packages including Microsoft Project
- Broad, diverse, cross-functional, and cross-divisional experience
- Able to think strategically and creatively
- Able to establish and maintain credibility as a leader
- Ability to comprehend complicated global product movement plans and logistics
- Ability to drive change throughout the company; results oriented
- Familiar with overseas operations and cultures
- Delivers results with a minimum amount of direction and supervision
- Communicates results, actions, decisions, concerns in a timely manner
- Decisive; moves quickly to core issues while avoiding tangents and/or excessive detail
- Acts with sense of urgency
- Inspires others to work hard
- Team player and team builder
- Effectively builds consensus
- Ability to deal effectively with all levels of personnel
- Manages change positively
- Advanced business degree is benefit
- PMI certification is highly desirable
- Green Belt or Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma is desirable
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