eTeam · 6 hours ago
Project Manager Lead
Waltham, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$85/hr - $85/hr
3+ years expAstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines. The role involves managing Translational projects in Oncology, ensuring effective and strategic biomarker studies while coordinating activities across multiple sites and stakeholders.
Information Technology
Responsibilities
Accountable for project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and closure for a portfolio of Early Oncology Translational Medicine projects
Manage interdependencies between projects and aligned resources
Maintain project trackers and related documentation including project schedules, RAID logs, dashboards and reports using Smartsheet, Confluence, PowerBI and Sharepoint
Develop meeting agendas, facilitate meetings, distribute meeting notes, and manage actions
Manage changes to project scope, ensuring that all changes are approved and appropriately communicated to stakeholders
Maintain relationships with scientific and business stakeholders to ensure the effective capturing of business requirements and commitment to project/program objectives
Drive effective risks & issues management, ensuring the appropriate processes are effectively used. Ensure problems are resolved and escalate as appropriate
Coordinate with financial and budget management teams to ensure alignment
Manage project and portfolio insights using business analytics tools
Accountable for the management of sample arrival, processing and data delivery
Qualification
Required
PhD in a related field with 1 year project or program management experience, Master's degree in a related field with 3 years experience or Bachelor's degree in related field and 5 years experience in a pharmaceutical, medical device or industry healthcare setting
Demonstrated success in R&D Project Management in a pharmaceutical setting managing multiple projects of moderate complexity
Strong and demonstrable experience in leveraging project management tools to lead complex, fast paced projects – intermediate level experience with Smartsheet or equivalent desired, as well as experience with development of KPIs and dashboards
Experience with business analytics tools (PowerBI) and/or data analytics for complex dashboard development and management
Experience with Oncology Indications, Next Generation Sequencing, Translational Medicine and/or early stage clinical trials
Demonstrated skills interacting with diverse stakeholder groups including senior leadership, scientific strategists, bioinformaticians, lab scientists, finance and business operations team members
Strong oral and written communication skills and stakeholder management skills (senior leadership, scientific and engineering teams) with the ability to work with others to achieve objectives
Preferred
Experience in project management methodologies including Waterfall (required) and Agile
Project Management certifications preferred (PMP/CAMP, Prince, Agile/Scrum)
Experience with MS Project, Sharepoint, Office Timeline, Confluence and/or Jira
Experience with generating reports and managing dashboards to ensure alignment of project teams
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, comfort with ambiguity
Experience leveraging KPIs to drive data-driven process improvements
Proven track record of effective, collaboration across a global enterprise, including relationship management, influence, and negotiation with diverse stakeholders spanning complex groups and geographies
A sense of ownership and enterprise leadership to deliver high quality solutions that solve business problems
Experience with LIMS, sample management and biobanks
Company
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Funding
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Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2023-12-04Acquired
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Chief Customer Officer
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