Associate Director, Global Commercial Project Management

Key Responsibilities

• Delivers moderately complex project/initiative communications and ensures that all stakeholders are fully informed and knowledgeable of project activities and their status.
• Works in partnership with Commercialization Team Lead(s) and stakeholders to ensure timely, efficient and effective meetings and progress on activities between meetings.
• Provides leadership to the CT /eCT and functional area partners by anticipating and identifying issues which pose a challenge to achieving strategic goals; proposes and implements plans to resolve such issues and, when necessary, executes corrective actions.
• Supports teams’ annual strategic and tactical planning and launch readiness activities.
• Develops and manages team infrastructure and integrated project information—including key timelines, dashboards, communications, meetings, minutes, action items, and function-specific deliverables—to align team goals and resources and ensure high-quality deliverables are completed on time.
• Identifies and manages critical path activities and resources.
• Organizes and/or leads preparation of high-quality documents and presentations for stakeholders, including for governance committees and senior leaders.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of continuous improvement / optimization initiatives across the GCPM department.
• Ensures project work complies with established practices, policies and processes and any regulatory or other requirements.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years' Experience OR Masters' Degree and Eight Years' Experience OR PhD and Two Years’ Experience

Preferred Qualifications

• BA/ BS with 10+ years’ relevant project management experience in the biopharma industry, or 8+ years’ relevant experience with MA/MS/MBA, or 2+ years’ relevant experience with PharmD/PhD.
• Proven effectiveness managing global, cross functional project teams in the biopharma industry, preferably with at least 4+ years' experience supporting/leading commercialization teams.
• Proven track record of successfully managing multiple project teams simultaneously.
• Experience that includes at least 5+ years leading cross-functional commercial project management activities within the biopharma industry; building, managing and articulating comprehensive, cross-functional plans.
• Self-starter, with a bias to action, who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, innovative environment.
• Strong communication skills across functions and leadership teams; comfort in business and technical discussions.
• Has significant industry knowledge, including knowledge of the drug development and commercial life cycle of marketed products.
• Has comprehensive knowledge of the full project management lifecycle, best practices, and tools, and demonstrates the ability to apply them from project start-up through close-out to improve team efficiency and effectiveness and achieve targeted project outcomes.
• Has advanced knowledge of the therapeutic area.
• Strong leadership presence and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to lead without authority and influence programs, projects and/or initiatives.
• Ability to create an inclusive environment and lead empowered teams who operate with high standards of alignment, trust, accountability, expertise, transparency, and collaboration.
• High degree of organizational awareness and knowledge of change management with the ability to help teams anticipate, plan and adapt to an evolving environment.
• Must be quality driven individual with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work at times under minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to independently take on and execute multiple moderately complex tasks.
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• International work experience and/or experience working with global markets preferred.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) or other PM certification or equivalent is a plus.
• Advanced knowledge and skill with Microsoft Office Suite of tools, SmartSheet and supportive AI tools such as CoPilot.
• When needed, ability to travel.