Prin PD Project Mgmt Spec

Planet Pharma; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Pharma in Minnesota, Plymouth, is seeking a Project Management Specialist to support the Research & Development Portfolio Operations. You will define scope, budget, and timelines for projects, develop and manage detailed schedules in Microsoft Project, and monitor execution against plan.

You will proactively identify risks, dependencies, and changes, and work with cross-functional teams to develop mitigation or recovery plans.

Responsibilities

• Represent the Research & Development Portfolio Operations group on cross-functional project teams as the PMO representative.
• Build, baseline, maintain, and actively manage detailed cross-functional project schedules in Microsoft Project, including dependencies, milestones, critical path, and schedule impacts.
• Monitor and control project execution against approved schedule, scope, and key milestones, identifying variances and driving recovery or mitigation actions as needed.
• Analyze project schedules to identify critical path, dependencies, schedule risks, and potential impacts to project milestones.
• Facilitate proactive risk and issue management, including identification, assessment, mitigation planning, ownership, tracking, and escalation.
• Manage project scope and changes, assessing the impact of proposed changes on schedule, resources, milestones, and project commitments.
• Lead project planning and execution activities across cross-functional teams and maintain clear project communications.
• Track and communicate project performance, schedule status, risks, issues, and key decisions to project leaders, sponsors, and stakeholders.
• Manage changing project priorities through effective schedule management and application of project management methodologies.
• Keep project leadership, sponsors, and key stakeholders informed of capacity constraints, dependencies, and portfolio risks.
• Implement project management best practices, tools, and techniques within projects and PVH R&D.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO.

Job description

Within our Research & Development organization in Peripheral Vascular Health, we focus on deploying project management methodologies and practices to ensure robust planning, project monitoring and control, and execution of new product development activities, continuous improvement initiatives and released product management. This includes developing and actively managing cross-functional project schedules, monitoring schedule performance, managing project scope and changes, and proactively identifying and managing project risks. Our Project Management Specialists are directly involved in all stages of the project life cycle for our innovative devices and therapies.

In this role, the individual will work on projects that are in various phases of product development. They will be working with internal project team members as well as suppliers and business partners to develop and sustain our product portfolio. As a core team member, this individual will be responsible for defining the scope, budget, and timeline of the project,developing and actively managing detailed project schedules in Microsoft Project, and monitoring and controlling project execution against the established schedule and scope. The individual will proactively identify and manage project risks, dependencies, and changes, and work with the cross-functional team to develop mitigation or recovery plans when needed. This position requires broad cross-functional knowledge and comprehensive business management skills, working closely with team members with expertise from the following disciplines: product development, clinical, regulatory affairs, quality, operations, supplier quality and product marketing.

A Day in the Life

• Represent the Research & Development Portfolio Operations group on cross-functional project teams as the PMO representative.
• Build, baseline, maintain, and actively manage detailed cross-functional project schedules in Microsoft Project, including dependencies, milestones, critical path, and schedule impacts.
• Monitor and control project execution against approved schedule, scope, and key milestones, identifying variances and driving recovery or mitigation actions as needed.
• Analyze project schedules to identify critical path, dependencies, schedule risks, and potential impacts to project milestones.
• Facilitate proactive risk and issue management, including identification, assessment, mitigation planning, ownership, tracking, and escalation.
• Manage project scope and changes, assessing the impact of proposed changes on schedule, resources, milestones, and project commitments.
• Lead project planning and execution activities across cross-functional teams and maintain clear project communications.
• Track and communicate project performance, schedule status, risks, issues, and key decisions to project leaders, sponsors, and stakeholders.
• Manage changing project priorities through effective schedule management and application of project management methodologies.
• Keep project leadership, sponsors, and key stakeholders informed of capacity constraints, dependencies, and portfolio risks.
• Implement project management best practices, tools, and techniques within projects and PVH R&D.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO.