Project / Program Manager
Gdańsk
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Polpharma Biologics is a state-of-the-art biological R&D and manufacturing facility, one of the most modern in Europe. We have a fantastic, international team of experienced experts and dynamic young scientists with common goals and values. Biotechnology is our passion.
Together we develop medicines, offering a new hope to patients suffering from serious diseases. We create a passionate and friendly workplace environment. Join us!
Together we develop medicines, offering a new hope to patients suffering from serious diseases. We create a passionate and friendly workplace environment. Join us!
Your role:
You will lead all the project related activities by acting as project/program manager, assuming the responsibility for over-seeing full project scope from initiation to closure, harmonizing the needs of all the departments involved (Engineering, Production, Quality, MS&T, Supply Chain, TR&D, Regulatory, etc) in order to achieve successful project scope delivery within time and budget.
Your responsibilities:
- Closely interact with all functional disciplines of the company in a matrix role, integrating all expertise into the project/program and creating one project/program.
- Manage closely the interfaces between Engineering, Production, Quality, MS&T, Supply Chain, IT, TR&D, Regulatory, etc.
- Support and coordinate multidisciplinary sub teams for specific topics and issues within the project/program.
- Create and monitor the scope, timelines, key milestones, risks, mitigations plans, budget, goals, resources and project/program plan baselines for the delivery of the scope.
- List and solve minor and major issues together with project core team and escalate to functional line management when needed.
- Troubleshooting at all levels of the project/program.
- If needed, support the commercial team in the interaction with international clients.
- Advise the management on a regular basis on the progress and status of the project/program.
- Communicate properly and in time with the various entities involved in the project/programs.
- Ensure optimization of project/program resources (capital, effort, organization, departments, and systems), time, cost and quality.
- Define and monitor the reporting and monitoring indicators within the projects/programs.
- Being a reference for the PMO to help grow PMO capabilities and support PMO head.
- Willingness to implement initiatives to improve project/program management processes for the company project/programs (Programs Risk Review, Gate Process…).
- Monitor critical project/program steps with 3rd-party developers.
- Report regularly to the PMO Board about deviations of approved assumptions of projects.
- Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
If you have:
- University Degree (Pharmacy, Engineering, Management or similar);
- 3-5 years of experience in project/program management, with 2 - 3 years of experience leading teams managing large complex projects/program in GxPs environments, with global business vision, biotech/biosimilar experience is a plus;
- Specific knowledge of Project/Program Management (and/or Certification, e.g.: PMP);
- Outstanding project/program management and organizational skills;
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to reach consensus in a non-conflictual manner;
- Ability to operate in a transformational complex environment;
- Customer and results orientation;
- Proactive and problem-solving attitude;
- Very good knowledge of English, Polish speaker is a plus.