Sr. Manager, R&D Office of Strategy Management

The Sr. Manager, OSM will:

• Manage strategic projects that support long term company strategies and R&D goals and objectives.
• Enable and accelerate the evolution of ways of working to support better operations, scalable processes, increased SME capacity, and increased connectivity within R&D.
• Use skills in Project Management (PM), Process Excellence & Improvement (PE/PI), Continuous Improvement (CI) and Change Management (CM) to make improvements throughout R&D.

Project Management The OSM is responsible for overseeing and supporting strategic projects across the organization. Responsibilities of the Sr. Manager include:

• Managing strategic projects for systemic problems by supporting business case development and facilitating a cross functional team in developing and embedding the solution in the organization.
• Apply project management, process excellence and change management methodologies for sustainable solutions with successful business adoption.
• Managing project related tasks, maintain, and track high quality integrated project plans and dashboards for reporting and decision making.
• Ensuring adherence to project scope, timeline, and resourcing; Managing all artifacts associated with the project lifecycle
• Managing agendas, minutes, logistics and preparation for meetings with stakeholders
• Developing reports, presentations, and communications for internal stakeholders, including Senior leaders
• Handling multiple priorities in a fast-paced ambiguous environment
• Providing guidance in change management, project management, continuous improvement and communication to business leads
• Leveraging tools, templates and training needed for onboarding teams to successfully follow the project management, change management, continuous improvement and communication methodologies
• Advising coordinated implementation efforts to mitigate risks, identify dependencies and ensure a positive change experience for employees
• Developing and maintaining tools, templates and training on project management, change management, continuous improvement and communications for non-product related projects.

Internal Consulting The OSM provides internal consulting services to various departments and teams within the organization. This involves:

• Conducting benchmarking and best practice research to innovative and diverse perspectives
• Challenging the status quo and generating innovative ideas through a crossfunctional and enterprise lens
• Serve as subject matter expert in project management, change management, continuous improvement and communication.
• Develop and embed standard tools or process(es) to support organization ways of working and functional capabilities.
• Building relationships and partnership with internal and external strategy management, project management, operational excellence and change management teams and forums.
• Foster crossfunctional relationships where opportunities exist to reduce work, remove redundancy or enhance collaboration on similarly scoped initiatives.

Key Competencies of the OSM Core Competencies

• Leadership
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Influencing and Persuasion
• Teamwork
• Proactivity and Initiative

Technical Competencies

• Strategic Planning
• Performance Management/Risk Management
• Project Management
• Operational Excellence
• Change Management
• Drug Development & Discovery Knowledge

Education & Experience

• BA or BS Degree preferred in Business, Life Sciences or Engineering
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical Industry preferred
• Minimum 5 years of experience in
  • Project & Program Management and/or
  • Process Excellence/Improvement or Lean-DMAIC
• Certification in PMP and/or Lean Six Sigma is a plus
• Certification in Change Management is a plus
• Strong interpersonal skills; effective in teams and as an individual
• Results driven; ability to propose make data driven solutions and be creative in applying new ideas or solutions