Sr. Project Manager PM Ops - Lab & Tech Ops

We go where others won’t, taking on some of the biggest public health challenges to protect and enhance millions of lives, and create a better, more secure world. Here, you will join passionate professionals who advance their scientific, technical and professional skills to develop products designed-to protect and enhance life.

The Senior Project Manager of Project Management Operations within Science & Development (S&D) will be responsible for providing leadership to advance the S&D portfolio of projects through two main avenues:
1)    PM leadership for portfolio execution of laboratory and technical operations, including strategic and tactical coordination of resources (people, equipment, facilities), reporting, and analysis
2)    Ownership, including continuous improvement, training, and management of PM tools and processes

This position requires collaboration with functional staff and product development project managers, senior management, and subcontractors to ensure strategic execution of the portfolio of activities within laboratory and technical operations and associated resource needs, ensuring they are understood, mapped, and strategically sequenced for successful completion of all project deliverables within the S&D portfolio.

This individual must have a strategic and process focused mindset, firsthand experience in biopharma project management and/or laboratory operations, and experience in leading project teams that might be cross-site and/or cross functional.  

The successful candidate must be able to work independently, multi-task, and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Primary responsibilities include:
•    Building and leading processes and ways of working that provide a portfolio view of laboratory and technical operations resource needs across all programs and working within PM and cross-functionally to drive strategic decision making and sequencing of efforts
•    Supporting the creation, analysis, and decision making of portfolio resource data to drive execution of all programs at the right time, place, and with the appropriate resources
•    Identifying, securing, managing, and overseeing subcontractor efforts in advancement of laboratory and technical operations outsourced activities
•    Leading Capital Expenditure processes, ensuring efficient, transparent, and timely review and processing of requests and associated budgeting and annual planning for the S&D business
•    Participating in new project planning as well as integration of new acquisitions
•    Partnering with various S&D functions and internal Emergent functions, including IP/contract/quality to promote an elevated level of quality and consistency across and within programs
•    Supporting the implementation, use and adherence, and continuous improvement of PM tools, processes, and governance
•    Leadership of S&D strategic imperatives and continuous improvement

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
•    Leadership –Inspires and motivates others to perform well; Effectively negotiates and influences actions and opinions of others; Inspires respect and trust; Accepts feedback from others; Provides vision and inspiration to peers and subordinates; Gives appropriate recognition to others.
•    Managing across reporting structure – Includes personnel in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvements; Takes responsibility for team members’ activities; Develops team members’ skills and encourages growth; Fosters quality focus in others; Sets expectations and monitors delegates activities; Provides recognition for results.
•    Interpersonal – Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting; Keeps emotions under control; Remains open to others’ ideas and tries new things; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.
•    Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives. 
·    Business Acumen and Ownership – Understands business implications of decisions; Displays orientation to profitability; Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition.  Aligns work with strategic goals; works within approved budget; Develops and implements cost saving measures; Conserves organizational resources.

The above statements are intended to describe the nature of work performed by those in this job and are not an exhaustive list of all duties. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time which reflects management’s assignment of essential functions. 

MINIMUM EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS
•    College degree in the biological sciences; advanced degree is ideal
•    Minimum of 6 years of project management and/or business leadership experience is required, where a portion of the experience includes PM team leadership, including at least 4 years of technical experience in laboratory operations, biologics, vaccine, device or drug development 
•    Experience managing programs funded under government or NGO grants and/or contracts is ideal
•    Earned Value Management experience is ideal
•    PMP certification is ideal 
•    Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, & Word)
•    Extensive experience with scheduling software (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet) 
•    Knowledge of phase-appropriate approaches to development, manufacturing, testing, quality, and reporting requirements is desired.
•    High Emotional Intelligence
o    Active listening skills
o    Reflective, self-aware and confident
o    Cross-cultural awareness
o    Communicates effectively (across all domains: oral, non-verbal and written)

Demonstrated skills in the following areas:
•    Written and verbal communication that is clear, concise, and compelling
•    Problem-solving skills: identify and resolve problems in a timely manner, analyze information skillfully; develop alternative solutions; use reason even when dealing with emotional topics
•    Strategic planning skills and experience with Lean, Systems thinking, Process Mapping, Hoshin planning, and other business planning and improvement initiatives  
•    Collaborating effectively, balancing stakeholders and organizationally savvy (able to comfortably maneuver through complex policies, processes, or organizational dynamics)
•    Able to receive, provide feedback and ask meaningful questions
•    Planning and aligning; driving results consistently to ensure goals are met and drives ahead in the presences of challenges or setbacks with a positive & productive attitude
•    Able to adapt in real time to the shifting demands of different situations and stakeholders
•    Innovative and works to optimize work processes
 

Per CDC guidelines, Emergent strongly recommends that all employees working on site are vaccinated to help ensure their safety, as well as the safety of fellow employees. This includes the use of good judgment when determining when the CDC guidelines advise that you stay home when ill. 

There are physical/mental demands and work environment characteristics that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. This information is available upon request from the candidate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform all essential functions.
 

Emergent BioSolutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and values the diversity of our workforce.  Emergent does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
 

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