Associate Project Manager
About the role
As a privately-owned, biopharmaceutical company, Ferring pioneers and delivers life-changing therapies that help people build families and live better lives. Our independence helps us cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective that enables us to achieve growth and scale, while remaining agile and true to our ‘people first’ philosophy. Built on a 70-year plus commitment to science and research, Ferring is relentless in its pursuit of science that drives powerful discoveries and therapies to help people build families, stay healthy, and stand up to the world’s oldest enemy: disease.
The Associate Project Manager will support the site PMO and Operational Excellence Team in managing activities and tasks associated with both project execution as well as process improvements for Operational Excellence. This position will be responsible for assisting with continuous improvement initiatives throughout the organization through interactions with Technical Operations and Quality and with focus on Lean and sustainable improvements to existing processes. The Associate Project Manager will be responsible for routine follow-up on ongoing projects in support of the site Portfolio Review Board meetings and Site and Operational Excellence roadmaps.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support projects related to site strategy
- Serve as single point of contact for all assigned project deliverables and related activities
- Work with stakeholders to capture and document current and future-state gaps in projects as it relates to achieving milestones
- Present progress of projects through governance process
- Share and support use of Operational Excellence and PMO methods, best practices and templates
- Coordinate meetings or discussions with Technical Operations and Quality teams to follow up on and facilitate completion of open actions related to PMO and Operational Excellence projects and initiatives
- Participate in Gemba, PSQDC, and assist in translation to actions
- Support root cause analysis and/or improvement activities following problems detected
- Analyze and present information and data in a clear and concise manner
Requirements
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in STEM
- Required: 2–5 years of Quality or Manufacturing Experience in a GMP environment
- Required: Experience leading cross-functional teams
- Required: Exposure to Operational Excellence and the Lean Operating System
- Required: Proficiency in MS Excel, project management tools, MS PowerPoint
- Preferred: Project Management experience and/or certification
- Preferred: Problem solving and/or root cause analysis experience
- Preferred: Power BI experience
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with a premium differential, inverse to base salary, to be paid by employees
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Wellness benefits
- Reimbursement for certain tuition expenses
- Sick time: 1 hour per 30 hours worked
- Vacation accrual: up to 150 hours in the first four years; 187.5 hours in the fifth year and beyond
- 15 paid holidays per year
- Paid parental leave (subject to a minimum period of employment)
- Flexible working hours that respect lifestyle
- Welcoming and equitable culture
- Tailored learning and development opportunities
Pay
Base salary range: $76,831 – $142,685 (reasonable estimate; actual amount may differ based on experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education, and primary work location). Additional compensation includes competitive annual incentive compensation targets in the form of an annual bonus, with payouts based on individual and company performance.
Location
Roseville, Minnesota