Pharma Project Manager, Level I

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• The Pharma Project Manager, Level I is responsible for planning, organizing, and executing projects that leverage data to generate value.

• They guide teams throughout the project lifecycle, from development to operations, ensuring the project's overall success.

• Coordinates teams across various departments and vendors for multiple concurrent projects.

• Project planning: Develop and maintain project charters, roadmaps, timelines, and objectives.

• Manage project scope, schedule, financials, and stakeholder relationships.

• Team management: Organize tasks, schedule, assess team members, and manage stakeholder expectations.

• Project execution: Ensure projects adhere to timelines and resource constraints, while complying with legal and ethical standards.

• Communication: Oversee all project communications, including those with executive stakeholders, colleagues, vendors, business stakeholders, and clients as required.

• Documentation: Create and manage all project-related artifacts, including but not limited to project plans, RAID logs, change management documents, status updates, and meeting records.

• Risk management: Identify and address project-related risks, ensuring appropriate escalations and mitigation strategies are in place.

• Process improvement: Discover opportunities to enhance operational efficiencies.

• Vendor management: Oversee contracts with vendors and suppliers.

⛳️ Requirements

• A degree in life sciences, computer sciences, or a related field is strongly preferred.

• Relevant experience in the Information Technology pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry is essential.

• A minimum of 5-7 years of commercial pharma/biotech IT project management experience, specifically in IT systems, data management, data warehousing, and master data management.

• A solid foundational understanding of standard data warehouse design elements, such as data ingestion, modification, and extraction.

• Capability to articulate complex concepts clearly and coherently, both verbally and in writing.

• Proven experience working with complex integrated systems, employing creative and strategic thinking to achieve outstanding results.

• Strong listening skills to capture actions and requirements in a meaningful and concise manner that is comprehensible to both technical and non-technical participants.

• Ability to present concepts and lead discussions on design issues with confidence and poise, both internally and with clients.

• This role is client-facing.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with team members from diverse backgrounds on a daily basis.

• Experience working with both local and virtual teams is required.

• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PPT, Visio).

• Proficient with MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA, and common Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneNote, Visio, Outlook).

• Experience with SharePoint (or similar) project workspaces/document repositories.

• Experience working in a regulated environment; life sciences experience is essential.

• Experience managing third-party suppliers/vendors.

• Ability to operate with minimal oversight and earn the respect of a wide range of business and technology stakeholders.

• Capability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Skilled at identifying and defining risks and developing response and mitigation plans.

• Experience managing Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and/or Software as a Service (SaaS) projects, including integrations into and out of these systems, and data migrations.

🏝️ Benefits

• 401k matching

• Comprehensive group health, dental, and vision benefits

• Life insurance and long-term disability (LTD)

• Discretionary paid time off (PTO)