Project Global Project Manager (GPM) - all genders

About the job

Our Team:

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress. Join Global Project & Planning Management as a Global Project Manager and you’ll act as a leader and facilitator of Global Project Teams, articulating strategy and execution, on projects ranging from those transitioning from Research to Development through submission and approval. The GPM drives activities across core team members to ensure alignment, develops scenario alternatives, identifies risks and mitigation plans, and manages variances in timing, resources and budget and ensures project quality.

Main responsibilities:

The Global Project Manager main responsibilities are the following:

• Contribute to the definition project strategy and lead its translation into a realistic, robust and ambitious plan

• Drive the execution of the functional operational plan across functions in terms of timeline, resources, budget and quality

• Lead the risk management process encompassing proactive risk identification, quantification (probability and impact), risk strategy definition and mitigation plans

• Foster appropriate communication in close collaboration with all stakeholders, including regions, functions and platforms as needed. This includes project vision, reports and timely alerts.

• Lead all relevant project documentation such as Integrated Development Plans (IDPs), budget proposals and centralized project dashboards in partnership with units and platforms and other planning actors.

• Lead and facilitate decision making within the team environment and through governance committees

• Co-lead and motivate the team to be high performers

About you

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in expanding roles in development or related field including experience and understanding of the current pharmaceutical and drug development process including sound understanding of the therapeutic area, or;

• 5+ years professional experience on managing complex projects, including experience on a late-stage development project that has experienced interactions with health authorities; skills for bridging between different fields of expertise and demonstrated experience in leading multidisciplinary global teams would be of additional benefit.

Soft skills:

• Master communication tools and all channels of communication (from face to face, writing to remote video) and strategize communication methods.

• Strategic and critical thinking to propose strategies and challenge the status quo.

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Technical skills:

• Solid project management and planning skills: Planning, Resources & Costs

• Good knowledge of a planning tool (Planisware preferred)

• Strong risk management and problem-solving skills

• Strong project management, change management and strategic planning skills

• Digital tool curiosity and digital savviness

· ​Education:

• Advanced degree in a scientific discipline (e.g. MS, PhD, MD, DVM) or related degree with substantial project management and / or project leadership experience.

• Business education and/or qualifications such as MBA or professional project management qualification such as PMP® would be of additional benefit

Languages: Fluent in English (verbal and written communication)

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life as a leader on a focused Project Team.

• Play an instrumental part in the development of new medicines.

• Discover opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career

The development Global Project Manager (GPM) is the only one together with the Global Project Head (GPH) to have a wide scope going from research to commercial requiring a deep knowledge of the contributions across all functions (CMC, clinical, regulatory, medical affairs, market access, commercial…) along the value chain and involved stakeholders, but also of the science and technical aspects to be able to implement and optimize the project strategy.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

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