Project Manager

Job title: Project Manager

• Location: Bogotá, Colombia

About the job

Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives. Ready? As Project Manager within our global commercial team, you’ll work on project basis for the Global Commercial Neurology Team, assigned to one or two brands or future therapeutic areas. You will be responsible for providing project management expertise and support the Global Brand Leads/Global Indication Leads/NPP leads such as, launch planning, brand planning, and strategic projects. You will be responsible for providing operational and administrative support and coordination on pre-defined projects.

Main responsibilities:

• Pre-planning: define meeting objectives, tailor agenda topics, and ensure alignment with key stakeholders and strategic goals
• Meeting and workshop coordination: manage calendar invites, coordination of logistics, post-meeting documentation
• Support moderation of critical discussions: includes the utilization of on-line collaboration tools such as MS Teams, Miro or Mural Boards
• Document management: maintain, organize and update materials and templates in centralized systems (Brand Planning: Sanofi Brand Planning Templates; Launch Planning: IGNITE tool or other applicable systems; NPP: Portfolio Strategy Templates)
• Governance meetings or similar: As needed, assist Global Lead with preparation of materials for internal meetings such as Executive Launch Council (ELC) meetings, Launch Review (LR) meetings, brand plan presentation meetings or other governance meetings
• Point of contact & communications coordination with stakeholders: act as a central point of contact for above, including cross-functional and local stakeholders
• Effective management of several projects in parallel 

People:

• Seek alignment and follow-up proactively with team members and key stakeholders to ensure timely and quick transition between every project step in line with approved processes and corresponding SOPs

• Support team initiatives and objectives, identify and recommend process improvements and other value-added initiatives 

Process:

• Develop strong understanding of the ways of working of commercial team and associated deliverables, meeting stakeholder expectations. 

• Drive effective collaboration with stakeholders to understand their requirements and to propose solutions in-line with their expectations. 

• Responsible for project planning, executing and closure on time, within scope, and according to plan within the requested quality specifications.  Use best practices and knowledge of internal or external business practices and corresponding SOPs to improve the project processes. 

• Use broad knowledge of project management techniques and methods, and discernment to decide the most appropriate techniques and methods for each project. 

• Support contract management with the establishment of contract with internal and external vendors. 

• Drive project governance meetings with various stakeholders, vendors, logistics and digital team etc. and execute effective coordination to track and monitor the progress of the projects.

• Organizes logistical solutions according to the project needs. 

About you

• Experience: College level education on engineering, marketing or business administration; 3 years of relevant experience with project management within pharmaceutical industry. Experience with Neurology therapeutic area a plus but non a necessity. 
• Soft skills: Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Technical skills:  MS office (including Teams, SharePoint) and project management tools. Utilization of on-line collaboration tools.  
• Languages: Advanced English (professional proficiency required

Why choose us?

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• You’ll be part of leading the first experiences a job seeker has with Sanofi and ensuring it is best-in-class and driving conversions.
• You’ll be part of a truly diverse cross-cultural team and can have real business impact.
• Flexible working policies, including up to 50% remote work.
• Private medical care, life and health insurance, and gender-neutral paid parental leave
• Colombia is one of Sanofi’s key locations for new talents, having a big footprint with the Bogota HUB and its best-in-class operation.
• Mexico and Argentina Play an instrumental part in creating best practice and innovation within our 3 vaccines production plants.

PursueProgress. 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.

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