Senior Executive - Project Management - Safety Assessment - Pharma

Senior Executive - Project Management (Safety Assessment) 1

Core Purpose of the Role:

To manage the allotted projects through the company way of execution to achieve the desired level of project performance, revenue, profitability, and customer satisfaction in collaboration with the cross-functional project teams, grounded in the company values of Integrity, Excellence and Professionalism.

Role Accountabilities:

- Adhere to safe practices and procedures for self and the team members; contribute to the development of procedures, practices, and systems that ensure safe operations and compliance with the company's

- integrity and quality standards and hold self and the project team members accountable for the achievement of safety goals

- Ensure all mandatory assigned training related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time; and promptly report incidents and near-misses

- Understand and engage with customers to not only deliver the expected project performance (quality on time in full within budget) but to delight them

- Develop a complete understanding of the contract and ensure fulfillment of contract obligations; provide effective initiation by creating a charter, bringing an appropriate set of stakeholders together, and by completing system requirements for initiation

- Prepare planning documents, including schedule, and secure requisite approvals; proactively identify risks and manage them; enable resolution of issues in a timely manner Identify the key stakeholders, build and maintain a strong relationship with them and ensure alignment to project objectives; communicate effectively

- Ensure effective execution by running review meetings at desired frequency through adequate agenda setting, capturing decisions and action items, and actively following up on action items to completion

- Ensure the right level of control through effective use of governance frameworks and established escalation mechanisms; ensure timely and transparent sharing of information, including appropriate dashboards and status updates

- Ensure systematic closure of project tasks as needed

- Analyze data to pick patterns toward enabling continuous improvement and organizational learning

- Foster a culture of cross-functional collaboration across the project team by promoting 'we before I,' shared vision, and common metrics

- Build a strong relationship with allotted customers, ensure periodic formal and informal communication/feedback and manage escalations by facilitating required actions; accurately assess, track and report customer sentiment

Specific requirements for this role:

Education and Experience:

- Degree in disciplines relevant to the life sciences industry; preferably with qualifications in management

- A globally recognized project management certification is highly desirable

- Minimum 2 years of relevant project management experience from reputed CRO/CDMO/Product/Services/Consulting

- Exceptions can be made for candidates with extraordinary credentials with commensurate adjustments in job grade

Leadership Competencies (for leading self, leading with others, and leading a team as required):

- Partners with customer Provides clarity and focus

- Drives performance against outcomes

- Drives accountability Works collaboratively

- Develops self and others

Professional Skills and Capabilities:

- Comprehensive knowledge of project management disciplines

- Thorough knowledge of project management software (preferably Microsoft Project and Project Online) and using Microsoft Excel (preferably with exposure to AI/ML)

- Fair knowledge of the business landscape, the scientific landscape, and the compliance frameworks

- Fair understanding of finance, modeling, and simulation

- Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional projects with empathy in a fast-paced, innovative, dynamic environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient; ability to resolve conflicts in a win-win manner

- Fluent in English, with excellent verbal and written communication; proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint

- Collaborative team player with the ability to influence irrespective of hierarchies Problem solver; anticipates

and develops solutions relevant to customers

- Specialization and scientific knowledge relevant to operating unit