Senior Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Cristcot
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Lead product launch readiness and corporate strategic initiatives by overseeing cross-functional timelines, managing risks and dependencies, tracking KPIs, facilitating decision-making, and driving post-launch reviews to ensure successful execution and continuous improvement.
- Oversee launch plan timelines across the enterprise, focusing on critical path tactics and detailed functional deliverables.
- Actively track progress, risks, and dependencies, proactively identifying and resolving blockers to keep initiatives moving forward.
- Monitor and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for launch readiness and post-launch performance.
- Facilitate efficient meetings that drive decisions, clarity, and accountability through meeting materials and engagements with stakeholders.
- Coordinate launch readiness reviews and go/no-go decision gates across functions.
- Manage dependencies and ensure alignment of training, collateral, and operational deliverables.
- Lead post-launch reviews to capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans for corporate strategic initiatives as assigned.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to align objectives, deliverables, dependencies, and milestones.
- Proactively manage risks, issues, and cross-project dependencies across multiple projects at once.
- Communicate project status, risks, and decisions clearly to leadership and key stakeholders.
- Support change management and adoption of new tools, processes, and scalable ways of working.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with PMP certification required.
- 7+ years of relevant project management or operations experience, preferably within commercial, corporate, or operational functions.
- Experience managing cross-functional projects in a regulated or matrixed environment (pharma, biotech, medical device, or similar strongly preferred).
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a lean, fast-paced organization.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex work into clear, actionable updates.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and execution-focused.
- Able to influence without authority and build trust quickly.
- Bring structure where it adds value and flexibility where it matters.
- Experience with Smartsheet.
- Pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and calm under pressure.
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementrisk managementKPI trackingchange managementcross-functional project managementstrategic initiativescontinuous improvementmeeting facilitationprocess optimizationproject planning
Soft Skills
communicationorganizational skillsinfluencingdetail-orientedexecution-focusedproblem-solvingstakeholder engagementadaptabilitytrust-buildingcalm under pressure
Certifications
PMP certification