Global Commercial Strategy Project Manager (Pharma/Medical Device)

Description

Position Title: Director, Medical Project Management

Length of Contract: 6 months with option to extend

Location/Site:, Mettawa IL - Hybrid Onsite (Tue-Thu)

Manager's Update

• This is a hybrid role
• Educational Qualification: BS/MS/PhD
• Must have exp. with Project Management
• This position is a partner to the vice president (VP)
• Looking for an operational background not a research background
• PMP certification would be a nice-to-have
• Must have good communication skills
• This is an operational role
• Must have a leadership mindset
• Strong project/program management exp. is a deal-breaking requirement in this role
• HEOR exp./background is strongly nice to have
• This is an individual role and needs someone who can work independently
• A lot of managing activities would be involved in this role
• Must have prior regulated industry experience.

Purpose:

• The Medical Affairs Project Management (PM) team focuses on driving performance through learning, technology, and the practice of innovation.
• The Associate Director Project Management serves as both a primary point of contact and strategic partner for TA leadership.
• The scope of this role is global, supporting multiple Therapeutic areas (TAs) at a programmatic level (i.e. multiple related TAs).

Responsibilities:

Strategic Partnership & Leadership

• Acts as a thought partner to the VP on HEOR priorities and enterprise leadership commitments.
• Creates priorities with clarity and focus.
• Serves as a delegate in meetings when needed.

Strategic Initiative Management

• Lead end-to-end project management for HEOR’s strategic initiatives (e.g., functional planning, launch readiness, qtrly ev gen reviews, etc).
• Develop clear charters, milestones, success metrics, and governance for key initiatives.
• Drive execution discipline with team ensuring timelines, deliverables, and interdependencies are managed proactively.
• Anticipate risks and implement mitigation strategies.

Operational Excellence

• Owns the planning and orchestration of leadership forums (NELT, XLT, planning sessions, offsites).
• Partners with cross functional partners to lead annual planning process
• Track progress against HEOR objectives, priorities and tactical plans
• Laise with commercial and medical project leads (PLs) to ensure HEOR alignment on key initiatives/events
• Liase with Raj’s team to monitor resources, budgets, and headcount planning

Communications & Stakeholder Engagement

• Craft internal communications (slides, leadership messages, updates for cross-functional partners).
• Foster transparency by ensuring key messages cascade effectively throughout the V&E organization.
• Build bridges within V&E pillars and cross functional partners (e.g., IMAP, medical affairs, commercial teams, etc) to ensure HEOR delivers impact evidence generation.

 Organizational & Talent Enablement

• Support culture initiatives by shaping engagement activities, pulse surveys, and feedback loops.
• Supports broader V&E initiatives with Grete
• Partners with MHI Ops leadership to ensure HEOR is included in ops planninginitiatives

Core Capabilities & Skills Required for MPM 

• Enterprise leadership mindset and able to prioritize
• Strong project/program management expertise (PMP or equivalent a plus)
• Strategic thinking paired with operational excellence
• Exceptional communication, storytelling, and influencing skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in ambiguity and pivot with agility
• Understanding of the V&E strategic priorities, enterprise context, functional interdependencies, and business strategies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or business-related field is required.
• Project management certification (e.g. PMP) preferred.
• Applied knowledge of project management tools and processes (e.g. management of integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk and procurement).
• Performance measurement (e.g. metrics, dashboards).
• At least 10 years of experience pharmaceutical experience with a Bachelors, 9 years with MS, 8 Years with PhD.
• Experience should include 3-4 years of project management and/or process improvement related experience. Demonstrated management experience.
• Demonstrated management experience preferred.

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