The Project Manager tasks include:
• Responsible for providing project management support to commercial brand (launch) teams, in coordination with launch project management team
• Provide direct support for planning and executing priority commercial launch initiatives including new asset or indication launches, brand planning as well as day to day brand operations.
• Primary responsibilities will include all facets typical to launch project management, (e.g., Strategic and Tactical Planning, Brand Deep Dives, etc.), along with meeting facilitation and cross-functional management.?
• Work in a heavily matrixed organization with all launch workstreams including Brand Teams, Sales, Business Analytics/ Market Research, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Sales Training, Finance, Regulatory, Legal, Promotional Compliance, and others. This position may also require coordination with client’s alliance partners.?
• Launch Management
o Establish/facilitate team ways of working and governance
o Manage/conduct team kickoff
o Cross-functional team meeting facilitation
o Conduct launch deliverables meetings
o POA planning with possible onsite planning/coordination and oversight
o Lead launch readiness workshops
o Facilitate brand lead calls
o Capture and deliver team status updates
o Facilitate Walk-The-Walls Workshop
• Documentation
o Project schedule (plan) creation/maintenance
o Create/maintain project, executive, milestone timelines
o Create/maintain escalation plan, team org chart, scorecards, status report including KPIs, charter, RAID log, RACI, DAI, team communications plan, matrix meeting minutes
o Day 1 execution plans including tactics list creation/maintenance
• General
o Trusted strategic launch execution advisor
o Risk and Issue proactive mitigation
o Conduct Lessons Learned
Qualifications/Experience:
• BA/BS degree ????
• 5+ years of pharmaceutical industry and/or marketing operations experience?
• Expertise in independently managing large projects with multiple workstreams?
• Experience successfully managing all or major portions of a pharmaceutical launch?
• Experience with established project management methodology, KPIs and templates
• Experience partnering directly with brand teams and brand leadership?
• Consulting experience

Required Skills:?
• Results-driven with a high sense of urgency and accountability: ability to meet business objectives, deliverables, and timely completion of initiatives with a cross-functional team?
• High standards for accuracy in written and verbal communication?
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills?
• Strong planning, organizational, and prioritization skills - ability to effectively organize and prioritize tasks to achieve established deadlines?
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry and major functional areas?
• Strong managerial, problem-solving, and decision-making skills?
• Ability to function effectively under conditions of uncertainty and ambiguity, and ability to navigate competing demands?
• Ability to effectively utilize project management tools and software?
• Strong PowerPoint and deck creation skills?
• Strong capability as an adaptive learner?

Preferred:
• Strategic planning experience within sales and marketing?
• Experience creating senior leadership presentations?
• Knowledge of working across strategic alliances?
• Strong Excel, Microsoft Project skills
• Advanced degree in relevant field?
• PMP certification

Full-time employees are also eligible for benefits options such as health coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401k benefits.

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