Project Manager, External Manufacturing

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At Servier, we draw strength from our independence. We believe being free to make our own decisions and adopt a long-term vision enables us to fulfill our vocation as a Group committed to therapeutic progress to serve patient needs. It makes us unique in the pharmaceutical industry.
Our special status as a laboratory governed by a foundation means each year, we can invest over 20% of our revenue from brand-name medicines in research and development, a strategy that helps us to discover new treatments more easily.
Day in, day out, we capitalize on the talent and engagement of the 21,400 people employed throughout our Group in order to make our brand-name and generic medicines available to patients in over 150 countries.
These medicines are the fruit of our knowledge and expertise in our therapeutic areas of oncology, neuroscience, immuno-inflammation, cardiovascular diseases and metabolism.
Servier engages in open innovation to tackle the health challenges facing society, now and in the future. We work fervently alongside our partners, including academic researchers, start-ups, pharmaceutical groups and biotech companies.
We also endeavor to drive scientific progress by working with patients at every stage of the medicine life cycle. Ever attentive to patient needs and experiences, we place them at the heart of our approach to innovation within virtuous ecosystems.
This collective energy enables us to pick up the pace of therapeutic innovation to serve patients, to serve life.

SUMMARY OF ROLE:
The Project Manager position is part of the External Manufacturing organization comprised of Biologics/Pharmaceutical Operations, Quality, MSAT, Procurement, and Supply Chain. This position is a core member of the External Manufacturing Virtual Plant Team (VPT) and will oversee all stages of priority projects, working with cross-functional, cross-company, global teams. This position will support the tactical, day-to-day operational aspects of the VPT.  The ideal candidate has a project management foundation, a passion for building and improving standard work processes and tools, and experience in manufacturing, appreciated. The Project Manager is an agent for collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement.

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Project management

• Project manager for priority projects supporting the External Manufacturing Virtual Plant Team (VPT).
  • Examples of the types of projects may include:  technical process improvements, tech transfer, quality, business process improvements, etc. 
• Utilize, and in some cases create, standard work processes and tools for all aspects of project management, including but not limited to:
  • Planning, Execution, Monitoring, Controlling, and Closing of projects
  • Creation and management of all required project plans, i.e. communication, stakeholder, risk identification, escalation, Gantt charts, etc. 
  • Visual dashboards (project status, top risks/issues, heatmaps, etc.)
  • Meeting agendas, minutes, and tracking action items
  • Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly reporting
• Assist with development and management of monthly reporting for VPT projects and will be the assigned project manager for a subset of those projects.
• Support ad-hoc tasks/initiatives for cross-functional ExM Organization.

2. Assist with documentation management of GMP and Business documents

• PDCA (plan, do, check, act) of current documentation practices and standard work
• Assist with planning, monitoring, controlling, and closing of many document types (GMP and Business) in paper-based systems (change controls (CC), protocols, reports, investigations, customer requests).

3.    Assist with the data collection and reporting of metrics/KPIs

• Assist with creating and/or utilizing scorecards to report on metrics/KPIs.  
• Assist with developing and managing mitigation plans to improve performance, as needed.

4.    Be innovative

• Recognize and embrace simpler, more efficient ways of working
• Discover and implement the use of new tools and/or software for documentation tracking, metrics, data management, etc.

Skills and Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Scientific or Engineering field
• 5+ years relevant project management work experience for Project Manager Position

Demonstrated Skills:

• Leadership – ability to lead cross-functional teams through project lifecycle using a collaborative approach to build consensus
• Influencing – using influencing skills and techniques to communicate with people at multiple levels within the company •    Organization – managing multiple projects concurrently and having consistent approach to communication and project updates
• Detail oriented – providing the right level of detail to the right audience
• Demonstrating a responsible and accountable mindset
• Focus on risk identification and mitigation management 
• Emphasis on continuous improvement
• Operating with a transparent and authentic work style
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of adjusting communication style between tactical teams, strategic teams, and executive teams

Appreciated Skills:

• Project Management certification or equivalent course work
• Experience with successful implementation and use of project management software/tools
• Experience with data analytics and metrics reporting software/tools
• Experience leading/working within cross-functional, cross-company, global teams
• Experience in a regulated industry (Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, FMCG) 

Other Relevant Information:

• Position is fully remote 
• Approximately 10% domestic and international travel required is required to meet the needs of the business  

What we offer

• Work in global pharmaceutical company
• Work based on task-based working hours
• Practical training
• Business laptop
• Private care medical
• Co-financing for meals
• Card sports
• Benefits from the Social Fund
• Insurance for life / PPE

Niezależnie od obszaru specjalizacji, Twoja praca w Grupie Servier przyczyni się do postępu terapeutycznego z korzyścią dla pacjentów. Dołączysz do wysoko wykwalifikowanego zespołu i w pełni rozwiniesz swój potencjał w profesjonalnym środowisku. Indywidualnie dostosowany proces onboardingu, możliwości mobilności wewnętrznej w ramach Grupy Servier, wysokiej jakości szkolenia, odpowiedzialne zarządzanie, kultura pracy zespołowej... Wszystko to i o wiele więcej w miejscu pracy, w którym Twoje samopoczucie jest dla nas ważne.

W Servier współtworzymy postęp w medycynie w odpowiedzi na potrzeby pacjentów a różnorodność naszych pracowników uznajemy za źródło bogactwa sprzyjające realizacji naszego Powołania.