Sr. Specialist, 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 Senior Specialist 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 Companys drug and vaccine V&I efforts to progress the R&D pipeline and realize its full potential. The Senior Specialist is expected to provide project management leadership and drive crossfunctional teams with sufficient influence and mastery of project management to take on simple projects independently or moderatecomplexity assignments in conjunction with a partner project manager. Projects could span any therapeutic areas in which our companys is actively engaged.

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 that are of moderate complexity and/or partnering with a more seasoned project manager on high complexity projects; driving cross functional teams to develop comprehensive strategies and ensure successful execution of such.
• Act as enterprise leaders by guiding teams through the creation approval and execution of integrated project plans appropriate to the projects 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 as tools to integrate activities across key team members proactively identify risks and ensure clear and effective communication with key team management and crossdepartmental stakeholders.
• Leveraging relationships and networks to improve and enhance team dynamics; withguidance from senior GPAM professionals as neededproactively identifying and removing obstacles to drive business results.
• Navigating our companys process and organizational norms to enable teams to understand corporate business requirements thereby enabling decisionmaking.
• Preparing for facilitating and documenting outcomes of team meetings ensuring meetings have clear purpose and objectives and that conflict is surfaced and resolved.
• Actively participating and completing ongoing training and personal development activities to increase leadership competency and to gain knowledge and skill in the discipline of project management within Value & Implementation.
• Providing significant input into the monitoring of GPAM processes and tools used to support the teams as appropriate; advocate for and contribute to the success of change / process improvements when warranted.

Required Education Experience and Skills:

• Bachelors degree required; concentration in a scientific or applied discipline preferred
• Minimum of three (3) 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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