Project Manager II

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Develops project timelines and tracks contract deliverables.
• Hosts project meetings to provide status updates to clients and internal cross-functional team members.
• Communicates effectively with clients and across all functional groups to ensure schedules and scope of the project are clear.
• Identifies project issues such as resource, technical, or scheduling constraints and assists in resolving these issues internally and with external stakeholders by developing risk assessments, summarized options, and proposed solutions with impact statements.
• Manages customer projects according to agreed Project Management methodologies (processes, tools, templates, meetings, etc.).
• Facilitates communication and cooperation between the customer and project team members.
• Manages product cost and drives continuous improvement on product level (repeat business).
• Tracks and forecasts revenue generating activities of assigned projects.
• Identifies and actively participates in business improvement programs.
• Supports in establishing common customer experience across global accounts.
• Collaborates with Sales in building long-term relationships with customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree in a life sciences or business discipline preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Biotech/Pharma or CMO.
• Minimum of 2 years in Project Management.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS-Project or Smartsheet (preferred).
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, matrix management, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills.
• Understanding of biotech or drug product development and of multi-project planning and coordination is required.