Sr. Research & Development Project Manager - Sequoia Biotech Consulting
San Diego, CA
About the Job
Company Description
Sequoia Biotech Consulting is a leading life sciences consultancy, dedicated to empowering organizations to overcome complex challenges and accelerate the speed to market, scale, and quality of life-saving innovations. Our multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, quality experts, and business professionals specializes in optimizing product development, technology transfer, and commercial manufacturing. Additionally, we equip our partners with the tools, knowledge, and expertise to streamline operations, enhance quality, and ensure compliance.
For more information, visit www.sequoiabiotech.com/.
Sequoia is seeking an experienced Sr. Project Manager to assist leading large IT and R&D programs and/or managing a PMO for business strategy and development in a large organization. Knowledge of drug development and the pharmaceutical industry is essential.We require strong understanding of systems deployment and integration, including: requirements, risk management, alignment of cross-functional stakeholders, and management of multiple workstreams, processes and governance. Candidate should be comfortable leading the use of PM tools and dashboards (e.g.PowerBI and Smartsheets). The ideal candidate enjoys clarifying ambiguity, problem solving and developing and deploying systems with user adoption in mind. The purpose of this roleto lead the integration activities for the commercial team for a large pharmaceutical organization. The candidate for this senior position will be responsible for all aspects of integrating processes and systems for the commercial activities within the organization. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with IT systems used in the R&D space: including clinical development, Safety, Regulatory Affairs, and R&D.
Responsibilities
- Develop project tasks, deliverables, dependencies and resource requirements
- Leverages interpersonal skills and good judgment to effectively navigate and drive project execution to meet or exceed project goals
- Collaborate with cross-functional groups to create, execute and communicate overall project plans (scope, schedule, staffing plans, quality, risk management, budget, and procurement) and revise them appropriately to meet changing project needs and requirements
- Identify needs for changes to plan and communicate them to the team and stakeholders to ensure program goals are in alignment with business objectives
- Facilitate team meetings and workshops to meet project needs
- Schedule and lead phase gate reviews with an executive approval committee
- Identify and resolve or escalate program issues, facilitate trade off decisions, and remove obstacles
- Continuously analyze and manage risks to enable successful project completion
- Utilize appropriate tool and/or methodology to manage project, problem solve and document project information (RACI, SIPOC, etc.)
- Define and optimize project management and development processes, methodologies, and tools to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree within a life science or related field required
- 10+ years of experience within Pharma/Biopharma, Medical Device, or Biotech industry with at least 3+ years as a project manager leading cross-functional strategic initiatives.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred
- Life sciences experience required
- Experience using MS Project, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Excellent communication and leadership skills as well as a strong work ethic
- Experience within a cGMP and FDA regulated environment
Additional Information
Sequoia offers a comprehensive suite of benefits including, medical, dental, vision coverage, 401K, and company paid life-insurance.
Sequoia is an equal opportunity employer & prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status.