Project Planning Manager - Pharmaceuticals

Project Planning Manager (Pharmaceuticals)

- The Project Planning Manager is responsible for managing the planning of each project under his/her responsibility in ensuring a proactive support to the Project Leader, Project Manager and Project team. For each of his/her project, he/she is leading and coordinating operational planning factors to ensure alignment between project and operational plans. He/She is also participating in the management and the evolution of the planning toolsets: templates, processes, tools.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop the planning of each project belonging to the API portfolio, for both research & development, based on the strategy/tactic discussed by the project team and on governance decisions, including prioritization

- Analyze the project timelines and ensure optimal critical path

- Alert the project team on any planning issues and provide guidance on project planning optimization

- Develop scenario and provide recommendation for optimization

- Lead the planning team to align project and operational planning with the project strategy

- Collaborate efficiently with all operational planning actors to ensure consistency between the project plan and the operational plans

- Monitor the progress, the deviation with their explanations and the associated action plan

- Ensure project planning variance analysis on a monthly basis as well as on a quarterly basis

- Maintain in the planning system, the planning & resources information linked to the Therapeutic Area activity for his/her projects

- Provide regular consolidate update/reporting to all project stakeholders, Project team, R&D governance, Committees and Working Groups

- Ensure consistency and high quality production of data on the whole project plan to support portfolio management

- Participate in or lead any initiative delegated by the Project Planning Local Head, targeting the evolution of the project planning tool (including reporting & quality control), the establishment and the maintenance of processes as well as best practices and the definition and the maintenance of libraries of templates

- Take over any specific delegation assigned by the Local Head

Key Internal and External Relationship:

Project Leader, Project Manager, Project Team Members, Operational Planning & Capacity Manager, Project Finance Controller, Global Regulatory Affairs Operational Planning Manager, Enterprise Planning Tools, Portfolio Reporting, Integrated Analysis, Planning Community Leadership Team.

Qualification And Experience:

i. Engineer with Project Management Professional is preferable with 7+ years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry with understanding of API & development and project management/planning.

ii. Solid knowledge of drug development process and in-depth understanding of interconnections between all contributors to the project strategy at all stages of development.

iii. High level knowledge of the main steps of discovery.

iv. Solid project management skills (experiences in Project team).

v. Knowledge of a planning tool.

vi. Ability to coordinate activities and stakeholders.

vii. Capacity to analyze and synthetize data / information.

viii. Team work and transversal collaboration, strong networking skills.

ix. Customer oriented and Quality focused.

x. Ability to understand databases and to quickly acquire proficiency with computer systems and new applications.

xi. Excellent team spirit and collaborative mindset.

xii. Solid communication skills, written and oral.

xiii. Attention to detail, rigorous.

xiv. Adaptability in a highly changeable environment.

xv. Fluent in English.

Remuneration:

An outstanding remuneration package that rewards professionalism and diligence will be on offer for the successful applicant as well as a well defined career path. An excellent package will be on offer for the right candidate, including an above industry base salary for the right person as well as the most complete employee benefit scheme. Don't miss out on this opportunity to join the market leader

Contact Person Name, Address & Nos.:

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