[Hiring] Project Manager @AMER

Role Description

You will be supporting the international roll-out of our approved prostate cancer imaging agent and helping us to advance our portfolio of late clinical-stage products that address significant unmet need in oncology and rare diseases.

As Project Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting the planning, execution, and closure of projects in alignment with the strategic plans of the business. Your responsibilities will encompass:

• Project Management & Delivery: Manage all aspects of the product development plan, including activity planning, budget management, schedule adherence, resourcing, and milestone tracking to ensure on-time and within-budget project delivery.
• Project Management Tools & Data Accuracy: Actively maintain internal project management tools (e.g., SmartSheet), ensuring accuracy in scheduling, risk assessment, RAID logs, and data. Regularly update and track progress using standardized dashboard reporting.
• Stakeholder Communication & Leadership: Act as the key internal contact for projects, fostering strong cross-functional relationships. Facilitate regular project updates, document decisions and follow-ups, and provide leadership to resolve issues and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Contribute to integrated project teams across the matrixed organization, collaborating with departments such as clinical operations, regulatory, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality to achieve project goals.
• Risk & Change Management: Proactively identify, assess, and manage project risks. Track mitigation actions, owners, and due dates, and schedule impacts, ensuring proper submission to the change management process to maintain project integrity.
• Schedule Management & Reporting: Develop, maintain, and report all project schedule information, ensuring transparency and adherence across all levels of the organization. Identify schedule risks or slippage and support corrective actions when necessary.
• Financial, Vendor, and Contract Tracking: Support budget tracking, accruals, purchase orders, SOWs, invoice follow-ups, vendor deliverables, and external partner commitments.
• Cross-Functional Reporting & Data Traceability: Manage cross-functional reporting relationships to ensure traceability of project data and alignment with other systems in the organization. Ensure consistency and accessibility of data for key stakeholders.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Collaborate with department leadership to ensure KPIs are met. Lead and manage complex programs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, while navigating multi-faceted challenges.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualifications (Bachelor’s or above) in science or life sciences.
• Minimum 2+ years of pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry experience including products in preclinical and clinical development (Phase 1-3).
• Entry level of project management experience with multiple small projects or one complex project.
• Expertise in at least one pharmaceutical drug development function (clinical ops, manufacturing development, regulatory, or non-clinical development).
• Experience working as part of a cross-functional team.
• Experience maintaining project management software solutions and project management tools.
• Minimum 2+ years of project and financial management experience.
• SmartSheet experience preferred.

Key Capabilities

• Commitment to excellence: Take pride in your work and consistently strive for excellence in everything you do.
• Results-oriented: Driven to achieve goals and objectives, with a strong focus on delivering measurable results.
• Creativity and innovation: Possess a willingness to think outside the box and come up with unique and creative solutions to challenges.
• Strong communication skills: Able to communicate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, using clear and concise language.
• Collaboration: Work effectively as part of a team, actively sharing knowledge and expertise to achieve common goals.
• Resilience: Demonstrate the ability to bounce back from setbacks and persevere in the face of challenges.
• Inclusive mindset: Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation for diversity, and actively work to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and respected.
• Adaptability: Comfortable working in a dynamic environment, able to adjust to changing priorities, and willing to take on new challenges.
• Ethical behavior: Act with integrity and demonstrate a commitment to ethical behavior in all interactions with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Continuous learning: Show a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development, continually seeking out opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills.