Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Delivery
- Play an active role in shaping new initiatives, working with stakeholders to assess opportunities, define scope and outcomes, and develop the approach before projects move into execution.
- Lead cross-functional projects and improvement initiatives from planning through implementation.
- Manage project plans, timelines, budgets, risks and dependencies, addressing issues and following up with teams as needed.
Collaboration & Improvement
- Work closely with business leaders, functional teams and external partners to align priorities, decisions and deliverables.
- Provide clear updates, help resolve competing priorities and make sure agreed actions are followed through.
- Work with teams to identify operational gaps and put practical improvements in place.
- Support teams in implementing new processes and making sure changes work in practice.
Performance Data & Reporting
- Define operational KPIs with functional teams, including metric definitions, ownership and reporting routines.
- Work directly with teams to gather and consolidate data, address gaps and improve reporting.
- Develop dashboards and reporting materials that show progress and trends.
Qualifications
Experience & Skills
- Degree in project management, business, engineering, IT, life sciences or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 5+ years of project management experience, including delivery of complex cross-functional projects.
- Experience leading operational or performance improvement initiatives and working with senior stakeholders.
- Practical experience with KPIs, dashboards and performance reporting, including gathering and interpreting data from multiple sources.
- Experience managing project plans, budgets, risks and resources.
- Strong working knowledge of Excel and experience with dashboards or reporting tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile or equivalent certification.
- Experience with Power BI or similar reporting tools.
- Experience working in a global, matrixed or regulated environment, ideally within pharmaceuticals or biotechnology.
