Project Manager Senior

Aditi Consulting; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditi Consulting is seeking a Senior Project Manager to integrate Process Development activities by building and maintaining schedules for pipeline programs. You will focus on PD programs across Pivotal, Life Cycle Management, and Commercial space, working with Operations Leaders and Product Delivery teams.

The role requires extensive PM experience in Pharmaceutical Product Development, with a track record across biologics and small molecules.

Qualifications

• Doctorate/Master/Bachelor/Associate/High school path with 2/6/8/10+ years PM in Pharmaceutical Product Development
• Experience in Pharmaceutical/Product Development environments is required
• PM tools experience with MS Project, Planisware, PowerPoint and Excel preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional PD teams to develop and maintain project schedules
• Coordinate with Clinical, tox, and commercial teams to align timelines
• Draft scenario timelines for portfolio decisions across development paradigms
• Ensure active communication in reviews and governance meetings
• Drive decision making and project documentation
• Support business process improvements with commercialization alignment
• Report project metrics and risk analyses
• Capture lessons learned and industry best practices

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Pharma/Biotech knowledge

MS Project

Planisware

PowerPoint

Excel

SharePoint

Education

Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Product Development

Master’s in a related field

Bachelor’s in Pharmaceutical Product Development

Associate’s degree with experience

High school diploma with extensive PM experience

Tools

MS Project

Planisware

PowerPoint

Excel

MS Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Payrate:

$49.00 - $51.00/hr

Summary:

We are searching for a Sr. Project Manager responsible for integrating Process Development (PD) activities by developing and maintaining project schedules for pipeline projects. This Sr. Project Manager will have the main focus on supporting programs in the Pivotal, Life Cycle Management and Commercial space working with the Operations Leader and the Product Delivery Team.

Responsibilities:

• The Sr. PM will manage cross-functional teams within Process Development (PD) across all modalities (Biologics and Synthetics) as needed. They will partner with technical leads to identify key deliverables, ensure cross functional alignment, and execute plans. They are expected to proactively manage plans to meet deliverables with their teams.
• Partnering with key Product Delivery Team stakeholders, the Sr PM will need to understand the Clinical Development Plan and strategy to enable alignment with tox, clinical and commercial targets
• The Sr PM will draft timeline scenarios to enable/adjust project execution across multiple development paradigms to inform portfolio decisions
• Ensure teams active, aligned communication in functional and cross-functional management reviews and governance meetings
• Leverage soft skills, technical knowledge, and leadership attributes to influence positive project outcomes.
• Assist PD in driving decision making and communication
• Establish and manage collaboration and team sites. Track delivery and create repositories for all Process Development deliverables
• Project reporting including appropriate risk analysis
• Partner with Business Analysis and Performance to report product metrics
• Facilitate and incorporate lessons learned, and best practices
• Support Business Process improvements, including alignment with the Commercialization Office

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Project Management experience in Pharmaceutical Product Development

OR

• Master’s degree and 6 years of Project Management experience in Pharmaceutical Product Development OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of Project Management experience in Pharmaceutical Product Development OR
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of Project Management experience in Pharmaceutical Product Development OR
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Project Management experience in Pharmaceutical Product Development

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree with 6 years of projects management experience, OR Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of project management experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology or other Healthcare related field, direct CMC experience is highly desirable
• Ability to foster collaboration and work effectively on cross-functional teams
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to effectively interface across all levels of the organization
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Apply standard Project Management tools, and practices; experience with MS Project, Planisware, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Teams and SharePoint highly desirable

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:

• Six to ten years of project management experience
• Degree in science (Biological sciences, chemical engineering, pharma)
• Biotech/Pharma industry experience

Pay Transparency:

The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is:$49.00 - $51.00/hr.Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by