CMC Project Operations Manager - Vaccine

Job description

POSITION OVERVIEW

The primary purpose of the Project Operations Manager (POM) in CMC and Tech Transfer (TT) environment is to manage the CMC activities in R&D and IA reflecting the overall CMC strategy and/or Tech Transfer activities reflecting the Tech Transfer strategy .

He/She is responsible for the monitoring and follow-up tracking of the operational project progress.

The POM is member of project team and coordinating teams/sub-teams and provides proactively optimization of cross-functional operational activities .

The POM reports to the Head of Excellence Platform for CMC/LCM/TT.

In alignment with department best practices, he/she is responsible for the preparation of decisions around service agreements, timing, resources and costs with the CMC / TT Project Leader and enables the selection of the best strategy through delivery of scenarios. He/She ensures the operating project team support.

POM Responsibilities

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Provides the Project Leaders (PL) with high quality project plans on timelines, costs and resources using SHINE solution with integrated risk management, reflecting the selected strategy for projects in development/industrialization/ launch and post launch/LCM/ Tech Transfer;
e.g. develops and creates integrated detailed operational project plans, analyzes and monitors the project timelines, impact of risks, resources and costs (investments)

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Analyses the project plan and timelines along the product value chain and ensures optimal critical path

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Develops scenarios from project need phase, elaborates first cost/timelines estimate and up to the end of the project provides recommendation for optimization

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Ensures the collaboration with all the planners from the project involved platforms or the enabling functions to guarantee consistency between the project plan and the operational plan

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Monitors the progress, deviations with their explanation and the impact on the associated action plan

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Assures proactively regular consolidated updates/reporting to all project stakeholders

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Participates to the enhancement of the MTech Project Management tools and Excellence best practices

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Support Workstream Leaders and Workstream Team Members to enhance performance on any subject activities required to deliver the objectives

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Facilitate Lean workshop to enhance performance

Management & Expertise

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Defines, challenges, consolidates and controls costs and resources from all functions involved on the project and is the key person on the consolidated project costs and resource related questions

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Translates and visualizes the project strategy into an operational plan and ensures the optimal critical path

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Stakeholder management information that activities are on the critical path (e.g for submission, launch readiness, etc.)

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Proposes and establishes definitions of key parameters, key milestones to facilitate the monitoring of development and transfer activities

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Develops a customer focused reporting to the Project Leaders and stakeholders

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Shows autonomous attention handling of tasks and topics, that have been delegated by the Project Leader(s) (PL)

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Leads operational meetings, minute-taking, elaborating an action plan and follow-up on actions

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Is in charge of communication/information sharing platforms (e.g. e-rooms, share points)

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Is a day to day interface management with people from functions and departments involved along the value chain takes place by the department associates; and enabling functions on a global level and across different cultures

REQUIREMENTS

Education / Experience

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MS, PharmD, engineer degrees in one of the areas of drug (vaccine development would be a plus)

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Project Management Experience (>2 years) within the field of drug (vaccine development would be a plus)  in biotech and/or pharmaceutical industry in Drug environment.

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Experience in using databases and Project Management tools (e.g. MS Project, Gantt Chart, Excel, etc.)

Specific experience and knowledge:

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Knowledge in CMC activities and requirements (industrial development and manufacturing to launch readiness)

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Well-developed communication and negotiation skills to work in non-hierarchical, international, multi-functional teams of skilled experts

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Successful experiences in managing projects and being familiar with project management tools

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Good knowledge of risk management (identification, evaluation, mitigation) and understand of any impact on deliverables

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Good knowledge in the regulatory guidelines related to requirements, quality and change control

Technical skills & Competencies / Language

Essential technical skills

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Excellent analyzing skills to understand and transform project activities, deliverables and milestones into a database structure.

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High capability to work result and quality oriented: to analyze results from all involved departments/platforms, to identify the impact, draw conclusions and propose steps for implementation.

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Presentation skills

Language:

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English:      very good skills in reading, writing and speaking required

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Good Microsoft office packages literacy and ability to understand various computer software and data bases

Behavioural Competencies (LEAD and others)

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Good networking skills in cross-cultural environment

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High willingness and ability to become acquainted with new fields (e.g. Vaccine Development, Industrialization, Launch Readiness)

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Customer focused

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Ability to cooperate transversally with many partners from different part and level of the organization

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Strong analytical skills, able to bring complicated topics down to the key points

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Conflict-resolution, negotiation- and decision-making skills

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Influence and persuasion skills

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Self-motivated

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Output oriented with pragmatic approach to new process implementation and problem solving

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High ability in change management

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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