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Pfizer · 10 hours ago

Vice President, Head of Oncology Program Management

United States - Connecticut - Groton

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$274K/yr - $427K/yr

15+ years exp

Pfizer is a leading biopharmaceutical company, and they are seeking a Vice President, Head of Oncology Program Management. This role is responsible for leading the development and execution of a world-class program management organization to drive the delivery of Pfizer’s Oncology portfolio, ensuring effective cross-functional integration and achieving key portfolio milestones.

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine

No H1B

Responsibilities

Deliver quality supervision, performance management, and personal development for GPMs

Provide mentorship and leadership development for the PM Group leads (people leaders)

Ensure GPMs have strong leadership, project management skills and competencies to successfully drive delivery of assets from LD to LOE

Recruit, retain, and develop top talented qualified Program Management staff

Coach GPMs to drive decision making that maximizes business value culminating in high quality strategic and operational delivery within budget constraints

Accountable for the performance of GPMs

Ensure compliance with all Asset PM colleagues with Pfizer policies and standards and local laws and regulations

Establish and clearly communicate the standards for quality of the Asset PM deliverables

Determine PM P2L training curriculum, endorsements, and ensure compliance

Develop PM department vision; align and motivate staff around PM and broader enterprise vision

Central point of accountability and SME for key PM areas of expertise, providing leadership, mentoring, and process improvements. Examples include but not limited to: Risk Management, Submissions, Business Development, Alliance Management, Early Development, End to End Development roadmap, Team Health

Develop, evolve, and implement PM competency and capability model

Develop and evolve PM roles, accountabilities and working practices to drive consistent high quality

Develop onboarding program and materials for new hires/integrations

Network across PM groups within Pfizer and the industry to share best practices and innovate industry leading PM practices

Establish and maintain effective interfaces among Partner Line Leaders (e.g. Development Leads, Clinical Operations VP, Pharm Sci Lead, Regulatory VP, CSI VP, Finance Lead, etc.) to drive program delivery and initiatives across the category. Resolve line conflicts that escalate beyond PM

Partner and guide China and Japan Category PM Leadership to enable inclusion in global programs

Partner with Early/Late-stage Team Leadership to optimize team performance (e.g. define Global Product Team [GPT]/sub team operating model, decision rights, lead team health assessments process, etc.)

Broker agreements with functional line and product team leadership to prioritize and ensure optimal FTE resourcing on teams. Determine GPM allocation to support delivery of portfolio, including algorithm development

Lead across functional lines and leaders to define metrics and improve drug development strategies/processes to support Enterprise Blueprint goals and effectively progress all assets in the portfolio

Partner to define and simplify cross functional processes such as Individual Product Plans/Clinical Development Plans, etc

Category operational leader accountable for delivery of all major asset milestones within the category (FIH, SOCA, POC, Pivotal Start, Submission, Approval) and driving reduction in timeline and increase in value

Partners with leadership (Chief Development Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, Portfolio Head, Functional Leads as needed to stand up organizational construct and advance portfolio. May include partnering to ensure governance runs effectively, educating teams, TA strategy development, etc

Serves as the central point of accountability between Oncology PM and PRD PM – negotiate platform resource assignments, support central PM community of practice

Ensure that the Global Product Teams and Projects are planned, resourced, prioritized, and delivered according to the agreed Global Product Team Strategy and within the agreed time/cost parameters

Support/lead enterprise initiatives and strategies as needed - represent Oncology views (e.g. Integrated Evidence Plan workstream, etc.)

Ensure GPMs effectively lead and optimize asset delivery, implement risk management plans, lead assessment of alternative development scenarios, and deliver key milestones

Ensures GPMs provide high quality Integrated Product Plans, Operating Plans, Lifecycle Management Plans, Global Product Team Budgets, End-to-End timelines, optimizing timeline, cost, value, quality

Ensure preparation for high quality governance interactions that enable decision making at the category and enterprise level

Manage information and communications across and above teams

Ensure data quality and validity for portfolio reporting

Ensure PMs implement Asset metrics for focus on continuous improvement to optimize business value

As appropriate, may be accountable for direct project management for GPTs or other initiatives - including serving as the program operational leader, ensuring all cross functional deliverables are achieved on or ahead of schedule, within budget target, and with quality that meets or exceeds business needs

Qualification

Oncology Pharma PM experiencePortfolio managementProject management expertiseDrug development knowledgeBudget managementLeadership developmentChange managementNetworking skillsCoaching skillsNegotiation skills

Required

Deep expertise in project management, portfolio management, drug development, and/or pharmaceutical discipline

15+ years of experience in managing multiple, highly complex projects and portfolio governance, and 5+ years' experience of Oncology Pharma PM experience

Broad knowledge of project management methodologies, principles, best practices, systems, and tools

Strong technical experience in a discipline associated with drug development

Knowledge of commercial issues that drive late-stage development

Demonstrated success in negotiating in an environment of a highly matrix-based organization

Experience as a functional line manager with a proven track record in project management leadership role

Proven record of implementing project management practices and process improvements

Successful track record and experience in budgetary management and fiscal awareness

Training and academic background in one of the disciplines of drug development

Knowledge of the fundamentals of Project Management and its application to drug development

Expert in understanding stakeholder needs and influencing

Budget/expense management

Bigger picture/strategic thinking – expert in leading matrixed teams

Drive for delivery and action

Networking and alliance building

Inspirational leadership

Coaching and development

Change management

Minimum requirement: Bachelor's degree in life sciences, engineering, business, or related field; advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MS, PharmD, PhD) is a plus