Principal/Associate Director, Project Management Lead
AstraZeneca
- Jing'an, Shanghai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leading the planning/execution of portfolio projects and programs in CNPTs
- Responsible for the development of strategic options for a project
- Responsible for coordinating the creation of project plan (business case, cross-functional development plans, budget and timeline), and project plan update and maintenance
- Responsible for tracking performance of project delivery - Tracking and managing project performance (e.g., timeline/budget), monitoring/addressing emerging issues, and providing regular project update to governance body, stakeholders and senior management
- Coordinating the project plan approvals by governance bodies and communicating the decision to stakeholders
- Leading respective project review at C-PRF and PMC
- Be the interface with GPT project mgmt on CNPT behalf
- Provide mentorship to Junior PMLs
- Lead/contribute to initiatives that have impact across portfolio
- Deep knowledge in drug development and R&D project management, with both global and China experience
- Deep knowledge and experience in financial management of projects and developing the business cases for projects.
- Disease Area expertise in one or more therapy areas and experience with both small and large molecules
- Understanding of project management tools and ways of working to plan, execute, identify and mitigate risks for a project
- Leadership, strategic thinking, problem solving
- Communication & Presentation skills
- Effective meeting and time mgmt and meeting minute organization
- Ability to see cross-project dependencies and act to resolve issues
- Influencing and stakeholder management skills
- At least 8 years relevant working experience in drug development
- Global working experience is a must