Senior Manager, Development Project Management - Clin Pharm

Senior Manager, Development Project Management - Clin Pharm
United States - California - Foster City

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based bio-pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

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Job Description


Acts as the project manager for assigned projects of moderate complexity. Develops and manages project plans, manages project timelines, communications, meetings, and other interactions to ensure project deliverables are met on-time, to the quality expected and within-budget. Typically manages multiple projects simultaneously and expected to play a key role in ensuring cross-project synergies are realized.

Specific responsibilities

• Responsible for management and execution of clinical pharmacology strategies, in order to mitigate risks and support development of drug candidates across all phases of development through facilitation of Clinical Pharmacology subteam meetings
  
• The ClinPharm PM (CPPM) represents the ClinPharm functional team across various cross functional and stakeholder meetings, relaying key decisions and driving discussions to meet global regulatory requirements and timelines
  
• Requires managing certain Clinical Pharmacology deliverables, such as, but not limited to: Pop PK dataset and process flow, document development, and ClinPharm timeline to support regulatory submission documents
  
• Collaborates with various functional leads to develop portfolio view of program timelines
  
• Leads coordination of document drafting with Medical Writing, Regulatory Project Management and the ClinPharm team and multiple stakeholders and contributors
  
• Manages product deliverables by developing and driving timelines based on submission plans and internal review process
  
• Manages timely execution of deliverables supporting submissions including Pop PK Exposure Data, Pop PK Report, Summary modules, Part 11 Files used to derive Pop PK data, etc.
  

Essential duties and job functions

• Drives the progress of product and non-product development programs
  
• Responsible for employing project management standards to enable effective portfolio management
  
• Leads moderately complex assignments that enable multiple functions and teams to achieve their project objectives within targeted timelines and allocated resources
  
• Advises other functions on how to best achieve their project goals and objectives
  
• Interacts with other functions across Development and Research (key contacts include ClinPharm Rep, Bioanalysis Rep, ClinPharm Management, Clinical Operations, Clinical Data Science and Regulatory Affairs)
  
• May manage external vendors involved in assigned projects
  
• Collaborates and partners with others across Global Development to ensure assigned projects are completed on-time, within-budget and to the quality expected
  

Key Accountabilities/Core Job Responsibilities

• Manages task assignments and output quality of others supporting their projects
  
• May have one or more direct reports
  
• Provides matrix management to project teams supported. Typically manages multiple teams simultaneously
  
• Independently creates and manages project budgets and resource plans for assigned projects, seeking advice as needed
  
• Responsible for identifying cross-project synergies to leverage efficiencies and ensure consistencies where appropriate
  
• Leads moderately complex projects that enable Development initiatives to proceed. Errors made at this level may cause delays to achieving targeted project outcomes.
  
• Identifies cross-project synergies that accelerate our progress and maximize efficiencies.
  

Education and Experience

• 8+ years relevant experience with BA/BS; 6+ years relevant experience with MA/MS/MBA; 0+ Years relevant experience with PhD, PharmD, or equivalent
  
• Where applicable, multiple years' project management experience in life sciences, including multiple years' experience co-managing project teams.
  
• Where applicable, proven effectiveness managing project teams in life sciences.
  
• Has complete knowledge of full cycle project management, from project start-up to close-out.
  
• Has advanced knowledge of project management best practices and tools and has shown ability to apply these to improve project efficiencies and effectiveness.
  
• Has significant industry knowledge, including knowledge of drug development, and is able to flex own knowledge to work on molecule and/or non-molecule projects.
  
• Independently solves problems incurred and seeks advice when needed. Ensures solutions are consistent with organizational objectives.
  
• Coaches less experienced team members in resolving problems.
  

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