Senior Director, Program Management and Planning
About The Position
Uniphar is a global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, aiming to improve patient access to medicines worldwide. With over 3500 employees across multiple geographies, Uniphar offers outsourced and specialized services, leveraging strong client relationships and digital technology. This role, within the US division, will support human resources and lead program management and planning activities for Uniphar Development. The Senior Director will be responsible for developing and implementing long-term strategies for program management, establishing policies and procedures aligned with corporate direction, and serving as a Line Manager for Program Managers. Additionally, the role involves acting as a Program Manager and assisting Partners with their drug development programs.
Requirements
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent and 15 years or more of work experience in biotech, pharmaceutical or clinical or research organization industries.
- 10 years or more project management experience, which demonstrates program management success in a leadership role, and advanced skills including but not limited to communication skills, planning, organization, and business knowledge.
- 5 years or more of line management experience is required.
Responsibilities
- Develops and implements standard “best practices” procedures, processes, and guidelines for program/project management.
- Serves as advisor to other project management staff; provides project management training.
- Assigns project work and reviews workload for all direct reports. Supervises staff by assisting them with their responsibilities, when necessary, by establishing goals that will increase knowledge and skill levels, and by delegating tasks commensurate with skill level.
- Serves as a project manager of large, long-term, complex projects.
- Monitors and coordinates the efforts of project teams, and day-to-day operations.
- Oversees multiple functional areas and vendors involved in a project.
- Forecasts budgets (actual vs. projected) on a periodic basis that includes information provided by vendors.
- Contributes to contract and budget re-negotiation efforts. Manages changes in scope on contracts as necessary.
- Tracks the contractual and financial project progress against contract milestones or completed units.
- Prepares, maintains, and manages the master integrated timeline for a program or study.
- Forecasts changes to timelines and assesses their impact on program/study deliverables.
- Performs risk analysis of projects/programs and engages program team proactively to develop solutions to minimize program risks.
- Working knowledge of CAPA process to bring a project back on schedule and on budget.
- Provides progress reports to senior management and Partners.
- Interacts with all functional areas to assure there are adequate resources available as needed for all components of a project.
- Recommends course of action on human resource matters, including hiring, terminations, training, performance appraisals, and position description preparation.
- May perform other duties as assigned by Uniphar Development Senior Management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
