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Salary: USD 162,000 - 243,000 / annual
Precision Medicine Group seeks a Director of Project Management to lead clinical trial and program delivery across a global platform. This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on people leadership, directing a team of Project Directors and Project Managers while ensuring clinical study projects meet quality, scope, cost, and timeline objectives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Direct and manage Project Directors and Project Managers in planning, execution, and governance of clinical projects and portfolios on a global platform
- Provide leadership and oversight on all clinical programs; serve as primary escalation point for study sponsors beyond project management
- Optimize profitability of the Project Management organization to meet or exceed budget targets
- Assess and manage resource allocations to ensure cost, time, and quality goals are achieved
- Select, train, develop, and manage performance of project leadership talent
- Provide technical guidance on scope definition, risk identification, escalation and mitigation, resource planning, goals, and deliverables
- Identify and escalate impacts to project scope, resources, schedule, or budget through standard methods
- Ensure project leadership maintains highest quality standards and compliance with SOPs, guidelines, project plans, and regulatory requirements
- Partner with Business Development on opportunity development, proposals, budgeting, and bid defense
- Manage project/program interdependencies to achieve milestones and deliverables
- Conduct evaluations and implement changes for all projects, including mid-project recovery of at-risk projects, re-scoping, postponement, or cancellation
- Measure and report KPIs; lead continuous improvement initiatives
- Provide ongoing feedback, development, and coaching to Project Directors and Project Managers, including annual performance reviews
- Manage workload of supervised staff with continued assessment and adjustment
Requirements:
Minimum Required:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in science or health-related field (advanced degree preferred)
- Minimum 10 years of experience in clinical research, including extensive project management and line management experience or proven competencies for this position
- Working knowledge of GCP/ICH guidelines and the clinical development process
Other Required:
- Experience with Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Microsoft Project
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with others in a team setting
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and customer service demeanor
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally including overnight stays
Preferred:
- Advanced degree
- Experience managing complex and global trials
- In-depth proven experience in pharmaceutical and/or device research
Key Competencies:
- Working knowledge of project management techniques and tools
- Direct work experience in a global, cross-functional project management environment
- Proven experience in people management
- Proven experience in strategic planning, risk management, and change management
- Ability to work closely with business unit leadership to understand customer needs
- Strong analytical skills and business acumen
- Executive presence with ability to confidently deliver complex presentations to senior management
- High level of integrity; ability to inspire and demand highest professional and ethical standards
- Demonstrated leadership track record and effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead and inspire excellence within a team
- Ability to create an environment where employees have a sense of ownership
- Results-oriented, accountable, motivated, and flexible
- Excellent time management, negotiation, critical thinking, decision-making, analytical, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
- Proficient in project management software
- Excellent planning and organizing
- Excellent at influencing and leading
- Proven experience in delegating while fostering cohesive team dynamics
- Demonstrated successful independent negotiation and conflict management strategies
