Senior Consultant, Life Sciences - Pharma Drug Development
About The Position
As a Senior Consultant, you will partner with client leadership and delivery teams to lead project and program planning and execution across various functions, driving projects and programs to achieve mission-critical outcomes for our pharmaceutical industry clients. At each new engagement you will leverage the continual exposure and experiences from working within a variety of clients and project types. Your primary goals and focus will be to: Lead late stage product development and submissions Implement or optimize project management frameworks through the use of current best practices and tools, to improve the teams ability to execute and meet their goals. Leverage current industry best-practice tools, such as MS Project, Smartsheets, Planisware, etc. to develop and drive integrated project plans, aligning project tactics with project strategy Manage projects within established scope, schedule and budget while exceeding IPM project management standards Participate and drive discussions to develop and document high-level strategies for accomplishing specific project objectives Establish, maintain, lead and guide high performance project teams, serving as the project advocate within the client organization. Provide project/program management oversight to assigned IPM consultants, as needed Contribute to the generation of business opportunities via relationship building Participate in an IPM service line Center of Excellence (CoE) Support content marketing and business development proposal and project activities Complete activities that promote professional development, including involvement in professional organizations and leading internal initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a science, engineering, or a relatable field.
- A minimum of 12 years of professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry related full product life cycle product development and product management with 7 years of professional project management experience.
- Knowledge and application of a disciplined project management process (Six Sigma and Project Management Professional certifications are a plus).
- Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills to effectively communicate and build relationships with a broad spectrum of audiences at all organizational levels.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degrees are a plus.
- Six Sigma and Project Management Professional certifications are a plus
Responsibilities
- Lead late stage product development and submissions
- Implement or optimize project management frameworks through the use of current best practices and tools, to improve the teams ability to execute and meet their goals.
- Leverage current industry best-practice tools, such as MS Project, Smartsheets, Planisware, etc. to develop and drive integrated project plans, aligning project tactics with project strategy
- Manage projects within established scope, schedule and budget while exceeding IPM project management standards
- Participate and drive discussions to develop and document high-level strategies for accomplishing specific project objectives
- Establish, maintain, lead and guide high performance project teams, serving as the project advocate within the client organization.
- Provide project/program management oversight to assigned IPM consultants, as needed
- Contribute to the generation of business opportunities via relationship building
- Participate in an IPM service line Center of Excellence (CoE)
- Support content marketing and business development proposal and project activities
- Complete activities that promote professional development, including involvement in professional organizations and leading internal initiatives.
Benefits
- Engaging culture: IPM has a caring, nurturing culture with a transparent communication approach and culture-building and team-building events, both regional and company-wide.
- Inclusion: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion have always been a part of our culture; we are a company that treats everyone with respect and dignity. Everyone has a voice and is heard.
- Professional development: We ensure you reach your professional aspirations by providing you with training and development opportunities. We’ll create the bandwidth you need to further your career at IPM. You are IPM’s future – we only promote from within.
- Diverse projects: We lead a wide variety of projects and provide significant exposure to many clients and project types.
- Collaborative work environment: We have a well-structured system to provide support from managers, internal teams, and our Centers of Excellence (CoE). Our CoEs serve as a resource for specific service and industry knowledge, tools and best practices.
- Comprehensive compensation and benefits program: including 100% employer-paid health for employees and 85% paid health for dependents; 401(k)matching, performance bonus, relocation assistance, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, holiday, personal and sick time, among many others.
- Philanthropy: We are devoted to the communities we serve and actively promote employee involvement in community improvement projects. We’ve created “Project Mercy” to channel our philanthropic efforts every quarter.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
