Job offer: Executive Manager Scientific Affairs & Project Management

One of the top pharma manufacturers in the regions

• Defines and develops project/program management best practices, processes, and policy to ensure alignment with corporate strategy and goals. Defines and consults on measurement strategies, tools, scorecards, and research across organization for company objectives and vision.
• Ensures that effective project management governance, procedures, tools and controls are established and maintained.
• Communicate project status and updates at R&D leadership meetings, review meetings, New Product Committee Meetings, and other forums externally and internally as appropriate.
• Guide / Facilitate project teams during development of the products from project allocation stage to product approval stage. Representing the department in all Management meetings and implementing the company's management policies.
• Ensure teamwork among different stakeholders by defining the responsibilities of each section and emphasizing the priorities for the projects in hand.
• Leads the management of project timelines and updates and works with team members to ensure on time delivery of project milestones.
• Develop and implement processes to monitor, set appropriate milestones and track overall project performance.
• Identify and present specific solutions to current project delivery challenges and the implementation plan to remedy existing challenges with detailed expected outcomes.
• Leads initiatives to partner with internal & external teams to plan, scope, and manage for highest quality experience and results; monitor & facilitate all project processes and operations for time and resource efficiencies, cost management, and process improvement opportunities.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders and senior-level contacts to keep abreast and monitor projects, operational decisions, scheduling requirements, and/or contractual clarifications, in order to identify opportunities to ensure successful and timely implementation/execution of projects.
• Participation in selection of the new products to be developed by R&D, In-Licensing, Technology transfers, Joint Ventures for portfolio building.
• Suggest new areas of development that can generate growth opportunities for the company. Participation in troubleshooting technical, non-technical matters and market complaints.
• Ensure effective escalation management processes for R&D Operations and other company Operations so as to provide improvements to business efficiencies, align operational teams and executive leadership effectively for projects, products and portfolio management.
• Participates & leads to oversees the development, implementation, and maintenance of individual project objectives and short- and long-range plans; develops tracking and evaluation programs to assist in the accomplishment of established project goals and objectives.
• Creates a motivated and engaged project team and is seen as a collaborative and mutually supportive leader.
• Builds relationships with functional leaders and senior stakeholders. Guiding the sections for the development and validation of technologies for the newly developed products / projects undertaken in-house or out-sourced.
• To support design, review and approval of the protocols and reports of bioequivalence and clinical, nonclinical studies.
• Responsible for change management planning and execution as required.
• To assist in maintenance of risk management controls, monitor and communicate project risks.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of assigned therapeutic categories and strategic needs of associated stakeholders.
• Collaborate with external stakeholders to meet the organization strategic goals on all scientific affairs, project planning and development, product deliverable fronts.
• Participates in technical evaluations, reviews, discussions, meetings for product development, analytical development, and other areas of new product development activities to provide expert scientific opinion on strategies to resolve problems, trouble-shooting technical matters.
• Serve as a leader in aggregating scientific, clinical, and technical insights and strategic perspectives for effective new product development and portfolio generation for different therapeutic categories
• Represent the company at major external scientific and public events and present on important scientific issues and topics of relevance to the business.
• Represent the company on external scientific committees and forums.

At least 10 years experience in generic pharmaceutical finished products R&D and 5 years of project management experience or equivalent to plan, execute, and deliver projects as per SFDA, ICH, US FDA, EMEA guidelines. Expert-level knowledge of project, change and portfolio management and associated methodologies, and techniques. Proven track record of Strategic Thinking, Facilitation, Negotiation & Problem Resolution.

• Degree in: Science, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry or equivalent