Project Management Director Job Description
Project management director
provides highest level of scientific expertise through entire clinical trial process including interactions with basic research scientists; late-stage clinical development, regulatory, and commercial colleagues within Janssen Research & Development.
Project Management Director Duties & Responsibilities
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Ensure that each project is appropriately following Bard’s standard PM Processes
Facilitate leadership teams, functional councils, and cross-functional teams through diagnosis/situation analysis, problem-solving, decision-making and communication planning
Use influence and negotiation to build consensus and ownership regarding both strategic direction and program implementation and alignment
When appropriate, provide direct support, training, consultation and coaching to stakeholders across the organization
Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and oral, communicate effectively with senior management, process owners, stakeholders, and other audiences
Facilitates daily/weekly status meetings and reviews priority of open issues
Serves as an operational subject matter expert
Researches, designs, and develops corporate, division, and/or region
Running the initiation, project request, and due diligence process for the programs to which they are assigned
Status reporting for the programs to which they are assigned
Project Management Director Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Project Management Director
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, PMI, CSM, CAPM, ITIL, ITSM, SM, CSP, CPM, ACP
Education for Project Management Director
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the project management director job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Education, Management, MBA, Architecture, Computer Science, Science, Business/Administration
Skills for Project Management Director
Desired skills for project management director include:
Multiple job areas obtained through advanced education and experience
Project and drug development processes
Study
Skill in applying applicable clinical research regulatory requirements.i.e
Regulations and guidelines
Skill in applying applicable clinical research regulatory requirements
Towards clinical trial conduct
Financial analysis model development and internal accounting controls
Financial terms and principles
ICH GCP and relevant local laws
Desired experience for project management director includes:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Film/TV production or Operations, or related field preferred and a minimum 5 years technical and operational experience in large scale media environment (Broadcast, TV, News and information, Live Entertainment)
Interested candidates must submit resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
Must be willing to work in Hialeah, FL and/or greater Miami, FL area
Must be willing to take drug test and submit to a background investigation including credit check
Agile development methodologies experience desired
Strategic – understands the business and how to align the organization to support objectives
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Project Management Director Job Description
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of project management director. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for project management director
- Manages team sub-projects for the implementation of new products, services, client initiatives and change requests according to company standards
- Organizes and facilitates team meetings and presentations
- Work to ensure that PM best practices are employed across projects
- May be required to assume leadership responsibilities in the absence of the Global PM Director
- Effectively support, supervise and monitor performance of Sr
- Provide effective support to teams as required and be the point of escalation for issues that Senior PM Managers, Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Coordinators need support to resolve
- Assumes the role of client advocate and ensures all Senior PM Managers, Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and Coordinators act as client advocate
- Is involved in working with Sales to support the winning of new business and continuous liaison with Sales in terms of changes in scope of work, and future contract opportunities
- Represent St Petersburg in business unit / R&D project/portfolio reviews, management and R&D operating mechanisms
- Support the RFQ and BD process for St Petersburg site and represent site capabilities to customers
Qualifications for project management director
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft suite
- Experienced in developing large and complex waterfall schedules/Gantt charts in a recognized project management platform applying PMP methodologies
- Minimum of (13) thirteen years directly related experience in an engineering/construction project accountability role or (15) fifteen years equivalent combination of experience in an advisory and/or engineering supervisory capacity required
- Assess vendor capabilities and support vendor negotiations when using third-party resources
- Monitor portfolio (multiple project) budgets across Customer Solutions
- Manage a team of people leaders and individual contributors
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Our growing company is hiring for a project management director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for project management director
- Works in partnership with Senior Director of Marketing to develop new sales opportunities and platforms within current station promotions and/or market events (Phoenix Cooks, Concerts)
- Identifies and pursues potential opportunities, developing relationships and providing guidance/advice in order to secure PJM mandates
- Develops solutions and writes PJM proposals to close opportunities
- Provide leadership, guidance and oversight for the governance, process and tools to make the best portfolio prioritization decisions given strategic priorities and resources across the global Pharmaceutical supply chain
- Successfully lead and manage a global team with both direct and in-direct reporting relationships
- In close partnership with the JSC Office of Strategy & Innovation, finance, governance leads and the JSC LT, the Director ensures that project priorities are aligned with business needs, resources are aligned with those priorities and the priorities are communicated throughout the organization
- Drive portfolio business processes and support tools to keep pace with or anticipate business needs and increase both efficiency and effectiveness within the organization
- Provide recommendations to the JSC Leadership Team to continually ensure that the portfolio is supporting the strategic intent and that investments and resources are deployed towards maximizing business outcomes
- Display excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills are critical, as is the ability to work in a complex matrix organization
