Senior Consultant, Life Sciences - Pharma Drug Development
About The Position
IPM partners with clients in the pharmaceutical industry to lead product development projects from pre-clinical R&D through commercialization. This includes planning for regulatory, clinical, and commercial strategies and processes, as well as product lifecycle management. IPM also leads the creation or improvement of operational processes, such as harmonizing regulatory and quality systems and building project, program, and portfolio management capabilities. As a Senior Consultant, you will partner with client leadership and delivery teams to lead project and program planning and execution across various functions. Your role will be to drive projects and programs to achieve mission-critical outcomes for pharmaceutical industry clients. Each engagement will provide continual exposure and experiences from working within a variety of clients and project types.
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
- 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
- 100% employer-paid health for employees
- 85% paid health for dependents
- 401(k)matching
- performance bonus
- relocation assistance
- tuition reimbursement
- paid vacation
- holiday
- personal and sick time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
