Project Manager - Cell and Gene Therapy CMC
King of Prussia, PA
Full Time
Program Leadership
Mid Level
Company Overview:
SK pharmteco (SKPT, the Corporation) is a U.S.-based global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that consolidates the operations of sites worldwide – Korea, France, Ireland, and the United States (CA and PA). Built on over 75 years of experience, SK pharmteco is a trusted partner specializing in the manufacture of small molecule APIs and intermediates, viral vectors for gene therapies, cell therapies, registered starting materials and analytical services for the pharmaceutical industry worldwide.
Position Summary:
The Project Manager is responsible for the scheduling and financial reporting and billing of client programs, which are cell and gene therapy CMC programs with significant unmet medical need or in rare diseases. In this role, the Project Manager partners closely with the Scientific Program Leader on one or multiple client programs to enable the program team to be successful in meeting and exceeding our client requirements, thus ultimately serving our patients.
The Project Manager tracks each applicable stage throughout its lifecycle and makes sure that critical information is shared among the various team members. Needs to be organized, efficient, and driven to succeed. Generally required to perform a wide variety of tasks on a daily basis.
Primary Responsibilities:
SK pharmteco (SKPT, the Corporation) is a U.S.-based global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that consolidates the operations of sites worldwide – Korea, France, Ireland, and the United States (CA and PA). Built on over 75 years of experience, SK pharmteco is a trusted partner specializing in the manufacture of small molecule APIs and intermediates, viral vectors for gene therapies, cell therapies, registered starting materials and analytical services for the pharmaceutical industry worldwide.
Position Summary:
The Project Manager is responsible for the scheduling and financial reporting and billing of client programs, which are cell and gene therapy CMC programs with significant unmet medical need or in rare diseases. In this role, the Project Manager partners closely with the Scientific Program Leader on one or multiple client programs to enable the program team to be successful in meeting and exceeding our client requirements, thus ultimately serving our patients.
The Project Manager tracks each applicable stage throughout its lifecycle and makes sure that critical information is shared among the various team members. Needs to be organized, efficient, and driven to succeed. Generally required to perform a wide variety of tasks on a daily basis.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Scheduling; Organizing Program Information, Budget Management, Scope Change Management, Progress Monitoring; Updating team members and partners; Managing information flow
- Works integrally with the Program Leader and team in developing schedules and scenarios to meet critical milestones.
- Is client interfacing regarding client team meetings and may lead some of the client sub-team meetings and internal sub-team meetings independently.
- Works integrally with the Program Leader, Finance and Business Development from Proposal to Program Initiation to Program Close Out regarding timeline and budget management.
- Communication: Able to make the complex simple and appropriate for the audience level (e.g. how to simplify schedules to show the critical path, bottle necks, and risks; how to simplify the financial reporting to a one-pager capable of showing the overall financial health of a project automating as much of the reporting as possible with potentially more detailed reporting when interfacing with Finance).
- Problem-Solving: Projects rarely go exactly as planned, and the best candidates pro-actively work with team members and the Program Leader to show areas of timeline or budget risk via data and visuals, enabling the team to proactively mitigate risks.
- Highly Organized: Able to manage lots of moving parts and keep information organized and accessible to both internal and external team members electronically, allowing the Program Leader and team to stay aligned to decisions, timeline commitments, and actions.
- Budgeting: Financial project acumen that allows the candidate to understand and prepare financial reports, and operate within SAP to assure timing billing and change order tracking.
- Team Player: Overall good cross-functional team player able to partner with various CMC functions, Business Development, and Finance. Lives into our culture where the “We is more important than the I”.
- Technically Savvy: Able to help us create and select software tools that simplify project information and portfolio information.
Education & Experience:
Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, responsibilities, and skills required. Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.
SK pharmteco Inc., is an equal opportunity employer who prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type, and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants.
- Bachelors degree, preferable in science or engineering or operations/supply chain.
- 3-15 years of relevant drug development CMC experience, preferably in biotherapeutics. PM level may vary by years of experience.
- Experience in Project Management and/or Project Controls.
- Experience in operating in a matrix team organization.
- Proficient in Project Management tools such as MS Project, MS Teams, OneNote, Smartsheet, Tableau, SAP, and/or equivalent software tools.
Note: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, responsibilities, and skills required. Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.
SK pharmteco Inc., is an equal opportunity employer who prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type, and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants.
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