Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. WuXi AppTec is a leading Contract Research and Development Manufacturing Organization, and they are seeking a TIDES Development Key Account Project Manager. The role involves managing projects within WuXi TIDES, leading their progression from proposal to completion while collaborating with clients and internal teams.
Responsibilities
- Manage assigned Project team members, set expectation, provide direction, guidance, and feedback
- Prepare Quotations/Proposals with inputs from key stakeholders
- Participate in the planning and implementation of project. Establishes project objectives, timelines and deliverables. Defines project tasks and resource requirements
- Closely monitor/control project progression to ensure project is completed on schedule and within budget. Reports project progress to all key stakeholders
- Support technical team to investigate potentially serious situations and implements corrective measures
- Serves as liaison with client contacts, manages day-to-day communications
- Represents company in project meetings, prepares meeting agenda and minutes, and follow through action items
- Evaluates and assesses project results, provides recommendations for future improvements
- Collaborate with and provides support to business development team to attend customer visits, conferences or tradeshows
Skills
- Masters (MS) or PhD in Organic Chemistry
- A minimum of 10 years pharmaceutical or CRO/CMO industry experience preferably in process R&D, API development and manufacturing area
- Prior experience in project management or managing external research collaborations
- Strong and effective project management, problem solving and interpersonal skills and have a proven track record working cross-functionally across a wide variety of technical, business and operational areas
- Demonstrates good understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and small molecule drug development process
- Demonstrates the ability to a self-starter
- Functions in a self-motivated and highly flexible manner
- Able to work independently
- Must be organized and detailed-oriented
- Possesses proven experience in creating or capitalizing on opportunities leading to successful outcomes, ideally with Project Management relevance
- Understands and is able to work on complex issues where analysis of situation or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
- Coordinates with other PM, BD, and scientific counterparts to provide appropriate solutions to clients
- Ensure coordination of efforts and ensure good communication with all parties
- Proficiency in both English and Mandarin is required
- Excellent communications skills (verbal, written, and presentation skills)
- Ability to use all Microsoft Office products
- Experience in Contract Research Organization (CRO) or Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) is preferred, but not required
Benefits
- Remote within the U.S. with international travel of up to 35%, primarily to China.
- During the first year, international travel may increase to up to 50% to support onboarding, knowledge transfer, and training.
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