Project Manager Senior #26-24966

Us Tech Solutions; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 62,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

US Tech Solutions, headquartered in Trenton, NJ, seeks a Precision Medicine Program Manager to advance translational strategies within the Precision Medicine Unit. You will partner with PM leads and global biomarker leads to drive plan development, execution, and cross-functional alignment across R&D.

The role requires coordinating with senior stakeholders, managing budgets, timelines, and risks, and leading PMT meetings to ensure integrated plans support asset value.

Qualifications

• Program Management, Clinical Operations, Translational/Precision Medicine experience.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in R&D and clinical development.
• Ability to manage budgets and timelines for translational programs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main collaborator of the PMed Teams by supporting strategic planning and execution of integrated PMed plans.
• Manage research collaborations and reverse translational initiatives with internal and external partners.
• Develop PMED budgets and monitor team expenses to align with financial goals.
• Create and maintain execution timelines, track progress, and flag deviations.
• Lead PMT meetings, record minutes, and reflect outcomes in timelines and budgets.
• Escalate risks and develop mitigation strategies with the Head of PMO.
• Coordinate with biomarker strategy teams and other stakeholders in clinical programs.
• Apply PMP and PMO best practices across planning, QA/QC, and closing phases.
• Support content creation for cross-functional reviews and governance meetings.
• Act as an integrator to Product Teams and Clinical Study Teams.
• Drive risk management and effective communication plans.
• Perform critical path analyses and communicate inflection points with mitigations.
• Ensure on-time delivery and manage changes to plan.
• Lead cross-functional teams through scientific or strategic changes.
• Ensure meeting effectiveness and maintain MS Teams/Smartsheet updates.

Skills

Program Management

Clinical Operations

Translational/Precision Medicine

Job description

$45.00-$54.27 per hour

Trenton, NJ

Contract

Duration: 06 months contract

Description:

• In this vital role within the Precision Medicine Unit, the Precision Medicine Program Manager (PM) works closely with the Precision Medicine Leads (PMLs) and Global Biomarker Leads (GBLs) to advance the development and execution of Precision Medicine plans.

• Additionally, you will partner with cross functional senior stakeholders and teams across Research & Development to track and manage the development of translational and reverse translational strategies.

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:

• Program Management, Clinical Operations, Translational/Precision Medicine experience

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main collaborator of the PMed Teams by supporting the strategic planning, monitor the execution of high quality, integrated cross-functional PMed Plans in support of the overall asset strategy & value.

• Manage research collaborations and reverse translational initiatives in collaboration with the research and development organization along with any external collaborators identified.

• Responsible for developing the PMED budget for each program and monitoring team expenses to ensure alignment with financial goals.

• Accountable for creating and maintaining execution timelines to track team progress and promptly identify any deviations from the approved plan.

• Lead PMT meetings, ensuring that agendas are clearly defined, meeting minutes are accurately recorded, and outcomes are effectively reflected in both the timeline and budget.

• Work closely with the Head of PMO Team to escalte any risks/issues and develop mitigation strategies.

• Serve as single point of contact for operationalizing biomarker strategy, facilitating with other cross functional stakeholders like biospecimen management, data management, vendor management etc., associated with one or more clinical programs.

• Apply PM best practices in the planning, development, initiation, execution, QA/QC, and closing of projects while driving trade-off / decision making to ensure flawless execution

• Support content creation with PML and Head of PMO in preparation to cross-functional meetings, such as technical reviews, Portal Reviews, Governances, etc.

• Serve as an integrator to the Product Teams/Clinical Study Teams while ensuring connectivity with (inputs to/from) research leadership, early clinical and platform functions

• Drive risk management and effective communication plans, to include asset-wide impacts

• Conduct critical path analysis (challenging assumptions, hold cross-functional team members accountable); recognize and communicate inflection points w/ mitigation strategies

• Ensure on time delivery; drive adherence to plan (time, budget and scope); challenge delays with ‘why not’ and propose mitigations; quickly elevate changes to plan

• Ability to lead cross functional teams and pivot quickly with changes in scientific or strategic assumptions based on internal / external data impacting the program

• Meeting effectiveness, MS Teams/Smartsheet maintenance, proper and timely escalation of issues to Head of Discovery Biomarkers and PMO

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical / scientific background with 6+ years industry and/or academic experience

• Prior pharma / consulting and/or drug development experience, specifically in research & clinical development

• Program and project management skills with experience in a healthcare-related environment, operationalizing strategic initiatives, including cross-functional strategic planning, development of integrated plans, monitoring and driving execution to plan

• Emotional intelligence skills including influencing without authority and navigating within a matrix environment.

• Experience using Project Management and AI/ML tools, methodologies, practices and infrastructure, as related to the Biopharmaceutical Industry

• Highly experienced on MS Suite tools (PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) and project management software such as Smartsheet, Planisware, SharePoint, etc.

• Finance and budget management experience

• Business process and systems management, Project planning and management (PMP preferred)

• Knowledge of SOPs, good clinical practices and regulatory requirements

"US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran"

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