The Associate Director, Program and Project Planning will be integral in driving a planning culture within the Global Development organization and ensuring data quality. They will be working closely with other project planners and project managers in capturing, analyzing, managing and reporting project and portfolio level activities. This Associate Director will serve as a subject matter expert in planning and the use of the PPM software and tools. They will support the training of planners and project managers, and lead development of training materials, and support continuous improvement efforts. The Associate Director will work closely with the Director. Program and Portfolio Operations to extract the full value of PPM systems and applications to support high quality project planning aligning with Development Program Management (DPM), Clinical Trial Management (CTM), Resource Management (RM), Global Development Solutions (GDS) and other key stakeholders in Development as appropriate.

In a typical day, you will:

• Manage planning and scheduling (team deliverables and timelines) using project managment software such as MicroSoft Project (MSP) and associated project tools according to established best practices
• Develop standard framwork, templates, and guidelines to support consistent and effective planning across projects
• Ensure project data are accurately reported in PM databases and team sites and is understood by the team members
• Ensure clear and transparent communication, including attending team meetings, of timelines and key deliverables with functional team members via available reporting tools
• Provide timeline analysis to highlight scheduling conflicts and gaps and monitors progress against them; proactively alerts PMs when there are deviation risks to the approved plan
• Participate in the development of risk assessments, risk mitigation plans and communication of these risks
• Develop and drive strategic planning capabilities, including identifying user requirements, training needs, use cases and needed functionality related to forecasting, scenario analyses and timeline risk management
• Leads cross-functional efforts to drive a planning capability, including building or enhancing templates, business processes, metrics, visualizations and training documentation

This job may be for you if you have:

• Experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry with a good understanding of drug development activities in context of project teams to develop plans; understands how a team can deliver objectives within time, cost and quality requirements
• Strong customer focus, working cross-functionally in a matrix organization to provide planning and scheduling services to multiple stakeholder groups.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to effectively communicate, influence and build relationships with a broad spectrum of audiences at all organizational levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; speaks clearly and responds well to questions, especially non-technical audiences; demonstrates good presentation skills, including to senior leadership
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, amidst ambiguity
• Experience with business process management and change management, operating with a strategic mindset
• Experience in managing, coaching and developing talent
• IT proficiency with MS software or equivalent to create, manage and analyze project schedules and timelines is a must; experience with scheduling methodologies is a plus
• Experience with project management collaboration tools, analytics and visual reporting applications (e.g. MS Office Suite, advanced SharePoint/Excel/PowerPoint c

To be considered:

A Bachelor's degree is required with 10 years of related, progressive pharmaceutical industry experience. Must have experience with Clinical Project Planning Software (Planisware, Primavera, MS Project, Project-Online, etc).

Experience in project planning and project

scheduling required. A minimum of 5 years’ experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or similar industry (e.g., medical devices).