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As a part of the global Project Leadership group at Parexel, you are responsible for leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality and patient-focused clinical trials and help bring life-changing treatments to market faster. You collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to identify project requirements, develop project plans, and manage project timelines and budgets. The role requires strong leadership and communication skills, the ability to work under pressure, and a passion for improving patients' lives. In return, Parexel offers a supportive work environment, and a high degree of empowerment and accountability to lead your studies. Within this role, you work with a diverse set of clients and therapeutic areas, and you are encouraged to take on new challenges and pursue your interests.
Job Responsibility:
Responsible for coordinating, monitoring and reporting project schedule and resource management information to enable alignment of PRD and partner line schedules and FTE/dollar resources
Identifies and raises schedule conflicts, risks, and resource peaks/troughs appropriately for resolution
Directly participates in and contributes to cross-functional and functional teams to discuss, review, and optimize protocol/project/program schedules and study cost estimates
Monitors progress of project activities towards next project milestone, anticipates and highlights potential variances, supports line/team in critical path analyses and understanding the impact, and partners with the Asset PM, Clinical Operations, and the project team to identify/recommend solutions to schedule risk
Performs scenario planning of project timelines within and across protocols and across therapeutic area/portfolio to enable optimum use of local, global, and outsourced resources
Contributes to the validation of resource information at the project level with the project teams
Partners with key team members to manage the project and achieve key milestones according to the endorsed timeline, cost, and quality parameters
Supports negotiations in the allocation of line resources to support the endorsed development plan
Contributes to risk management through the identification of operational and project/program risks
Provides the Portfolio Management group with project schedule information to enable effective portfolio management activities
Produces what-if scenario analyses based on context obtained from project team members
Reviews own work regarding quality of schedule and resource metadata
Provides timely reporting to the Asset PM, Portfolio Management, and project teams, alerting them to the possibility of endangered/missed or conflicting milestones and critical path activities
Ensures regular information updates and analysis and interpretation of planning and forecasting data
Utilizes available reporting and visualization tools to support governance and team reporting needs
Provides context to local customers of reports generated globally and consolidates customer feedback
Partners with project team members to identify opportunities and potential solutions to realize efficiency in the development process
Contributes to continuous improvement of project plans, plan generation, plan utilization, and/or report creation/development processes
Collaborates with colleagues to ensure cross-team, site learnings, and best practices are shared
Promotes partner lines/teams taking ownership of data within planning tools
Requirements:
Bachelors level degree
B.S. with 5+ years' experience or M.S. with 3+ years' experience
At least 3 years experience in project planning and project management
At least 3 years of applicable pharmaceutical industry experience or similar industry experience
Nice to have:
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred but not required
Experienced in end-game/regulatory submission planning and/or product launch planning
Experienced with planning and resource forecasting tools (e.g., MS Project, Planisware, OnePager)
Experienced user of reporting and office software (e.g., MS Office, Business Objects, Spotfire)
Trained/experienced in negotiation, facilitation and managing cross-functional team dynamics
What we offer:
Supportive work environment
High degree of empowerment and accountability
Flexible work arrangements (remote, in-office and hybrid)