Associate Director, Program Management (Pharmaceutical)

The Associate Director, Program Management will lead and manage program delivery within the business stream to deliver annual budget targets as well as ensuring we strive to always Delight our customers. Requires specialized depth and /or breadth of expertise in Program Management.

External US

Major Activities and Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute the delivery of up 2 programs.
• Manage a team of program managers ensuring coaching, training and development of  team members is being delivered in line with site and global best practices. Develop and maintain an open environment for feedback to drive continuous personal development. 
• Ensure excellent customer service, internal and external, is being delivered across all programs and support program managers in achieving this. Manage customer escalations with support from Head of Biologics Program Management when required.
• Review of business stream legal contracts to ensure all customer programs are being delivered safely and in line with our business capabilities and procedures to effectively meet our business targets and goals. Ensure all contracts are documented accurately in the global management system.
• Lead and support the delivery of customer programs within their business area; ensuring program managers coordinate and track program activities, milestones and resources against their program plans. This includes working with and alongside functional business stream leads to support delivery in line with customer, program and business expectations.
• Ensure the program managers within their business stream utilise the program management tools effectively in line with current best practices to accurately reflect the current status of all programmes within the stream.
• Continually review the status of the customer programs and business stream performance and highlight business critical risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Interpret and raise internal /external business challenges and be able to recommend best practices and solutions to improve our processes and services and implement where required.
• Manage the 0-6 month delivery activities through the site tier and S&OP processes and lead decision making.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and customers by building credibility and trust.
• Any other duties commensurate with the role.
• Hybrid role, going into the office 3+ days a week

Background Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree preferably in Business, Engineering, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related field. MBA or Master's degree a plus.
• 4 years' relevant project management experience in a biotechnology or pharmaceutical development and manufacturing environment managing one or more projects of medium to high complexity.
• Certifications in Project/Risk Management or Lean Six Sigma preferred
• Excellent attention to detail with strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Computer proficiency required, including strong experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Good written and oral communication skills and the ability to effectively interact with all levels of the organization.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to multi-task and self-manage activities.
• Demonstrated effective resource and program planning/decision making.
• Demonstrated experience with problem solving and conflict resolution.
• Knowledgeable in Quality systems, tools for process improvement and cGMP guidelines.

FDBU works with technical data, technology and materials that are subject to U.S. export laws and regulations. This position will require access to technical data, technology and source code that is controlled under U.S. export laws and regulations, including but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations at 22 C.F.R. Parts 120 – 130 and Export Administration Regulations in 15 C.F.R. Part 730 – 774, as may be amended. To conform to these laws and regulations, applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., protected individuals as defined by 8 USC 1324(b)(a)(3) (i.e., asylees and refugees) or otherwise eligible for an export authorization from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce. Offers of employment will be contingent on the Company's ability to secure an export authorization.

FDBU is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identify or any other protected class. If an accommodation to the application process is needed, please e-mail FDBUHR@fujifilm.com.

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