Program Manager

Program Manager

We seek professionals who combine strong Pharma/Lifesciences domain expertise with an AI-ready mindset, leveraging AI, GenAI, Data, and Digital Technologies to transform business processes, accelerate outcomes, and unlock new opportunities for innovation.

Role overview:

• The Program Manager is an experienced leader responsible for managing large global pharma validation systems upgrade program. This person has previous project management experience and is working on expanding into managing various projects.

• This individual provides leadership and coordinates project management for all project(s) and/or technical activities needed to ensure successful completion of activities, workstreams and projects.

• After workstream launch, this individual is responsible for managing the capacity strategy for each project/workstream.

Responsibilities:

• Assemble and lead matrixed cross-functional teams comprised of customers business users/technical teams and Vendor teams responsible for all technical activities spanning multiple locations and time zones

• Monitor each workstream for successful completion and delivery with respect to Budget, Scope and Timelines.

• Proactively identify and drive technical and project plan related issues to closure by working with all relevant teams and effectively troubleshooting and driving decisions.

• Manage multiple projects/workstreams concurrently, operating with minimal supervision.

• Understand project/workstream drivers, requirements, scenarios and options. Proactively drive development of contingency and/or risk mitigation plans.

• Manage competing timelines and make difficult decisions regarding priorities among projects/workstreams.

• Effectively communicate and present project status to all stakeholders that includes customer governance/project leadership team as well as i2e project governance/leadership team.

• Accountable for setting program and project/workstream plans, including timelines and expenses, that meet business and organizational objectives and ensuring those plans are achieved.

• Define budget requirements and report monthly actuals, LBE, and Plan/LRP schedules per financial schedule.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, science, or closely related discipline, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence

• 10+ years of combined experience in positions related to process development, program/project management in pharmaceutical IT projects

• Must have strong knowledge of pharmaceutical Validation systems, technical development and pharmaceutical systems validation/compliance

• Must have demonstrated organizational and planning skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Must have demonstrated strong project management skills with successful delivery of projects

• Must be able to effectively facilitate the resolution of complex scientific, technical, analytical and business issues across functional lines

• PMP certification a plus

• Able to work with global teams in multiple time zones in a remote working environment.