Manager, Project Management

The Commercial Project Manager will be responsible for projects that support ongoing, annual and one time initiatives under the purview of the Commercial Organization.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate internal resources and vendors from project initiation to completion

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope and objectives

• Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, to monitor and track project progress

• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

• Manage changes to project scope, project schedule and project budget

• Ensure vendor contracts are created and managed in accordance with company policy

• Monitor project expenditure, review vendor invoices and oversee submission for payment

• Provide measurement on project performance during and at completion of project

• Plan and execute project update meetings

• Develop and maintain collaborative work relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Identify and escalate internal, vendor and project related issues, as appropriate

• Participate in Commercial Department meetings, including attending off-site meetings as required

• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Master's degree & 2 years of Project Management experience or Bachelor's degree or & 4 years of Project Management

• 6+ years of industry experience a plus

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate preferred

• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple projects

• Ability to exercise independent judgment within generally defined practices and policies that lead to processes for achieving results

• Excellent organization and planning skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills (both written and oral)

• Ability to problem solve and delegate appropriate tasks to collaborators and follow-up as needed to meet deadlines

• Expert level proficiency with Microsoft Project, including building complex schedules with logical relationships between successors and predecessors.

• Experience building complex schedules utilizing sub-schedule integration structure with performing critical path analysis

• Proven ability to manage in a highly fluid, interactive, matrixed environment

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Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com. Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kitepharma.

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