Senior Project Manager

Role Summary

Senior Project Manager for the Device, Packaging, and Process (DPP) function within Gilead’s Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing organization. Oversees and directs the execution of project plans, collaborating with DPP combination product teams to differentiate products and maintain competitiveness in commercial markets. Based in Foster City, CA.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, including timelines, milestones and resource allocations
• Coordinate project activities, ensuring alignment with overall project goals and objectives
• Monitor progress against plan, identify potential risks and issues, and implement appropriate mitigation strategies
• Effectively communicate ideas, project goals, and results to team members across functions and departments, including device development, packaging, quality, regulatory affairs and manufacturing
• Communicate regularly with key stakeholders, including project sponsors, senior management and external partners or customers
• Identify opportunities for and drive process improvement and optimization efforts
• Qualified candidates should be self-motivated and organized, knowledgeable of relevant scientific literature, passionate about scientific inquiry and investigation, proactive in identifying and addressing potential challenges, and collaborative in driving solutions

Qualifications

• Required: A B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, bioengineering, or a related scientific field with 8+ years of relevant experience
• Or: A M.S. degree with 6+ years of relevant experience
• Preferred: Autoinjector development
• Experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry is preferred
• Medical device or combination product experience, particularly auto-injectors, is preferred
• PMP certification is preferred

Skills

• Autoinjector development
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and influence key stakeholders
• Judgment within well-defined and established procedures and policies to determine and take appropriate action

Education

• B.S. in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, bioengineering, or related field (8+ years of relevant experience) or M.S. with 6+ years of relevant experience