Program Manager

Who is USP

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the worlds leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines dietary supplements and food ingredients. At USP we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness integrity and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1300 professionals across twenty global locations working to strengthen the supply of safe high-quality medicines worldwide.

At USP we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship professional development and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships standards and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific mindsregardless of backgroundto contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Brief Job Overview

USP is seeking a Program Manager Digital Standards to oversee crossâfunctional planning execution and delivery across the growing Digital Standards product and policy ecosystem. This role ensures coordinated progress across multiple workstreams including digital reference standards qNMR software supply chain analytics digital documentary standards USP digital method conversion policy development industry pilots marketing and scientific development. The Program Manager will maintain the Digital Standards master plan track timelines and dependencies ensure budgets are managed responsibly and flag risks and resource needs to leadership.

As pharmaceutical development and manufacturing continues its digitalization journey USP is seeking to take an active collaborative role in helping advance digitalization of analytical development and quality control workflows through the delivery of chemical reference and analytical method standards directly into digital environments. This position will help ensure that resources are used efficiently and processes are established to help USP scale its Digital Standards portfolio.

This role is hybrid with an expected travel commitment of up to 10% for planning workshops crossâfunctional meetings and program reviews.

How will YOU create impact here at USP

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity regulatory excellence and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong tested and globally relevant quality standards.

Additionally USPs People and Culture division in partnership with the Equity Office invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged collaborative and results-driven work environments.

The Program Manager Digital Standards has the following responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the Digital Standards portfolio roadmap ensuring alignment across product scientific policy marketing and communications workstreams.
• Lead crossâfunctional program planning activities coordinating objectives milestones dependencies and resourcing needs.
• Track progress of all Digital Standards initiatives including product development policy work pilots marketing campaigns and scientific deliverables.
• Establish and manage project governance structures including meeting cadences decision logs and issue/risk escalation pathways.
• Develop integrated dashboards portfolio reports and KPIs for leadership visibility.
• Monitor budget allocations track monthly actuals and forecast future spending across program areas.
• Identify crossâteam risks bottlenecks and resourcing gaps; surface mitigation recommendations to leadership.
• Maintain documentation including charters schedules risk registers budget trackers and communication plans.
• Support annual and quarterly planning activities ensuring alignment with Digital Standards strategy and USP priorities.
• Facilitate crossâteam communication to maintain transparency and ensure coordinated execution across all workstreams.

Success will be measured by onâtime delivery of program milestones improved coordination and transparency across workstreams effective budget oversight and the ability to anticipate and resolve risks before they impact strategic execution.

Who is USP Looking For

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders along with the following competencies and experience:

• Bachelors degree in project management business science engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in project or program management preferably within scientific digital regulatory or healthcare environments.
• Experience coordinating crossâfunctional teams and managing complex multiâstream programs.
• Demonstrated ability to track budgets manage timelines and report portfolio status at an executive level.
• Familiarity with digital product development scientific workflows or regulatory processes.
• Strong communication organizational and stakeholderâmanagement skills.
• Experience with project management tools (e.g. MS Project Smartsheet Planner Asana Jira).
• Ability to manage ambiguity and drive alignment in complex evolving environments.
• Experience in pharmaceutical scientific healthcare nonprofit or regulated industries.

Additional Desired Preferences

• PMP PgMP Agile or other formal project/program management certifications.
• Experience supporting regulatory standardsâdevelopment or structuredâdata programs.
• Experience with portfolio budgeting or multiâprogram financial forecasting.
• Experience in digital transformation or scientific/analytical software programs.
• Demonstrated ability to design and optimize program governance models.
• Experience developing dashboards or reporting systems for senior leadership.
• Rigorous commitment to measurement and continuous improvement of work processes.
• Experience using AI tools to automate or accelerate work.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None this is an individual contributor role.

Benefits

USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From company-paid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected.

Compensation

Base Salary Range: USD $85200.00 $108400.00 annually.

Target Annual Bonus: % Varies based on level of role.

Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidates skill set experience qualifications equity and other job-related reasons.

Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specificwritten agreement with USP.

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