Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for patients with serious diseases. The Senior Manager, Project Management will apply project management expertise to create and maintain project schedules, drive project execution, manage costs, and support risk management activities while ensuring alignment across teams.
Responsibilities
- Applies project management expertise and knowledge of drug development to gather information and incorporate input from functional Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create and accurately maintain integrated project schedules / Gantt charts that serve as roadmaps to ensure delivery on assigned projects
- Drives execution of projects by focusing on critical path activities and holding team members accountable for delivery of assigned tasks and addressing assigned issues and actions
- Supports PML and other team members to ensure and maintain alignment between Integrated Product Development Plans (IPDPs) and Functional Matrix Team (FMT) plans
- Supports PML in managing costs– partnering with finance and other team members to manage compilation of annual budgets ($ & FTE), control costs and ensure reforecasting is in line with operational plans
- Supports PML on risk management activities – maintaining the risk register and monitoring execution of mitigation / contingency plans
- Plays a key role in sharing of key information within the broader project team through management of the project team space (e.g., Project SharePoint site, MS Teams channel etc)
- Ensures accurate portfolio reporting through accurate maintenance of key data in approved planning systems
- Participates in implementing improvements to project management processes, tools and infrastructure to ensure ongoing efficiency across the organization
Skills
- Possesses good understanding of all phases of the drug development cycle and has some technical understanding toward the successful development and registration of pharmaceutical products
- Fully trained in all relevant PM processes and can competently use and employ essential project management tools and methodologies to facilitate project team activities, manage risks and ensure project execution
- Able to independently manage all stages of a development program
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills both one-on-one and in a team setting
- Ability to work jointly with team leader to guide, motivate and influence project team members and ensure conflicting functional needs are recognized and resolved in a professional and timely manner
- Ability to influence without authority and balance task requirements with personality issues to solve a broad range of problems in varying scope and complexity
- Strong meeting management and process facilitation skills to actively lead project team meetings, record key decisions and actions for the projects
- Ability to clearly communicate project status and resource constraints to senior team leaders
- Eye for detail and ability to focus on constructing detailed schedules / Gantt charts
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Project); Planisware experience a plus, Smartsheets and Visio a plus
- Graduate Degree + 6 years of total experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred, including minimum 4 years independently managing or leading cross-functional project teams in a drug development company
- Project Management Professional (PMP) a plus
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401k retirement savings plan
- Flexible paid vacation
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