Program Manager R&D

Bachelor’s Degree – Life sciences, chemical engineering or biotech disciplines preferred with 8+ years or Masters with 6+ years
3+ years of experience in project management
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional global teams in the medical industry (pharma or biotech)
Experience across the full project lifecycle (discovery, requirements definition, development, launch and sustaining)
Knowledge of regulatory pathways for drugs, biologics or combination devices
Strong business acumen
Effective communication and presentation skills
Demonstrated self-starter who can quickly and efficiently manage continuous change; willing to challenge the norm when needed and drive to decisions
Understanding and experience in good manufacturing procedures, good laboratory and product development process requirements
Ability to work within a global team to understand project requests and translate requirements to the final project deliverables
Experience in creating and maintaining project deliverables (such as project timelines, meeting minutes, status reports)
Knowledge of drug regulatory requirements

Accountable for cross functional team performance, project schedule and execution, budget commitments and spend.
Leads team in defining project strategies, developing goals, and ensuring project scope is defined and controlled.
Continuously interacts with all functional levels of management during effective communication across teams and stakeholders.
Ensures identification and communication of project risk, development of risk plans and leads teams in the proactive management of risk responsible strategies.
Anticipates potential conflict situations and proactive solutions and manages conflict situations in results in a win-win outcome.
Leads teams to identify and implement continuous improvements.
Works with and supports other program managers to ensure successful launch of new products.