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Inventprise · 2 days ago
Principal Project Manager
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Director
$132K/yr - $160K/yr
8+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Provides project management and leadership skills to a combination of Vaccine Project Management processes and development programs.
Responsibilities associated with development/Vaccine processes include developing, driving, managing, evaluating and maintaining key strategic or operational activities that influence senior management decision making around specific global business objectives.
Responsibilities associated with development programs include translating product/program strategy into efficient executable plans, leading multidisciplinary (R&D, MSAT, Quality, GMP manufacturing, commercial, clinical, regulatory, Facility, IT and Purchase) teams in predicting and planning solutions to achieve successful execution, driving the team to achieve clarity on issues, interfacing with senior management and influencing the decision-making process.
Acts as an internal resource and company-wide consultant with respect to management of specific vaccine development/ technical processes and the discipline of Project Management.
Reports into VP-MSAT for day to day activities with a dotted line reporting to VP-Portfolio Management for aligning assigned Global Project Team (GPT) activities through the whole vaccine life cycle.
Leads the project planning efforts of the respective GPT in defining and implementing the operational project plan.
Manages the creation of the product strategy as well as the operational plan including formulating the project scope, execution strategies and critical paths with support and guidance of the GPT Lead, GPT sponsor and the executive team.
Manages the development and tracking of detailed project plans, including schedules, cost estimates, resource plans, communication plans, risk mitigation plans, and issue resolution plans with an emphasis on GPT strategy.
Partners with GPT leadership and relevant committees in review and tracking of project with an emphasis on strategy. Proactively manage changes in project scope and create contingency plans in a constantly changing environment. Manage the identification of potential issues or obstacles and achieves resolution or plans contingencies and follow issues through to resolution ensuring that all team issues arrive at a singular conclusion or recommendation. Generate and maintain the project plan with input from the project team, including a resource-loaded Gantt chart/Smartsheet.
Identifies and proactively drives high quality project deliverables, dependencies, and critical path items.
Management responsibility for programs includes matrix management of multi-disciplinary, cross-functional, global team members. Provides direction for team members reviewing overall project progress. Generates collaboration, cooperation, and communication across and between functional team members obtaining buy in of all team members to integrated product strategy.
Manages project financial reporting and tracking budget to actuals.
Communicate, coordinate, and negotiate with internal and external partners on project progress and work closely with the GPT lead to balance operations execution with project strategy managing through project changes and milestone delays. Manages the GPT through project plan execution driving team deliverables for project completion orchestrating the involvement of appropriate cross functional individuals including the organization of all phases and aspects of project meetings into relevant decision, working, and communications groups. Manages project status reporting including development and maintenance of project documents and communication tools.
Qualification
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Required
B.A. / B.S. is required. Advanced degree, specifically in biological sciences is preferred.
PMP certification or similar experience is required. Must have expertise in MS Project/Smartsheet.
Minimum of 8 years' project management experience with increasing complexity in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries, in a multi-disciplinary, global environment.
Strong track record of stakeholder management and/or proven leadership experience in managing a global, matrix team.
Knowledge and understanding of product development processes, preferably in biologics, regulatory pathways for biologics (e.g. FDA, EMA), and knowledge of cGCP, cGLP and cGMP.
Proven leadership, team building skills and strategic problem-solving ability. Ability to manage and lead others through change.
Demonstrated ability at managing matrix teams, influencing outcomes and key project decisions.
Proven ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with senior management. Experience interacting with external collaborators with ability to build strong relationships.
Knowledge of risk management, project reporting, and project management tools required.
Strong interpersonal skills particularly motivational, negotiation, listening, judgment, analytic, and conflict management skills, demonstrated by ability to lead teams.
Excellent prioritization, organizational and verbal and written communication skills to explain project goals, status and inspire support.
Ability to work well with cross-functional teams to accomplish objectives. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing technology environment, and to work on multiple work streams and projects simultaneously.
PC skills, including MS Project, Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio and SharePoint.
Preferred
Advanced degree, specifically in biological sciences is preferred.
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision
401(k) program
Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays
Company
Inventprise
Inventprise is a biotechnology company specializing in GMP vaccine product development.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (4)
2022 (2)
2021 (4)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$90MKey Investors
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2021-11-10Grant· $90M
Leadership Team
Yves Leurquin
Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Wilson
Director Partnership & ERP
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