Director, Project Management Talent & Delivery Excellence – EDS
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JobgetherClinical research
Based in the United StatesFull-TimeDirector
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least 10 years of clinical project management experience ... including a minimum of five years of direct people management experience
- Required Skills
- People ManagementSharePointResource PlanningMicrosoft Excel
Requirements
- Hold a bachelor's degree in life sciences, health sciences, or a related discipline; an advanced degree such as an MS, PharmD, PhD, or MBA is preferred.
- Bring at least 10 years of clinical project management experience within a CRO, pharmaceutical company, or biotechnology organization.
- Have a minimum of five years of direct people management experience.
- Demonstrate a track record leading teams responsible for full-service clinical trials, PASS, patient registries, and/or RWE programs.
- Have experience managing portfolio-level financial performance, including revenue delivery, margin oversight, resource utilization, and change order execution.
- Possess expertise in clinical project management methodologies, resource planning, risk assessment, contingency planning, and operational governance.
- Demonstrate proficiency with Planisware, CTMS platforms, financial forecasting tools, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Excel, and Copilot.
- Have experience preparing for and supporting regulatory inspections and knowledge of FDA, EMA, Health Canada, GCP, and ICH requirements.
- Be experienced in setting performance expectations, monitoring KPIs, addressing performance gaps, and developing team members.
- Hold a PMP certification or equivalent project management qualification; this is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of approximately 10–15 Clinical Project Managers, overseeing recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance reviews, career development, and succession planning.
- Set performance expectations and monitor KPIs including milestone delivery, budget adherence, quality, client satisfaction, revenue, resource utilization, and employee retention.
- Develop resource allocation strategies to align project management capacity, expertise, and portfolio demand.
- Lead contingency planning for employee absences, departures, and fluctuations in project demand.
- Drive adoption of SOPs, RACI frameworks, governance processes, and enterprise quality management requirements.
- Participate in project reviews, identify delivery risks, coach project managers, and implement corrective actions.
- Maintain project milestones, baselines, resource plans, and financial forecasts in systems such as Planisware and CTMS platforms.
- Promote inspection readiness, portfolio health monitoring, and adherence to quality standards and regulatory expectations.
- Partner with Quality Assurance on CAPAs, audit responses, and SOP improvements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders and support client governance meetings, business reviews, and escalations.
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