Global Project Manager

We make it GmbH is a nationally active company in Switzerland with a high level of expertise in the field of personnel services thanks to many years of successful experience.

Concentration of placement activities on the core areas of industry, technology, office/administration, engineering, pharmaceuticals and IT. We make it GmbH places the highest demands on quality, ethics and discretion.

For our client, an international pharmaceutical company based in the Basel region, we are looking for a Global Program Manager:
Global Program Manager

Background

Global Molecule Program Manager is acting as a core member of a molecule leadership team and drive drug development program strategy in order to maximize portfolio value and patient benefit. The position considered the Chief of Staff and a strategic thought partner for the teams. The GPM accelerates informed decision-making, leads effective ways of working, and catalyzes change.

Tasks
- Support molecule or strategic program teams
- Contribute to shaping the Program Strategy within the portfolio context and enable its execution by translating the strategy into tangible outcomes via effective project planning, team management, and process management, using agile methods and tools. The
- GPM builds his/her strategic thinking on strong knowledge of drug development and commercialisation.
- Drive the identification of opportunities to accelerate program execution including leading working groups, as relevant, and advising and coaching working group leads
- Partner with senior stakeholders (Lifecycle Leaders and Therapeutic Area Heads) to make informed decisions more quickly
- Chair and facilitate program meetings
- Drive the delivery of governance proposals in alignment with the team leader
- Drive the development and execution of the team priorities
- Drive communication within the program to ensure awareness and alignment of project decision, priority and key milestone updates across the Program Team and to senior leadership.
- Accountable to maintain key milestones in the planning system and to manage the project plans of the program
- Champion team dynamics and lead new ways of working with the aim to build a high-performing team in collaboration with the team performance coach
- Partner with the Finance Controller to ensure transparent use of resources
- Embrace the work in self-organized teams and proactively contribute to improve the GPM community
- Exemplify the behaviors of focusing upon the right work, taking smart risks, speaking up and challenging, fostering learning and creativity, and collaborating and building networks
- Seek to simplify and prioritize, act with urgency, act on behalf of the enterprise, lead with inclusion, build company reputation, exhibit a growth mindset, and build a culture of trust.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred (\*\*\*\*\*)
- 7+ years drug development strategy and project management experience in the pharma/biotech industry, including supporting cross-functional teams in a scientific and/or commercial environment required. (\*\*\*\*\*)
- Strategic and analytical thinking to assimilate complex information to inform decisions.
- Strategic leadership and influence to be effective in a highly matrixed organization with geographically dispersed teams.
- Operate effectively in situations of ambiguity and guide teams through challenges, simplifying/distilling complex issues and influencing change in a skillful and mindful way.
- Demonstrated contributions to functional and/or cross-functional initiatives.(\*\*)
- Anticipate the needs of the program/business and proactively drive teams with portfolio context in mind.
- Effective use of interpersonal skills and influence to drive optimal team performance.
- Display of leadership competency, executive presence, and emotional intelligence
- Excellent written and verbal English communication.
- Travel internationally
- Certification and experience in new ways of working (e.g. agility, SCRUM etc.), skilled in implementing agile methodologies in a team setting (\*\*\*\*\*)
- Project management certification and significant relevant exposure (\*\*\*)