Associate Director, Program Manager

Job Description

The Position

We are looking for an experienced Associate Director, Program Manager to join our team. This successful candidate will provide program management expertise as an individual contributor to teams leading the development or life-cycle management of drugs or devices which improve human health. The program manager may also be assigned to projects that contribute to business improvement and transformation.

Responsibilities

• As a core team member provide program management expertise and drug development knowledge to contribute to the development of the overall program strategy and objectives for achieving the target product profile and value proposition.

• Lead the establishment of the integrated and operational plan to meet the established strategy and objectives. Efficiently integrate and align strategy with delivery. Leverage tools and best practices to manage throughout execution. Drive the team to deliver.

• Maintain current and accurate program information in reports and systems to enable high quality portfolio communications.

• Contribute to and facilitate an environment that fosters high performance.

• Serve as a trusted partner to other program and project managers.

• Creative in the identification of needed improvements in tools, processes, or other, and offer solutions.

If you’re an experienced program and project manager, we would love to consider you for this role. Here are a few of the core capabilities we’re looking for:

• Strong in planning with a working knowledge of the drug development process and research and development operations.

  • Provide program management and integrated planning across functions incorporating TPP, key value drivers, leading indicators, financial assumptions.

  • Lead teams through the establishment of cross functionally integrated plans that are high-quality, detailed, clear, reasonable to execute, informed by benchmarks or internal metrics.

  • Facilitate short- and long-term scenario planning and option development.

  • Lead team meeting and operational logistics and workshops.

• Takes personal accountability to drive success.

  • Understand all aspects of the program including strategy, goals, timelines, action items, critical path, acceleration opportunities.

  • Translate the strategy and program goals into the planning details with ease and make execution expectations clear and meaningful to the team.

  • Identify critical path and apply acceleration levers.

  • Partner with the team to drive execution according to the set timelines, milestones, decision gates, scope, and budget.

  • Effectively hold the team and functions accountable for execution of plan.

• Strong communicator (written, spoken, presentation) with the ability to influence.

  • Effectively interface with team members, stakeholders, and leadership.

  • Seek internal and external information and data points to inform best practices and options.

  • Proactively take risk, issues, or insights to action with the team. Identify, mitigate, escalate, and facilitate the management of strategies to maintain on-time execution and discharging of risk.

  • Manage team through organizational governance and optimal decision making.

  • Leverage network to ensure functional expertise, broad stakeholder engagement and communication is effective to facilitate inputs and advice for effective decision making.

Required Education, Experience and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, life science, technical discipline, or relevant field.

• Five years of industry experience​ in R&D functions (e.g., Clinical Research, Early Development, Medical Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory Affairs, etc.)

• At least three years of experience in project management.

• Proficient with MS Project, MS Timeline, and all Office products.

• A working understanding of and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards of pharmaceutical project management.

• Worked on programs in one or more phases of development (discovery, non-clinical, Phase 1, 2, 3, launch).

• Worked effectively in a team setting as a leader, chair, or functional contributor.

• Demonstrated ability to manage one or more programs or projects simultaneously and anticipate and manage challenges of moderate complexity and ambiguity to resolve issues.

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Who We Are:

Organon delivers ingenious health solutions that enable people to live their best lives. We are a $6.5 billion global healthcare company focused on making a world of difference for women, their families and the communities they care for. We have an important portfolio and are growing it by investing in the unmet needs of Women’s Health, expanding access to leading biosimilars and touching lives with a diverse and trusted portfolio of health solutions.  Our Vision is clear: A better and healthier every day for every woman.

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