Sr. Project Manager - Technical Services

About the role

Location: Columbus, OH. Full time.

As a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of essential medicines, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and its affiliates’ mission is to bring Better Health. Within Reach. Every Day.® for millions of patients around the world. We are a trusted, reliable partner and dependable source of over 800 high-quality generic, specialty and branded pharmaceutical products that hospitals, physicians and pharmacists need to treat their patients across North America, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Through our 32 manufacturing plants, eight R&D centers, and 9,500+ employees worldwide, we are always hard at work creating high-quality medicines and making them accessible to the people who need them.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We are seeking a talented and motivated Sr. Project Manager, Technical Services to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for will lead and manage cross-functional project teams for products produced or distributed from Columbus either via launch, transfer and/or lifecycle. This position is responsible to provide all necessary project management skills/tools for the successful, timely completion of all assigned projects in order to achieve the site’s goals for each year with key performance indicators being timing, cost and process robustness. This role has full accountability for the planning and execution of Generic commercialization, Site Transfers, Buy-ins, Third Party, Alternate API, process changes (Quality & Product Robustness driven) and changes to Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Excipient, Packaging and Raw Material items.

Responsibilities

• Manages and delivers organizational and project leadership for Generic commercialization, Site Transfers, Buy-ins, Third Party, Alternate API, process changes (Quality & Product Robustness driven) and changes to Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Excipient, Packaging and Raw Material items.
• Proactively identifies & manages risk which could adversely affect successful project completion.
• Lead & facilitate multiple cross-functional team by managing and directing project team resources / experts to identify relevant issues and effectively manage progress and change.
• Ensures integration of technical/commercial information and activities necessary to develop and support the success of the plan by utilizing project management skills/tools, including but not limited to, to successfully drive the project to meet established timelines: Project Plan Meeting Minutes/Agendas RAID log Costing assessments Meeting facilitation (Core & relevant sub-teams)
• Assesses critical data and contributes information to identify / facilitate critical “Go / No Go” project decisions.
• Provide proactive communication to all stakeholders, regarding issues, risks, contingency plans and potential negative impacts to the established milestones and timelines.
• Be change leaders ensuring change management requirements are being facilitated i.e. Initial change notification assessment (SME assessment, cost evaluation, Master Change assessment) Management of Tactical and Strategic change meetings Creation of required Protocols (Change & Master Change) Creation of Qualification Technical Reports Management of CC’s in appropriate system Stage/Que/Monitor work in-progress Develop/Manage implementation plan Ensure Document review prior to final implementation Assess completed projects for lessons learned to drive improvement in project performance/execution and capture data to drive/refine resource allocation/costing for future projects.
• Mentor and develop other members of the Technical Services department.
• Act as a subject matter expert on core technologies and/or project management topics (e.g. meeting facilitation, influence, risk management, etc.).
• Lead knowledge sharing, individual skill development, and career development within the department, through sharing and implementation of best practices in both individual and group settings (e.g. 1:1 mentoring regarding a specific product/process challenge, and in PC meetings/staff meetings, respectively).
• Identify