Director, Program Management Strategic Capital Projects

Role Summary

The Director, Program Management, Strategic Capital Projects, will act as the key interface with stakeholders outside of Operations Transformation to ensure cross-functional alignment for all strategic projects, resulting in seamless execution and delivery. The incumbent will manage Initial Manufacturing expenses for strategic projects including pipeline products that are first-to-manufacture as part of project delivery. The incumbent will also be the focal point to establish, measure, monitor performance and delivery of all strategic projects. The role reports to the VP, Strategic Capital Deployment in the Operations Transformation organization.

Responsibilities

• Interface with stakeholders outside of Operations Transformation organization – R&D Dev Sciences, PDS&T, CMC, ME&C to drive cross functional collaboration and ensure alignment and efficiency in decisions that impact project priorities
• Responsible to manage flow of information to and from various stakeholders and key meetings such as CMC Gate reviews, Steering Committee meetings, Key project meetings
• Act as the key point of contact for inputs such as timelines, estimates and strategic planning of BD projects partnering VP, Acquisitions and integration
• Develop and implement harmonized metrics and KPIs for strategic projects, including routine publishing of dashboards and metrics to Senior leadership
• Collaborate with AI and Digital transformation team to evaluate and implement AI tools for project management, qualification and documentation
• Develop and implement a harmonized project planning and scheduling platform for all strategic projects
• In collaboration with Procurement, establish sourcing strategy including for major items
• Implement a framework to monitor and expedite procurement activities related to strategic projects
• Plan, monitor and control Initial Manufacturing expenses (IMX) for strategic projects including projection and management of monthly LBE
• Develop and provide IMX estimates, cash flows and overall plan for new assets and BD projects
• Implement and control WBS level costing in collaboration with Procurement, ME&C
• Collaborate with Project Directors of Strategic projects to ensure key project deliverables are achieved
• Provide inputs through cross functional collaboration, to concept studies, basic and detailed design, procure capital equipment and contract construction services.
• Consolidate and develop Long Range Plans for strategic projects that include capital, direct expense and IMX and project estimates and scope required to support internal manufacturing of pipeline products or established products that need new or additional manufacturing capacity.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor in Science or Engineering
• Preferred: MBA
• Required: Strong knowledge of GMP Manufacturing, Supply Chain, CMC technical development and pharmaceutical regulations
• Required: Demonstrated strong planning and project management skills while managing large, complex programs in the pharmaceutical industry
• Preferred: PMP certification
• Required: 10+ years of industry experience, with 5 or more years in program management
• Required: Strong strategic thinking and leadership skills
• Required: Strong communication, organization, analytical, presentation, and people skills
• Required: Demonstrated experience in a global and multi-cultural environment
• Required: Proven ability to resolve conflict across cross-functional teams and technical experts
• Required: Ability to understand technical aspects of complex systems and guide cross-functional and detailed technical discussions during critical problem solving exercises