Project Manager, Oncology Pharmaceutical Products

The Fountain Group; Basking Ridge (NJ); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

The Fountain Group is seeking a Project Manager for Oncology Pharmaceutical Products in New Jersey. This hybrid role requires local candidates who can come to the office 1-2 days weekly.

Duration is 5 months with potential to convert; pay is $60-70 per hour. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining program plans, managing budgets, and coordinating cross-functional teams to enable successful product launches.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in related project management roles.
• 4+ years PM experience; pharma/oncology knowledge preferred.
• Experience with budget management and executive communications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed program plans and risk mitigations.
• Monitor timelines, escalate issues, and drive on-time delivery.
• Lead cross-functional coordination to enable tactics.
• Translate strategy into milestones, metrics, and resource plans.
• Provide executive-ready dashboards and financial reporting.
• Lead governance forums and stakeholder communications.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget management

Executive presentations

Travel readiness

Microsoft Office/Teams

Advanced Excel

Tools

Microsoft Office/Teams

Excel

Job description

Project Manager, Oncology Pharmaceutical Products

Duration: 5 mo (with potential to convert)

Pay: $60-70hr

Hybrid - Candidate must be local and able to come into the office 1-2 days a week.

Program & Project Management

• Lead development and maintenance of detailed program and project plans, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies, while also supporting launch plans by ensuring readiness, coordinating cross-functional activities, and aligning resources to facilitate successful product launches.
• Monitor progress against timelines and deliverables, escalating issues and recommending solutions to maintain alignment and momentum.
• Facilitate cross functional collaboration to support consistent execution of tactics.

Strategic & Operational Enablement

• Partner with US OBD leaders to translate strategic objectives into integrated program and project plans with defined milestones, metrics, and risks.
• Provide operational thought partnership on prioritization, sequencing, and execution of high impact initiatives and senior leadership requests.
• Support development and maintenance of Product Plans to ensure cross functional alignment.

Financial & Resource Management

• Manage program-level budgets, including forecasting, reconciliation, and financial reporting.
• Provide regular financial tracking and analysis to support transparency, budget adherence, and informed decision making.
• Prepare and deliver leadership reporting to ensure executive stakeholders to inform on program progress, key risks, and resource utilization.
• Partner with Finance teams to ensure alignment on budget planning, resource allocation, and accurate financial forecasting.
• Monitor progress against timelines and deliverables, escalating issues and recommending solutions to maintain alignment and momentum.
• Facilitate cross functional collaboration to support consistent execution of tactics.

Governance & Cross Functional Coordination

• Drive effective governance by proactively planning and orchestrating leadership and cross functional forums, ensuring robust agenda development, decision tracking, and action management.
• Establish and maintain meeting cadence, decision frameworks, and communication pathways to enable efficient governance.
• Serve as a key point of coordination between US OBD, Global teams, cross functional partners, and alliance counterparts, as applicable.

Operational Excellence & Enablement

• Support implementation of new processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Develop executive ready dashboards, reports, and materials that provide clear visibility into program status, risks, and financial performance.
• Drive consistency, standardization, and continuous improvement
• Lead change management initiatives by guiding teams through transitions, communicating impact, and fostering stakeholder engagement to ensure successful adoption of new processes and tools.

Skills:

Experience Qualifications

• 7 or More Years overall related experience required
• 4 or More Years of project management experience or other related experience required
• 7 or More Years of pharmaceutical or related industry experience with a working knowledge of the medical, scientific, and commercial oncology marketplace preferred
• Experience with budget management required
• Executive level presentations and communications required
• Microsoft Office/Teams required
• Advanced Excel skills required
• Candidate should be prepared to travel to conferences/symposiums if needed.