Executive Director, Project Management - Oncology
About The Position
The Executive Director, Project Management leads Directors and oversees strategy, planning, coordination, and delivery for designated clinical study projects. The role ensures project objectives for quality, scope, cost, and schedule are achieved across global projects and portfolios, including large and increasingly complex programs. It works with senior leadership to support corporate and departmental strategies, collaborates with sponsors as an escalation point, and helps optimize the profitability and performance of the Project Management organization. The position manages resource allocation, project interdependencies, project risks, budgets, and schedules; develops project leadership talent; and ensures compliance with quality standards, SOPs, project plans, and regulatory requirements. It also contributes to business development, proposals, budgeting, and bid defenses, while measuring KPIs and leading continuous improvement. The position may provide executive oversight to projects outside its direct assignment and is responsible for workload management, coaching, feedback, and performance reviews for supervised staff.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a science or health-related field.
- At least 15 years of experience in clinical research, including extensive project management and line management experience, or demonstrated competencies for the position.
- Working knowledge of GCP/ICH guidelines and the clinical development process.
- Experience with Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective teamwork.
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and a customer-service demeanor.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally, including overnight stays.
- Working knowledge of project management techniques and tools.
- Direct experience in a global, cross-functional project management environment.
- Proven people-management experience.
- Experience in strategic planning, risk management, and change management.
- Ability to work closely with business unit leadership to understand customer needs.
- Strong analytical skills and business acumen.
- Executive presence and ability to confidently deliver complex presentations to senior management.
- High integrity and ability to inspire and demand high professional and ethical standards.
- Demonstrated leadership track record and effective interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead and inspire excellence within a team and foster employee ownership, productivity, and efficiency.
- Results-oriented, accountable, motivated, and flexible.
- Excellent time management, negotiation, critical thinking, decision-making, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in project management software.
- In-depth proven experience in pharmaceutical and/or device research.
- Excellent planning and organizing skills.
- Excellent influencing and leadership skills.
- Proven ability to delegate while fostering cohesive team dynamics.
- Demonstrated success with independent negotiation and conflict management strategies.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without employer sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree.
- Experience managing complex and global trials.
Responsibilities
- Work with senior leadership to support corporate and departmental business strategies.
- Direct, manage, and promote collaboration among Directors, Project Directors, and Project Managers in planning, executing, and governing global projects and portfolios.
- Provide leadership and oversight for all programs, including large or increasingly complex programs.
- Serve as the primary point of escalation beyond project management for study sponsors.
- Optimize the Project Management organization’s profitability to meet or exceed budget targets.
- Assess and manage resource allocations to meet established cost, time, and quality goals.
- Select, train, develop, and manage the performance of project leadership talent.
- Provide project managers with technical support and guidance on scope, risks, escalation and mitigation, resource planning, goals, and deliverables.
- Identify and escalate impacts to project scope, resources, schedule, or budget through standard methods.
- Ensure project leadership personnel maintain high quality standards and comply with SOPs, working guidelines, project plans, and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with Business Development on opportunity development, proposals, budgeting, and bid defense preparation and attendance.
- Manage project and program interdependencies to achieve milestones and deliverables.
- Evaluate projects and implement necessary changes, including recovery of at-risk projects, re-scoping, postponement, or cancellation.
- Measure and report KPIs and lead continuous improvement.
- Adhere to Precision’s values and commitment to quality, people, clients, and performance.
- Provide executive oversight for projects not assigned as DPM, as needed.
- Manage supervised staff workloads through ongoing assessment and adjustment.
- Provide ongoing feedback, development, and coaching to Directors, Project Directors, and Project Managers, including annual performance reviews.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus.
- Health insurance.
- Retirement savings benefits.
- Life insurance.
- Disability benefits.
- Parental leave.
- Paid time off for sick leave and vacation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
