Technical Project Director

About the role

The Technical Project Director will play a critical role in bridging business, product, agency, delivery, reporting, and technical teams to ensure client work is properly understood, planned, documented, resourced, and executed through a standardized operating model.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into clear execution plans, process documentation, implementation checklists, and delivery artifacts.
• Partner with agency, business, delivery, reporting, product, and technical teams to define client-specific implementation steps.
• Standardize the operating model for client intake, requirement gathering, product implementation, and delivery handoffs.
• Manage resource assignments, planned work, sequencing, dependencies, and realistic delivery commitments.
• Identify when a request requires product, business, or technical leadership review before moving forward.
• Act as the bridge between cross-functional technical teams, product execution teams, agency teams, and client delivery teams.
• Partner with/act as project manager high value AIA clients to support client status updates, specifically for the technical, platform, reporting, and implementation sections of the project.
• Improve operational discipline by reducing ambiguity, duplicate requests, rework, and incomplete handoffs.
• Ensure every client implementation follows a consistent intake, planning, execution, QA, reporting, and delivery readiness process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
• Advanced degree (MBA, MSc) preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in project management, including at least 5 years in a leadership role within the life sciences or pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional projects and delivering results.
• Expertise in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches) and tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent).
• Strong leadership and team-building skills with the ability to inspire and align teams.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Deep understanding of the regulatory and compliance landscape in the life sciences industry.
• PMP, PgMP, or similar project management certification is highly preferred.