R&D Associate Project Manager

Job title: R&D Associate Project Manager ​

Our Team:

Sanofi Global Hub (SGH) is an internal Sanofi resource organization based in India and is setup to centralize processes and activities to support Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicines, CHC, CMO, and R&D, Data & Digital functions​. 

We are a team of Project Leaders, Managers and Associate Managers with the ambition to operationalize critical R&D processes to streamline the management of our Projects and support our Portfolio. We implement dynamic and efficient solutions for the R&D organization to address current gaps and pain points for end-to-end R&D processes, governance processes and governance committees’ ways of working, as well as build strategic workforce and capabilities and drive best practice sharing, transparency, and communication. 

Job Description:

The Associate Project Manager supports the Project Manager and management of initiatives in R&D, working closely with Project Managers/Leaders to create the strategy of the project and its execution. The Associate Project Manager will support Project Managers/ Leaders to support projects through the design, delivery and implementation ensuring effectiveness is measured.  The Associate Project Manager supports and at times leads activities across core team members, identifies risks and mitigation plans, and manages variances in timing, resources/budget, and ensures project quality.    

• Identifies issues to be raised with Project Manager/ Leader and works with team members to identify solutions and mitigation plans. 

• Acts as a connector between different functional interfaces: between sub-workstreams, team members and other parts of the organization. 

• Communicates project vision as needed and establishes trust within the project team and functional departments. 

• Supports the creation of communication to stakeholders, including regions, functions and platforms as needed. This includes the creation of project reports and timely alerts. 

• Leads the execution of project plan and roadmap within expected timelines in alignment with project leaders and managers 

• Works closely with team members who are aligned to deliver on project plans 

• Supports and manages stakeholders by ensuring communication to departmental management on issues related to their deliverables and/or responsibilities. 

• Actively contributes to the creation of presentations to Sponsors, management committees, and others as appropriate, including the creation of slides and contents.  

• Creates concise updates on status of project including timelines and budget 

• Completes the project trackers/ PM Tools on a regular, timely and consistent basis. 

• Co- leads project team meetings in alignment with the Project Leader. Manager.  

• Supports and/or leads sub-team meetings as appropriate case-by-case 

• Ensures implementation of initiatives and solutions across R&D 

About you  

• Candidate will have demonstrated the ability to challenge the status quo and implement simple solutions. 

• Candidate will be a positive change agent for any changes as it relates to organizational structure or processes/governance. 

• Demonstrated ability to influence across functions and levels and proactively engage with key partners. 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills are required. 

• Experience working with cross-functional and globally dispersed teams preferred 

• Project management skills  

• Organizational, interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) 

• Experience in leading and delivering transversal initiatives  

• An understanding of financial reconciliation and LEAN Six Sigma 

• A broad understanding of the life cycle management of a product including processes and governance  

• Expertise with multiple computer applications (including but not limited to MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Ariba and database management systems).   

• Education: Bachelors or advanced degree (BS, MBA, PhD) in science and/or business  

• Language Requirements: English 

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. 

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