Associate Director, Project Mgt Delivery Function - Dermatology, FSP Team (Client Embedded) - Remote based in the US

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Wilmington, NC

7d • Remote

About The Position

Join Us as a Project Manager Associate Director – Make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation. We have successfully supported the top 50 pharmaceutical companies and more than 750 biotechs, spanning 2,700 clinical trials across 100+ countries in the last 5 years. As part of our expert team, you’ll have the opportunity to ensure operational excellence that makes a real difference in organizational performance. As a Project Manager Associate Director, you will serve as the Project Lead and primary sponsor contact. You will be accountable for the overall delivery of the project (quality, time, cost) on behalf of the organization. You will establish and communicate customer expectations to the project team and lead the cross-functional project team to meet or exceed deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 10+ years).
• Proven experience in dermatology trials, specifically atopic dermatitis.
• Experience managing global Phase II–IV clinical trials
• Strong background in CRO/vendor oversight.
• Demonstrated success in multi-regional study execution.
• Technical and systems competency, such as computer skills, to include effective use of systems and applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as organization systems (CTMS, Preclarus, Clarity).
• Ability to delegate and effectively prioritize own and workload of project team members in a frequently changing environment.
• Effective oral and written communication and presentation skills
• Proactive, solutions oriented and adaptable to changing priorities and situations.
• Advanced therapeutic area knowledge and clinical development guidelines and directives.
• Strong understanding of the key principles of project management (time, quality, cost), including solid financial acumen.
• Sound interpersonal and customer service skills, including the ability to lead, motivate and coordinate cross-functional project teams.
• Good judgment and decision making skills and capable of applying critical and analytical skills to manage complex/ambiguous situations.
• Ability to negotiate, persuade and influence others, including a cross cultural awareness.

Nice To Haves

• preferred experience in Atopic Dermatitis.
• Will consider Lupus experience as well.

Responsibilities

• Is the primary contact between the sponsor and the organization at the project level.
• Ensures escalation pathways adhered to internally and externally (Rules of Engagement – communication pathways).
• On projects where the scope requires, ensures clear delineation in responsibilities and communication pathways for secondary project leads (such as lead in a specific region, lead for a specific vendor(s) or subset of delivery).
• Ensures financial stewardship at a project level by demonstrating an intimate understanding of the contract, resource alignment to budget, management of Out of Scope activity, drive the Con Mod process/negotiations and team execution to timelines.
• Establishes, communicates and manages the sponsor to achieve optimal delivery during the project.
• Drives Risk Identification and Issue Resolution at project level (RBQM/RESOLVE).
• Ensures project team compliance with organization policies, SOPs, ICH- GCP, regulatory and project specific requirements.

Benefits

• The world leader in serving science
• annual revenue of more than $40 billion
• Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer
• unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services
• Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD
• individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
• Equal Opportunity Employer.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager