Experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
Proficiency with Smartsheet and Microsoft Office Suite (Teams/Outlook)
Experience supporting M&A integrations or post-acquisition integration initiatives (nice-to-have)
Requirements:
Own day-to-day coordination and execution tracking for the learning and development workstream
Drive accountability across stakeholders and cross-functional teams
Proactively identify, manage, and escalate risks, issues, and dependencies
Manage one or more high-level, complex non-technical projects within scope, quality, time, and cost constraints to deliver specified requirements
Job description
Duration: 05 months Contract:
Description:
Client is seeking a highly adaptable Project Manager with proven experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry to support a critical post-acquisition integration initiative.
This individual will own coordination and execution of a learning and development workstream, ensuring timelines, dependencies, and deliverables are actively managed across a complex, cross-functional environment.
The ideal candidate is a proactive driver, not a coordinator, who can navigate ambiguity, adjust to shifting upstream priorities, and communicate clearly with stakeholders by providing both context and direction.
Experience supporting M&A integrations is strongly preferred, and familiarity with Smartsheet is required. This role is best suited for someone who is service-oriented, highly organized, and capable of balancing structured project execution with the flexibility
Job Details:
Manages one or more high-level, complex non-technical projects within the constraints of scope, quality, time, and cost, to deliver specified requirements.
Projects may be strategic in nature. Responsibilities may include resource allocation and all phases of development life cycle (i.e. feasibility study, requirements, analysis, ROI, business plan, design, testing, and implementation planning). Regularly interacts with management. Coordinates and directs the activities of project team members.
May be responsible for cross-functional teams. Ensures all project requirements and/or objectives are documented. May obtain and manage external resources required for project completion.; Skills: ; expertise in running medium to large scale projects ; excellent understanding of project management processes and procedures ; experience with project management and analyst methodologies and best practices ; strong analytical skills ; business process development best practices, change management ; strong MS Project, MS Word, Visio, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel skills ; understanding of systems for sharing and collaboration ; excellent communication skills to work with cross-program resources
Must-Have Skills:
Strong Project Management experience
Experience in: Pharmaceutical OR Biotechnology industry ONLY
Tools: Smartsheet, Microsoft Office Suite, Teams / Outlook
Nice-to-Have:
M&A / integration experience
Exposure to:
Learning & Development
Training / onboarding programs
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate degree or
Master’s degree and 2 years of experience or
Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience or
Associate’s degree and 8 years of experience or
High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience.
Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:
Project management
Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated environments preferred
Familiarity with Learning, Training, Compliance Training
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Proficiency in Smartsheet (or equivalent tools)
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Own day-to-day coordination and execution tracking
Drive accountability across stakeholders
Proactively identify, manage, and escalate risks
Deliverables:
Maintained Smartsheet workplan with up-to-date status and dependencies
Weekly status reports (Integration Management Team-ready)
Active RAID log with mitigation tracking
Documented meeting minutes and action logs
Day 1 readiness tracker/dashboard
Post-Day 30 and Day 90 summary reports (as applicable)
Success Criteria:
All L&D deliverables are executed without impact to Day 1 readiness
Risks and dependencies are proactively managed and communicated
Stakeholders have clear visibility into progress and expectations
No training-related issues delay Day 1 operations
Workstream transitions cleanly to business-as-usual by Day 90
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