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Salary: USD 144,000 - 168,000 / annual
Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company developing high-fidelity vaccines to protect against bacterial diseases including invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella.
The Commercial Project Manager will join the IT Project Management team to support commercial launch readiness. Working in partnership with the Commercial Launch Lead and cross-functional stakeholders, you will own key project management deliverables and coordinate across Commercial and functional workstreams.
Key Responsibilities:
Launch Readiness & Timeline Accountability: Manage the integrated launch schedule, keeping timelines, milestones, dependencies, and decisions current and aligned. Manage the commercialization critical path, track priority milestones, and escalate timing or execution risks. Establish meeting governance including cadence, agendas, decisions, and action items. Administer the commercialization risk log, tracking risks, owners, mitigation plans, status, and escalations.
Cross-Functional Coordination & Communication: Coordinate across Commercial and functional workstreams to maintain alignment, visibility, and timely information flow. Support workstream owners by tracking deliverables, timelines, and dependencies without owning function-specific content. Maintain dashboards, status reports, and communications showing readiness, risks, milestones, and dependencies.
Resource Management: Support capacity planning, demand management, and resource allocation. Identify resource constraints and trade-offs to support leadership decisions.
Performance Metrics and Reporting: Develop and maintain selected project management KPIs. Use performance trends to inform improvements and leadership discussions.
Processes, Tools, and Dashboards: Maintain project management processes, tools, templates, and dashboards. Drive consistent use of standards and tools across projects. Improve visibility into project health, capacity, and outcomes.
Reports to: Senior Director IT Program Management
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (minimum 3 days per week onsite)
Requirements:
- MS or BS degree in life sciences or biotechnology; advanced degree desired. Other combinations of education and/or experience may be considered.
- 8+ years of project management experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or vaccines industry, with demonstrated skill managing cross-functional timelines, dependencies, risks, governance, and communications.
- Experience supporting commercial launch readiness in pharma or vaccines, including coordination across Commercial, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Market Access, Trade and Distribution, Supply, IT, and related functions.
- Experience enabling pharma commercial projects through digital tools, platforms, dashboards, and project management systems that improve visibility, coordination, and execution.
- Experience with direct sales or field commercial models, including non-prescription or buy-and-bill channels; prescription-only experience is not sufficient.
- Proven influence management and communication skills at all levels of the organization.
- Experience with Enterprise Planning (ERP) software for resource planning.
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- PMP Certification and/or Project Management training desired.
- All Vaxcyte employees require vaccination against COVID-19.
