Job description
Cosette Pharmaceuticals is a US based, diversified pharmaceutical company with a proven topicals and dermatology portfolio and a growing branded pharmaceuticals business. We are fully integrated, with a deep focus on internal R&D, high quality manufacturing standards and commercial sales excellence. We continue to diversify and expand through strategic partnerships, acquisitions and internal R&D.
Our highly experienced leadership team are busy writing the next, most ambitious chapter of our story. Building on a 100+ year heritage, their shared vision of innovation will leverage the expertise of more than 350+ team members, and infrastructure to create remarkable new opportunities for the patients and physicians we serve every day.
Cosette is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ with 2 additional locations in the U.S. The South Plainfield, NJ office consists of an R&D Laboratory and other functional areas. The Lincolnton, NC site is a fully functioning, state of the art, manufacturing facility.
Innovating every day.™
The Project Manager will focus on providing effective and efficient project management support for R&D projects. The ideal candidate will provide Project Management leadership in the areas of strategy, planning, tracking, risk management, plan execution, problem-solving, and decision making in line with project strategy and team goals.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage projects across technical functions (Product Development. Analytical Research and Development, Clinical, Regulatory Affairs, Technical services, Quality control, Quality Assurance,) across multiple phases, different Disease Areas.
- Assure continuous consistency of the operational plan with project strategy.
- Generate and maintain the integrated project plan. Drive option development, including risks analyses, risk mitigation plans, contingencies, identification of opportunities, decision tree generation, and identification of activities on the critical path.
- Utilize project management methodologies and best practices to help the project teams deliver projects on time and within budget.
- Publish timely and detailed meeting minutes from project meetings inclusive of associated timelines and pending action items.
- Ensure execution of all cross-functional project activities.
- Lead cross functional project teams, including internal and third party, to drive research and development activities for the CDMO business.
- Together with the department head, drive and review project and budget documentation for board meetings according to current guidelines.
- Build and track R&D budget with department head.
- Responsible for managing activities leading to the successful execution of the project; establishing project plans with milestones and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders (R&D head, Formulation Scientists, Analytical Scientists, manufacturing operation, Quality control etc.); conducting scenario planning and risk assessments; and ensuring accountability of team members for deliverables.
- Build strong alliances with Project Team Members that engender trust. Guide teams through the team development process to become “High Performing Teams” with and without the assistance of facilitators.
- Serve as neutral facilitator, communicates openly and timely, horizontally, and vertically to achieve transparency of project progress and lead to resolve conflicts in good faith.
- Lead issue-oriented project meetings; mediate and resolve conflicts; and drive teams to success.
- Follow-up on action items between team meetings and ensure accountability of team members.
- Maintain Shared File System and other databases with project status and key project information.
- Train others on Project Management topics as needed.
- Rapid identification and transparent communication of risks as well as competency to resolve project issues are key expectations.
Position Requirements
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in a science related field with a background in other Pharma discipline (Product Development, Analytical, Clinical, Regulatory etc.)
- 3-7 years relevant professional experience in Pharma or biotech industry and in drug development project management
- Previously demonstrated experience collaborating directly with manufacturing operations is highly desirable.
- Expertise in Project Management tools/software (ie. MS Project, SharePoint, One Note, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
- PMP certification desirable
- Demonstrated experience in leading/managing and driving cross-functional teams
- Experience in matrix and/or direct people management role with demonstrated ability to influence without authority successfully
- Expert in all aspects of team behaviors; drives conflicts resolution in teams; good ability to modulate style
Personal Attributes:
- High energy level with strong relationship building capability and self-motivation.
- Ability to set and manage priorities judiciously.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with outstanding interpersonal and information management skills.
- Cross functional collaboration skills with the ability to network with different functional areas and integrate cross functional deliverables.
- Advanced skill in facilitating/optimizing the contribution of diverse team members as individuals and as a team.
- Capable of quickly gathering high-level understanding of complex technical, medical, and scientific issues.
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