R&D Project Manager

$55 - $70 per hour

The Fountain Group

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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