Project Manager- Precidion Medicine

In this vital role within the Precision Medicine Unit, the Precision Medicine Program Manager (PM) works closely with the Obesity Therapeutic Area Head and Precision Medicine Lead (PML) to advance the development and execution of Precision Medicine plans. You will serve as the steward of a cross-functional team to develop and execute translational and precision medicine strategies to support asset (and above-asset, as needed) development across the product lifecycle. Additionally, you will partner with cross functional Sr. Stakeholders and teams across Research & Development to guide the development of translational, reverse translational, and precision medicine strategies.
Responsibilities

1. Serve as the main steward of the PMed Team (PMT) overall program timelines, study pull-through and team efficiency by Driving the strategic planning, development and ensures execution of high quality, integrated cross-functional PMed Plans in support of the overall asset strategy & value
2. Apply PM best practices in the planning, development, initiation, execution, QA/QC, and closing of projects while driving trade-off / decision making to ensure flawless execution
3. Co-lead with PML content creation in preparation to cross-functional meetings, such as technical reviews (PMAF), Portal Reviews, Governance, etc.
4. Conduct critical path analysis (challenging assumptions, hold cross-functional team members accountable); recognize and communicate inflection points w/ mitigation strategies
5. Serve as an integrator to the Evidence Generation Teams (EGTs) and Product Teams (PTs) while ensuring connectivity with (inputs to/from) Discovery Bx, platform functions and IVD/Dx activities
6. Drive risk management and effective communication plans, to include asset-wide impacts
7. Ensure on time delivery; drive adherence to plan (time, budget and scope); challenge delays with "why not" and propose mitigations; quickly escalate changes to plan
8. Internal Use Only General and Administrative
9. Applying best practice project management methodology aligned with Client's global commercialization process
10. Ability to lead Agile teams and pivot quickly with changes in scientific or strategic assumptions based on internal / external data impacting the program
11. Meeting effectiveness, MS Teams/Smartsheet maintenance, proper and timely escalation of issues to PMed TAHs

Basic Qualifications:

• PhD and/or Master's degree and 5 years of relevant PM experience OR
• Bachelor's degree and 8-10+ years of relevant PM experience

• Technical / scientific background with 6+ years industry and/or academic experience
• Prior pharma / consulting and/or drug development experience including deep experience in one or more core drug development and commercialization functions and experience leading teams through governance processes
• Development experience ideally incl. a program that involved one or more of the following: Research, early or late development; Diagnostics; Client biomarkers; Computational Biology; RWE
• Program and project management skills with experience in a healthcare-related environment, operationalizing strategic initiatives, including cross-functional strategic planning, development of integrated plans, monitoring and driving execution to plan
• Emotional intelligence skills including influencing without authority and navigating within a matrix environment.
• Experience using Project Management and AI/ML tools, methodologies, practices and infrastructure, as related to the Biopharmaceutical Industry
• Highly experienced on MS Suite tools (PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) and project management software such as Smartsheet, Planisware, SharePoint, etc.
• Finance and budget management experience
• Business process and systems management, Project planning and management (PMP preferred)
• Knowledge of SOPs, good clinical practices and regulatory requirements
• Proven ability to lead, manage, and motivate others in a complex, multi-functional matrix environment
• Exceptional leadership and team management skills