- Manage the health and effectiveness of the global portfolio management processes
Qualifications for project management director
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral, for various audiences
- Experience briefing executive committee and business sponsors on project status
- Experience with process improvement, information systems and financial management aspects of business
- Experience leading team of Project Managers to deliver a portfolio of projects
- ITSM and ITIL® process knowledge
- Must have knowledge of such principles as GMP's, FDA guidelines, PMP Certification is preferred
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of project management director. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for project management director
- Provide sustainable value to the organization by improving the efficiency of how projects are managed and monitored to avoid potential failure, in areas such as budget, risk mitigation, and resource conflicts
- Establish consistent project governance, resource management, and change control methodology within team
- Monitor project progress across the team
- Augment scientific team efforts by researching additional and/or alternative options for completing project work including literature searches, references
- Leads the communication with Senior Leadership team on the status of each strategic initiative
- Analyzes assigned complex project &/or program plans to validate if project outcomes will meet the business needs and align/support operational plans/objectives
- Identifies opportunities to proactively mentor business or project stakeholders in completing complex business case and/or project charter and cost benefit analysis for projects
- Develops and communicates reporting metrics and project and/or program dashboards that provide management and business stakeholders with quantifiable gauges of the delivery of business results
- Recommends complex mitigation plans
- Provides subject matter expertise to team members and internal/external stakeholders on complex assignments/projects
Qualifications for project management director
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, required, with a background in medicine, science or relevant discipline preferred
- Bachelor’s Degree in life sciences required
- A minimum of 12+ years of Project Management experience within the drug development industry
- PMP (project management professional) certification or equivalent is required
- Demonstrated solid understanding of clinical and nonclinical drug development is required
- Experience in building and leading project management teams and developing others is required
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Our company is looking to fill the role of project management director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for project management director
- The Director, ITPM is responsible for the work output of the project team members
- The incumbent will have input to the ongoing financial elements of the project including regular financial tracking reporting to the Program and Portfolio leadership
- Adapt and modify procurement strategies to minimize expenditures, guarantee optimal pricing, and confirm accurate invoicing
- Drives ROI and cost saving strategies
- Manage our team of 40+ project managers to deliver customer projects and programs at the highest levels of On Time, On Spec and On Quality performance
- Establishes and implements priorities, performance goals and objectives to ensure group results for assigned area(s) of responsibility
- Drives & provides direction & mentoring on complex projects to ensure group results
- Maintains knowledge on current and emerging product lines with the ability to assess the impact, and collaborate with management to incorporate new trends and developments in current and future solutions
- Provides subject matter expertise to team members on complex assignments/projects
- Offer collaborative approach and partnership with cross functional teams to address resource needs and project staffing
Qualifications for project management director
- Serve as a strategic Business partner to other LNO teams
- PhD in a scientific discipline (Pharmaceutical, Chemistry or Biological Sciences is ideal)
- Thorough knowledge (minimum 10 years) of the pharmaceutical industry and experience in Discovery Research, Clinical Research, CMC, or other drug development related function with direct experience of progressing assets to IND and into the clinic
- Minimum 4 years experience as a project manager with a proven track record of managing and delivering assets into development
- Demonstrated ability to clearly and concisely communicate/ prepare presentations
- People management experience and/or proven leadership experience in managing a matrix team is desired
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of project management director. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for project management director
- Generates comprehensive and detailed Project Plans (PPs) and ensures that underlying functional plans are included
- Ensures compliance with applicable standards (GCPs, SOPs, Guidances, ) through training, processes, and early issue identification and correction
- Execute tasks as defined in the project plan in order to achieve the project goals
- Champion process improvement initiatives to improve productivity, quality, and reduce cost
- Implement the approved actions and workarounds required to minimize the impact of the risks on the project
- Develop and monitor program policies processes, standards, governance, and metrics
- Lead or participate in other cross-departmental or cross-functional operational development projects as needed
- Facilitate Cross-Functional Project Team meetings using meeting management best practices (agenda, minutes, presentations, status reports ) to drive cross-functional communication, timely and effective decision-making, and successful execution of project objectives across multiple projects
- Proactively identify and prioritize project opportunities and risks
- Develop and maintain integrated, cross-functional project timelines to identify and communicate inter-dependencies and critical path activities
Qualifications for project management director
- Must have experience preparing and delivering briefings and recommendations to senior and executive leadership on a regular basis, with a record of success – recommendations have been adopted/implemented and achieved the desired outcome(s)
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Engineering, Business, Finance or Supply Chain, or Analytics
- Requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with peers, clients, IT management and subordinates
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Economics, Finance or Management Information Systems
- Master’s degree or further education is preferred
- 15+ years relevant work experience in the Asset Management Industry, in particular working in the front office with exposure to investment, trading, compliance, and performance and risk functions