SPECTRAFORCE
Associate Director, Project Management
SPECTRAFORCE, Lake Forest, Illinois, United States, 60045
Position Title: Associate Director, Project Management
Assignment Duration: 06 Months
Position Summary
The Medical Affairs Project Management (PM) team focuses on driving performance through learning, technology, and the practice of innovation. The Associate Director Project Management serves as both a primary point of contact and strategic partner for TA leadership. The scope of this role is global, supporting multiple Therapeutic areas (TAs) at a programmatic level (i.e. multiple related TAs). Key Responsibilities
Acts as a thought partner to the VP on HEOR priorities and enterprise leadership commitments. Creates priorities with clarity and focus. Serves as a delegate in meetings when needed. Lead end-to-end project management for HEOR’s strategic initiatives (e.g., functional planning, launch readiness, quarterly evidence generation reviews, etc). Develop clear charters, milestones, success metrics, and governance for key initiatives. Drive execution discipline with team ensuring timelines, deliverables, and interdependencies are managed proactively. Anticipate risks and implement mitigation strategies. Owns the planning and orchestration of leadership forums (NELT, XLT, planning sessions, offsites). Partners with cross functional partners to lead annual planning process. Track progress against HEOR objectives, priorities and tactical plans. Liaise with commercial and medical project leads (PLs) to ensure HEOR alignment on key initiatives/events. Liaise with team to monitor resources, budgets, and headcount planning. Craft internal communications (slides, leadership messages, updates for cross-functional partners). Foster transparency by ensuring key messages cascade effectively throughout the V&E organization. Build bridges within V&E pillars and cross functional partners (e.g., IMAP, medical affairs, commercial teams, etc) to ensure HEOR delivers impact evidence generation. Support culture initiatives by shaping engagement activities, pulse surveys, and feedback loops. Supports broader V&E initiatives with Grete. Partners with MHI Ops leadership to ensure HEOR is included in ops planning initiatives. Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or business-related field is required. Project management certification (e.g. PMP) preferred. Applied knowledge of project management tools and processes (e.g. management of integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk and procurement). Performance measurement (e.g. metrics, dashboards). At least 10 years of experience pharmaceutical experience with a Bachelors, 9 years with MS, 8 Years with PhD. Experience should include 3-4 years of project management and/or process improvement related experience. Demonstrated management experience. Demonstrated management experience preferred. Seniority level
Director Employment type
Contract Job function
Project Management, Strategy/Planning, and Management Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Biotechnology Research, and Public Health
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The Medical Affairs Project Management (PM) team focuses on driving performance through learning, technology, and the practice of innovation. The Associate Director Project Management serves as both a primary point of contact and strategic partner for TA leadership. The scope of this role is global, supporting multiple Therapeutic areas (TAs) at a programmatic level (i.e. multiple related TAs). Key Responsibilities
Acts as a thought partner to the VP on HEOR priorities and enterprise leadership commitments. Creates priorities with clarity and focus. Serves as a delegate in meetings when needed. Lead end-to-end project management for HEOR’s strategic initiatives (e.g., functional planning, launch readiness, quarterly evidence generation reviews, etc). Develop clear charters, milestones, success metrics, and governance for key initiatives. Drive execution discipline with team ensuring timelines, deliverables, and interdependencies are managed proactively. Anticipate risks and implement mitigation strategies. Owns the planning and orchestration of leadership forums (NELT, XLT, planning sessions, offsites). Partners with cross functional partners to lead annual planning process. Track progress against HEOR objectives, priorities and tactical plans. Liaise with commercial and medical project leads (PLs) to ensure HEOR alignment on key initiatives/events. Liaise with team to monitor resources, budgets, and headcount planning. Craft internal communications (slides, leadership messages, updates for cross-functional partners). Foster transparency by ensuring key messages cascade effectively throughout the V&E organization. Build bridges within V&E pillars and cross functional partners (e.g., IMAP, medical affairs, commercial teams, etc) to ensure HEOR delivers impact evidence generation. Support culture initiatives by shaping engagement activities, pulse surveys, and feedback loops. Supports broader V&E initiatives with Grete. Partners with MHI Ops leadership to ensure HEOR is included in ops planning initiatives. Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or business-related field is required. Project management certification (e.g. PMP) preferred. Applied knowledge of project management tools and processes (e.g. management of integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk and procurement). Performance measurement (e.g. metrics, dashboards). At least 10 years of experience pharmaceutical experience with a Bachelors, 9 years with MS, 8 Years with PhD. Experience should include 3-4 years of project management and/or process improvement related experience. Demonstrated management experience. Demonstrated management experience preferred. Seniority level
Director Employment type
Contract Job function
Project Management, Strategy/Planning, and Management Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Biotechnology Research, and Public Health
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