Responsibilities
- Manage and supervise assigned Project Management team members, set expectations, provide direction, guidance, and feedback.
- Prepare Quotations/Proposals with input from key stakeholders.
- Participate in the planning and implementation of project.
- Establishes project objectives, timelines and deliverables.
- Defines project tasks and resource requirements.
- Closely monitor/control project progression to ensure project is completed on schedule and within budget.
- Reports project progress to all key stakeholders.
- Support technical team to investigate potentially serious situations and implement corrective measures.
- Serves as liaison with client contacts, manages day-to-day communications.
- Represents company in project meetings, prepares meeting agenda and minutes, and follow through action items.
- Evaluates and assesses project results, provides recommendations for future improvements.
- Collaborate with and provide support to business development team to attend customer visits, conferences or tradeshows.
Requirements
- Masters (MS) or PhD in Organic Chemistry
- A minimum of 8 years’ pharmaceutical or CRO/CMO industry experience preferably in process R&D, API development and manufacturing area.
- Prior experience in project management or managing external research collaborations.
- Strong and effective project management, problem solving and interpersonal skills and have a proven track record working cross-functionally across a wide variety of technical, business and operational areas.
- Demonstrates good understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and small molecule drug development process
- Demonstrates the ability to be a self-starter
- Functions in a self-motivated and highly flexible manner
- Able to work independently
- Must be organized and detailed-oriented
- Possesses proven experience in creating or capitalizing on opportunities leading to successful outcomes, ideally with Project Management relevance
- Understands and is able to work on complex issues where analysis of situation or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
- Lead and manage subordinate(s), set expectation, providing direction, guidance, and feedback.
- Independently identifies potential prospects
- Coordinates with other PM, BD, and scientific counterparts to provide appropriate solutions to clients.
- Ensure coordination of efforts and ensure good communication with all parties.
- Proficiency in both English and Mandarin is required.
- Excellent communications skills (verbal, written, and presentation skills).
- Ability to use all Microsoft Office products
Nice to Have
- Experience in Contract Research Organization (CRO) or Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) is preferred but not required.
Additional Information
- Proficiency in both English and Mandarin is required.