Global Project Manager (GPM)
Location: Waltham, MA
Remote Work: Hybrid
Job Type: Full Time
About The JobWe are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress. As NV Global Project Manager (GPM) you are a key member of a high-profile project team of strategic importance to Sanofi. You play the role of “Chief Operating Officer” of the project, articulating strategy and execution.Main Responsibilities:
Identifies issues to be raised with GPH and proposes solutions and mitigation plans.
Acts as key interlocutor between different functional interfaces: between sub-teams, team members and other parts of the organization.
Communicates project vision as needed and establishes trust within the project team and functional departments.
Ensures communication from global project team to all stakeholders, including regions, functions and platforms as needed. This includes project reports and timely alerts.
Ensures execution of functional plans, proactively monitoring plan progress via planning and tracking tools and ensures updates of planning tools.
Monitors sub-teams to drive execution of plans against strategy in alignment with functional planners and monitors milestones in alignment with strategy.
Establishes relevant project key performance indicators (KPIs) and proactively identifies proposals to achieve them.
Identifies resource needs with core team members and requests resources required for the project and ensures that resources are assigned and aligned to deliver on project plans.
Manages stakeholders by ensuring communication to departmental management on issues related to their deliverables and/or responsibilities.
Actively contributes to the creation of presentations to senior management committees in partnership with GPH and others as appropriate. Guides the team through the governance and decision-making process and maintains Overall Governance Calendar.
Leads all relevant project documentation such as MacroPlans, Decision Trees Integrated Development Plans (IDPs), budget proposals and centralized project dashboards in partnership with functions and other planning actors.
(Co-) leads project team meetings in alignment with GPH (facilitation, agenda, minutes etc.)
Ensures Team Members are on boarded and conducts required NV trainings
About You:
Proven leadership, capacity to coordinate several activities and stakeholders including external partners including Government, if relevant.
Expertise in Project management in multicultural development teams.
Knowledge of vaccine development and regulatory processes from preclinical to clinical development and submission/review.
Ability to network and communicate across diverse functions, and to work in a matrix organization, and, if necessary, across companies in co-development projects.
Critical thinking – ability to challenge the status quo.
Anticipate risks and propose mitigation plans, ability to propose creative solutions to operational/strategic issues.
Influencing skills to motivate team members for best performance and outcomes.
Excellent communication skills – written and oral.
Degree in a scientific discipline (e.g. BS, MS, PhD,) or related degree with substantial project management and / or drug/vaccine development experience.
Business qualifications such as MBA or professional project management qualification such as PMP® would be of additional benefit.
5+ years of experience in expanding roles in Research & Development or a closely-related field, including the current environment (pharmaceutical, vaccines or animal health).
Knowledge of project planning tools and management science.
Strong experience in vaccine/drug development and risk management (including scenario and contingency plans) would be of benefit
In-depth knowledge of project planning tools, budget structure and management science would be of benefit.
Transversal communication and networking demonstrated. Managerial and interpersonal skills applied to matrix organization, effective international collaboration, and external alliance partnering skills, if relevant.
Why Choose Us?
Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Pursue Progress, Discover ExtraordinaryBetter is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.Watch our ALL IN video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !Pursue progress , discover extraordinaryBetter is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.Watch our ALL IN video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !#GD-SP #LI-SP#LI-Onsite