Program Manager, Vaccine Development

Program Strategy

Collaborates with Program Leader(s) and Program Director to develop program plan that encompasses the overall strategy for the development of the vaccine in all indications ensuring alignment among the overall strategic, operational and line plans.

Program Planning

Applies technical, team and line knowledge along with comprehensive scheduling knowledge to contribute to the achievement of work team deliverables. Translates team’s strategic objectives into operational plans; provides insight into operational feasibility of proposed strategies.

Drives cross-functional and cross-geographic alignment with strategic plans and goals. Identifies and flags internal or external risks/impacts to strategies and plans; leads subteams in characterizing the impacts and revises plans, as appropriate.

Makes sure development plans for all indications in a program are in place and kept current. Ensures operational plans align with and support strategic plans. Ensures that cost, time and quality parameters are clearly outlined in the plans. Ensures plans/timelines are up to date in Pfizer systems (Planisware, Snapshot, Glue).

Drives creation of development plans, ensuring discrete deliverables are well characterized with associated timing, resources, quality parameters, interdependencies across lines, and risk and mitigation plans in collaboration with Program Director. Ensures plans are realistic in terms of time and resources required.

Supports the process for evaluation, optimization and planning of alternative operational options. Performs scenario planning of project timelines to ensure efficient delivery of project milestones. Ensures cross-functional team commitment to the plans. Supports negotiations in the allocation of line resources to support the endorsed development plan. Partners with Program Director to develop the VRD budget for the vaccine development plans, in partnership with the program team and VRD Operations.

Program Execution and Delivery

Supports delivery of development plans in alignment with the program team strategies. Partners with key team members (Clinical, Vaccine Research, BioTx Pharmaceutical Sciences, Regulatory, DSRD, Commercial Development, Clinical Operations, etc.) to manage the program to achieve key milestones within time, cost and quality parameters. Helps drive and monitor the delivery of the plans, anticipating and managing issues that arise and bringing forward options for resolution.

Contributes to risk management through the identification of operational and project/program risks for discussion with appropriate team leadership. Proposed solutions or options to de-risk projects may require developing new options to resolve moderately complex issues.

Supports Program Director to work with program teams in operational risk/opportunity and mitigation identification and ensures that such activities are conducted regularly. Documents risk plan and communicates to all stakeholders.

Facilitates and supports program team, extended team and subteam functioning. Coordinates and publishes agendas, minutes, and general program team meeting support. Manages communications for the program team. Manages meetings and communications of cross-functional subteams, as appropriate.

Participates in team goal setting and monitors progress on team goals. Knows how to obtain information for the team on company, BioTxPS and VRD processes related to program planning. Understands governance requirements and facilitates program team interactions with governance, as appropriate. Monitors team performance, identifies issues and partners with Program Leader(s) and/or Program Director to recommend and develop appropriate action.

Information & Communication Management

Communicates program and project plans to program team members, governance and VRD leadership, as appropriate. Provides timely information related to the plans to the program team members. Utilizes available reporting and visualization tools to support governance and team reporting needs (e.g. Onepager, Think-cell, PowerPoint, etc.).