Program Manager

Major accountabilities:

• Ensure program goals are accomplished and in line with business objectives.
• Manage all major program activities, ensuring the accuracy, quality, and integrity of the information, while providing consistency in content and deployment standards.
• Manage development of program plans, specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources to accomplish the desired business outcomes, aligned with time and budget commitments.
• Collaborate effectively with other functions in the organization, as well as with strategic suppliers providing services to the program.
• Own program status, issues and risks through appropriate channels / tools and ensures that these are reported back to agreed program governance (example: Steering Committee) with focus on required actions, ownership, and risk management.
• Proactively consult with management and review program proposals to shape goals, time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing program.
• Lead the program team members (project managers, workstream leads) and provide thought leadership aligned with expected results ensuring consistency of implementation approach and adherence to applicable methodologies, processes, tools, and standards.
• Take accountability to ensure adherence with security and compliance policies and procedures within the group program scope.

Key performance indicators:

• Delivery of program results according to agreed quality, schedules and cost whilst maintaining customer satisfaction -Adherence to defined management and delivery processes for DDIT projects and programs and other policies relevant to the project scope (e.g. HW/SW standards, CSV, Information Security and Risk Management) -Successful deployments, measured by program KPI’s.
• Adherence to defined management and delivery processes for DDIT projects and programs and other policies relevant to the project scope (e.g. HW/SW standards, CSV, Information Security and Risk Management) -Proactive collaboration and partnership with DDIT Functions, Operations, and Business

Minimum Requirements:

• Track record of as IT Program Manager of successful Pharmaceutical R&D related IT Merger, Acquistion and BD&L program and projects
• Relationship Management.
• Major Change.
• Accountability.
• Ability to work and lead (a cross-functional team) in a matrix.
• People Leadership.
• Collaborating across boundaries.
• environment.

Skills:

• Deep knowledge of pharmaceutical R&D processes, data and systems is mandatory
• Experience in IT merger, acquisition, and BD&L processes and standards
• Collaboration and partnership with critical business and IT stakeholders
• Knowledge of financial , intellectual property and contract purchasing processes
• Analytical Thinking
• Business Relationship Management.
• Organizational Change Management.
• Financial Modeling reporting experience
• IT Program Management.
• Managing Resources.
• Performance Management.
• Excellent Communication and presentation skills
• GxP Compliance understanding
• On time and quality program/project delivery against critical business milestones.