Director of Program Management and Planning

DM Clinical Research; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

DM Clinical Research in Houston, TX seeks a Director of Program Management and Planning to lead project management operations and strategic planning for clinical trials. You will shepherd external stakeholder relationships and drive cross-functional alignment at the executive level.

Ideal candidates bring senior PM experience with CROs/pharma, PMP preferred, and a track record in trial management and resource optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience interfacing with CROs and pharma at a senior level is highly preferred.
• PM experience; trial management experience is preferred.
• Private sector, site-side experience in industry sponsored trials is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to plan, execute, and oversee key clinical trial projects.
• Ensure alignment with cross-functional goals to achieve organizational objectives.
• Serve as the sponsor/CRO contact for designated trials and maintain external relationships.
• Develop PM processes, dashboards, templates, policies, and metrics.
• Drive enrollment and data quality metrics per sponsor and senior management expectations.

Skills

Innate sense of urgency

Driven, goal-oriented

Diplomacy

Strategize and solve problems

Analytical thinking

Leadership and organization

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Master’s Degree preferred

Job description

Position:Director of Program Management and Planning

Location: Houston, TX

Job Id:1019

# of Openings:1

Director of Program Management and Planning

The Director of Program Management and Planning develops and directs project management operations and strategic planning to drive organizational goals and shepherds key relationships with external stakeholders.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Stakeholder Management

• Lead and collaborate cross functionally - plan, execute, and oversee key clinical trial projects
• Ensure strong alignment with broad cross functional team goals to achieve overall organizational level goals
• Drive and facilitate a unified point of contact for executives and for external stakeholders on projects, develop successful relationships, and provide accurate, timely clarity on project statuses

Leadership and Team Building

• Implement department level org chart for the department
• Build and mentor mid-level management and share knowledge of best practices.
• Drive continuous optimization of operational processes within the department and overall resource allocation
• Provide technical support and guidance (including scope definition, risk identification and mitigation, resource planning, goals and deliverables) to assigned PM staff

Metrics and Study Performance Management

• Develop, implement, and govern program management processes, dashboards, templates, policies, and metrics
• Drive outcomes on key study milestones throughout the clinical trial journey for projects
• Monitor and drive continuous improvements on enrollment metrics as well as data quality metrics as per sponsor and senior management expectations

Program Management and Planning

• Drive expedited study startup and impact first patient/first visit outcomes across all the clinical trial projects in the organization
• Interface with executives to define project priorities, implementation opportunities, challenges and communicate project risks and opportunities
• Seek implementation efficiencies to meet or exceed the enrollment expectations established at project initiation
• Manage government project deliverables and tasks
• Manage the resources to ensure that established cost, time, and quality goals are met
• Overseas project level/program level reporting and collaborate with cross functional teams for executive reports
• Monitor key projects and anticipate, identify and solve roadblocks to project success
• Strong working knowledge of clinical trial operational processes
• Strong project management, change agility, and problem solving capabilities
• Serve as as the key sponsor/CRO contact for designated clinical trial projects, build successful relationships and continuous focus on key deliverables
• Measure and report PM KPls and lead continuous improvement on these

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field, Master’s Degree preferred.

Experience:

• Experience interfacing with CROs and pharma, especially at a senior level, is highly preferred
• Project management experience. Trial management experience is preferred
• Private sector, site-side experience in industry sponsored trials is preferred

Credentials:

• PMP is strongly preferred

Knowledge and Skills:

• An innate sense of urgency
• Driven, goal-oriented attitude
• Ability to drive and assert with diplomacy
• Ability to strategize and solve problems
• Ability to creatively or critically think
• Strong leadership and organizational skills
• Excellent communication and people skills