R&D Project Manager

The Fountain Group; Cambridge (MA); Remote; USD 76,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda R&D is seeking a Functional GCM Project Manager to support global capability transformation across R&D functions, including establishment of development hubs in India and Poland. The role involves translating functional strategies into executable workforce, onboarding, change management, and transition plans.

Responsibilities include developing integrated project plans, coordinating transitions and onboarding, supporting workforce planning, and delivering status reports and executive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences, or related field preferred.
• Experience managing projects in global, complex organizations.
• Ability to plan integrated project plans and manage risks.
• Experience with workforce planning and onboarding readiness.
• Strong status reporting and executive presentation skills.
• Cross-functional coordination across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and issue trackers.
• Coordinate R&D functional transitions, hypercare, and operational readiness activities.
• Support workforce planning, hiring waves, requisition tracking, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate employee onboarding, site readiness, and knowledge transfer dependencies.
• Support organizational change management, stakeholder readiness, and functional communications planning.
• Analyze workforce, cost, and operational assumptions for business cases and organizational design reviews.
• Prepare project status reports, executive presentations, decision materials, and implementation recommendations.
• Identify cross-functional execution risks and drive issue resolution across global teams.

Skills

Project management

Integrated project planning

Workforce planning

Organizational transition

Status reporting

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree (Business Administration, Project Management, Life Sciences, or related)

Job description

Job Title: Functional GCM Project Manager (R&D)
Location: Remote
Pay Rate: $55-70/hr (based on experience)
Duration: 6 Months

Job Description

Takeda R&D is seeking Functional GCM Project Managers to support global capability transformation across R&D functions, including the establishment of development hubs in India and Poland. The role involves translating functional strategies and organizational designs into executable workforce, onboarding, change management, and transition plans.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and issue trackers.

• Coordinate R&D functional transitions, hypercare, and operational readiness activities.

• Support workforce planning, hiring waves, requisition tracking, and resource allocation.

• Coordinate employee onboarding, site readiness, and knowledge transfer dependencies.

• Support organizational change management, stakeholder readiness, and functional communications planning.

• Analyze workforce, cost, and operational assumptions for business cases and organizational design reviews.

• Prepare project status reports, executive presentations, decision materials, and implementation recommendations.

• Identify cross-functional execution risks and drive issue resolution across global teams.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Life Sciences, or a related field preferred.

Required Skills

• Project and program management in complex, global organizations.

• Integrated project planning, milestone tracking, dependency management, and risk and issue management.

• Workforce planning, hiring coordination, and resource tracking.

• Organizational transition, onboarding readiness, and implementation planning.

• Project status reporting, executive presentations, and decision documentation.

• Cross-functional workstream coordination and issue resolution.

Preferred Skills

• Pharmaceutical R&D, biotechnology, or life sciences experience.

• Global Capability Model (GCM) transformation or global capability center implementation.

• Organizational design, workforce transformation, and change management.

• Business-case development, cost analysis, and investment planning.

• Knowledge transfer, operational readiness, and transition hypercare.

• Experience supporting senior functional leaders and coordinating junior project management resources.

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