Director, R&D Project Management

Company: Pfizer
Location: Collegeville
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

United States - Pennsylvania - Collegeville United States - Massachusetts - Cambridge United States - Connecticut - Groton Why Patients Need YouPfizer Global Product Development supports clinical and late stage development of medicines to deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives.What You Will AchieveYou will be part of Pfizer's Portfolio & Project Management Team. Your project management skills will be leveraged to ensure achievement of research, development, medical, and commercial objectives. You will serve as the medicine team operational leader, ensuring all cross functional deliverables are achieved on schedule and within budget and quality targets. It is your problem solving ability and hard work that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.How You Will Achieve It Medicine Program Development, Strategy, and Planning

• Working with Medicine Team leadership, leads development of integrated program plans and ensures alignment between strategy and functional contributions.
• Drives stage gate decision planning and participates in the strategic planning process for the project.
• In partnership with the Medicine Team Leader, Finance Lead, and Partner Line representatives, is accountable for developing and maintaining an integrated budget and updated forecasts.
• Designs, recommends, and implements new processes, approaches, or tools to manage the program or team. Project Planning & Execution
  • Drives creation/maintenance of integrated development plans.
  • Leads development of the program critical path, decision criteria, and milestones/stage gates.
  • Ensures all lines understand program strategy, key milestones and interdependencies.
  • Leads oversight of the program schedule in collaboration with the Project Planner and proactively identifies and manages opportunities to optimize delivery of the plan.
  • Facilitates scenario planning including the development and assessment of options. Risk Analysis and Management
    • Leads the team in the development and execution of integrated risk management plans Information and Communication Management
      • Responsible for the development and management of the communication plan for the program.
      • Ensures effective, accurate, and timely communication of program information to the medicine team and stakeholders.
      • Participates in representing the medicine team in governance presentations, Operating Plan reviews, stakeholder discussions, and other venues. Team Effectiveness
        • Utilizes negotiation, facilitation, meeting management, and conflict resolution skills to enhance cross-functional team performance. ---QualificationsCandidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.Must-Have
          • Bachelor's degree in one of the disciplines related to drug development or business.
          • Mastery of project management skills and drug development.
          • 10 or more years of relevant experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
          • Strong track record of performance on cross-functional teams and achievement of results through project management.
          • Strong leadership, negotiation, interpersonal, communication, and meeting facilitation skills.
          • Experience with stakeholder management, governance management, and communication to senior-level stakeholders.
          • Demonstrated ability to utilize project management tools and techniques. ---Nice-to-Have
            • Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, MBA).
            • Professional PM certification (Project Management Professional [PMP] or equivalent).
            • Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience.
            • Hands-on experience using Microsoft Project or equivalent project planning system.
            • Familiarity with clinical trial operations. Other Job Details:
              • Last Date to Apply for Job: 02/22/2021
              • Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus: YES#LI-PFE Sunshine Act Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative. EEO & Employment Eligibility Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. Medical#LI-PFE Posted 13 Days Ago Full time 4804959 About Us Pfizer careers are like no other. In our culture of individual ownership, we believe in our ability to improve future healthcare, and potential to transform millions of lives. We're looking for new talent to join our global community, to unearth new innovative therapies that make the world a healthier place.

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