Senior Manager Clinical Trials Project Management

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Job Function:

R&D Operations

Job Sub Function:

Clinical Trial Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Sr Mgr Clinical Trials- Project Management

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Position Summary:

The Accelerando Program Management Leader combines project management expertise with advanced leadership capabilities, consulting with project teams to accelerate project execution and increase probability of success.

Principal Responsibilities:

Program Management Leaders are effective at leveraging the network of internal expertise from across the J&J enterprise to facilitate success in our priority development programs.

Responsibilities:

Partner with the highest priority new product development programs to de-risk and accelerate the launch of transformational new products.

• Proactively translate processes, knowledge, and expertise into specific solutions for individual teams during most impactful phases of the development program.

• Utilize exceptional facilitation and influencing skills to engage with development project team leaders, Therapy Area leaders, and functional stakeholders across J&J to enable project success, and to act as a champion for the Accelerando team.

• Support Compound Development Teams (CDT) by becoming a “trusted advisor” to project leadership and a strategic partner to functional team members. Assist CDT leadership in making informed and timely decisions by applying specific combination of relevant experience, project management expertise, and leadership capabilities to facilitate program execution.

• Leveraging expertise in project management tools and techniques, support the generation of project plans and provide insights based on customized project analysis and scenarios.

• Bring clarity and focus to key project activities through critical path analysis based on fully integrated cross-functional project plan development; work with PMO partners to ensure alignment and integration with CDT project plan in Planisware.

• Conduct objective Threats and Opportunity assessment of critical path to remove obstacles and leverage acceleration opportunities. Support early risk identification and development of mitigation strategies.

• Drive the implementation of best practices to high value R&D development initiatives

• Help ensure organizational readiness to support project execution

• Identify and communicate potential gaps in current cross-departmental processes and organizational structures, and work with line management to remove obstacles to effective project execution.

• Proactively recommend and outline new processes for upcoming and current development phases. Help integrate enabling technologies into the team setting to drive clarity and efficiency.

• Partner with project leadership to develop business cases for the most impactful risk mitigation and acceleration opportunities.

• Responsible for management and communication of metrics and benchmarking data on Accelerando process.

• Actively monitor and engage externally to ensure a constant awareness of emerging new practices, project management and leadership tools and strategies, and continuous improvement opportunities for Accelerando.

Principal Relationships:

• Establish benchmarking within and outside J&J IM, within and outside clinical operations, to identify best practices, and facilitate best practices sharing across clinical teams and external partners

• Create internal and external communication strategies and pathways

• Lead a high performing team.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required

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