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Posted 7 hours agoSenior Project Manager
at Fortrea
Tokyo, JapanRemote
Responsibilities
- They also compile and drive documentation for the project, ensuring the accuracy and quality of regulatory data.
- Lead core project team(s) and facilitate team's ability to lead extended project team(s), ensuring effective cross-functional teamwork among project team members including both internal and external stakeholders.
- Initiate and implement appropriate actions to proactively manage the change control process both internally and externally.
- Ensure that all staff allocated to assigned project(s) adheres to professional standards and SOPs, providing performance feedback to team member’s respective supervisors.
- Define and manage project resource needs and establish succession plans for key resources.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
Requirements
- The Senior Project Manager is expected to have a working knowledge of drug development and clinical trial execution.
- Qualifications (Minimum Required): University/college degree (life science preferred) or certification in a related allied health profession (i.e., nursing, medical or laboratory technology) from an appropriately accredited institution.
- Fortrea may consider relevant and equivalent
- experience in lieu of educational requirements.
- Experience (Minimum Required): Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant clinical research
- experience in a pharmaceutical company/CRO, including at least two (2) years of full project management responsibility. On the Job
- Experience: Working knowledge of ICH Guidelines and GCP including international regulatory
- requirements for the conduct of clinical development programs. Advanced computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Access, and Power Point).
- Experience managing projects in a matrix and virtual environment.
- Demonstrated ability to lead by example and to encourage team members to seek solutions independently.
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing priorities and to utilize resources effectively.
- Demonstrated ability to inspire effective teamwork and motivate staff within a matrix system.
- Good knowledge of project management processes.
- Ability to work independently and mentor junior project team members.
- Ability to negotiate and liaise with clients in a professional manner.
- Qualifications Include: Master’s or other advanced degree PMP certification Physical Demands/Work Environment: Standard Office Environment or remote based work required.
Additional details
- Job Overview: At times working under the direction of a Project Director, the Senior Project Manager oversees and manages domestic, regional and/or global projects.
- Responsibilities typically include developing and managing project teams, communications, risk, scope, schedule, cost, quality, and stakeholders, effectively ensuring that variance from plan is proactively and effectively mitigated and client expectations are met.
- The Senior Project Manager may also have line management and / or business development responsibilities. Summary of
- Accountable for project delivery with regards to agreed time, scope, cost, and quality.
- TEAM COMMUNICATION: Serve as key client contact for assigned projects, establishingworking relationships with client project teams which result in client satisfaction, operational excellence and thereby increase potential for repeat business.
- Depending on size and scope of project(s), this job duty may be performed in collaboration with a Project Director.
- Serve as escalation point for project issues to internal and external stakeholders, as appropriate.
- TEAM COMMUNICATION: Proactively identify and resolve conflicts as needed.
- COST: Understand the project delivery strategy, costing assumptions and resulting budget for assigned project(s).
- SCOPE: Deliver project(s) to scope, schedule, and costs, ensuring all remain on track with the contract and with financial performance targets.