Project Manager - Pharma

Role: Project Manager - Level 3

Location: Collegeville, PA 19426

Duration: 12 months

Description:

• The Alliance/Project Manager within Oncology Translational Medicine (OTM) enables successful delivery of partnered and internally led diagnostic/biomarker initiatives by combining alliance governance and relationship leadership with disciplined project management.
• This role matrix-manages cross-functional stakeholders and external collaborators to align on objectives, scope, timelines, budget and contractual obligations; ensures effective partnership governance, communications and issue resolution; and drives on-time, compliant completion of milestones, deliverables, budget management and documentation to maximize joint value for the Oncology portfolio
• Lead cross-functional teams (e.g., Clinical Development/Operations, BMx/Dx, Analytics, Data Management, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Finance, Commercial) to plan and execute alliance and project deliverables.
• Establish and run alliance governance and working-team cadence (e.g., Joint Project Team and Joint
• Steering Committee meetings), capturing decisions and actions and ensuring timely closure.
• Partner with scientific leaders to define clear objectives, success metrics, roles/accountabilities and integrated plans that align internal strategy with partner expectations.
• Manage scope, schedule, dependencies, risks and issues; proactively diagnose problems, drive solutions and escalate appropriately to protect milestones and value.
• Represent the organization to external partners to ensure delivery against agreed scope, cost, quality and timeline, and to build trust, transparency and productive working relationships.
• Translate contractual provisions into operational plans (milestones, reporting, payment triggers, data/materials exchange, publications/communications) and guide teams on compliance with Alliance agreement terms.
• Track budgets, forecasts and payments; coordinate contracting activities, manage invoices and reconcile financial obligations with Finance/Procurement.
• Develop and maintain project documentation to support governance; experience with audits and regulatory submissions, ensuring required records are accurate, current and inspection ready, is a plus.
• Support deal lifecycle activities as needed (term sheet to execution; amendments/renegotiation, reversion, out-licensing or termination) by providing operational and alliance-management input.
• Drive continuous improvement by sharing best practices and lessons learned across alliances and project teams; effectively multi-task across multiple concurrent initiatives

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or equivalent in Life Sciences, Biological Sciences or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of relevant experience spanning project/program management and/or alliance management in pharma, biotech and/or diagnostics (including clinical biomarker and/or diagnostic development programs).
• Foundational knowledge of pharmaceutical R&D and/or commercialization environments.

Preferred Requirements:

• Master’s, PhD and/or MBA, in a relevant scientific or business discipline
• PMP or PRINCE2 (or equivalent) certification; strong application of project management standards, concepts and tools.
• Data, AI, Real World data related experience is a plus
• Business development experience and comfort supporting amendments/renegotiations
• Experience leading partnered collaborations, including deal negotiations and operationalizing agreements (milestones, reporting, payments, communications/publications), while influencing cross functional matrix teams and communicating effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of drug discovery and development, clinical trial design, and end-to-end development and commercialization processes; experience in diagnostics development, a plus.
• Experience with compliance, risk management and maintaining inspection-ready documentation; ability to establish trust and work with integrity.
• Hands-on proficiency with planning/collaboration tools (e.g., MS Project or equivalent; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint; MS Teams/WebEx) and comfort leveraging data/AI tools (e.g., Power B and other approved solutions).