
Associate Director – Project Management
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Manage all aspects of the product development plan including activity planning, budgets, schedule adherence, resourcing, and milestone reporting, with ownership of scenario baselines and cross-program dependencies impacting critical path.
- Engage with senior leadership to define project strategies and objectives and provide leadership for complex, multi-faceted projects spanning multiple functional areas, driving executive alignment, decision closure, and governance readiness.
- Support alignment of project goals with the company's strategic objectives, translating strategy into decision-ready options/scenarios with quantified impacts (scope/timeline/cost/risk).
- Actively maintain internal Project Management software (SmartSheet), ensuring consistent accuracy in scheduling, risk assessment, and team data integrity. Enforcing single-source-of-truth expectations across functions.
- Work with Project Team to develop, maintain, and report all project schedule information and baselines using standardized dashboard reporting, including integrated program plan governance for executive/partner forums.
- Facilitate regular project update meetings with the Project Teams and run senior governance cadences when required (i.e., steering/JSC-style forums, exec readiness sessions).
- Quantify associated cost and schedule changes for submission to change management, and lead the impact narrative + mitigation plan to secure cross-functional/finance endorsement
- Develop and manage key cross-functional reporting relationships to ensure project information traceability to other systems, including finance integration points (forecast/variance narratives/audit evidence trail as applicable).
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks to ensure smooth project progression.
- Maintain ongoing communication with key stakeholders to ensure alignment and visibility on project progress, including proactive management of senior stakeholder misalignment and trade-off decisions.
- Act as key internal contact for projects under your supervision, and represent the program in executive forums (and/or external partner interfaces where applicable).
- Work collaboratively with department leadership to ensure all reporting is met, and shape reporting standards/decision package quality for program.
- Coach, review, and delegate work for team members and/or other PM staff, through informal leadership/mentoring (no formal people management accountability).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in science or life sciences discipline, or equivalent experience in the life science field.
- PMP certification is strongly preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical/drug development/biotechnology industry including work on products in Ph3 execution and commercialization planning.
- 7+ years of experience in financial management, including budget management and tracking (>40M yearly), forecasting, resource allocation, and trade-off decisions with Finance.
- 7+ years of project management experience leading multiple projects concurrently, several functions, and across different stages of development including executive governance exposure.
- Proficient in at least three key drug development functions, such as clinical operations, manufacturing development, regulatory affairs, non-clinical development, commercial.
- Demonstrated experience in managing and coordinating multiple tasks and functional areas within complex projects, including scenario planning, escalation paths, and partner/audit-facing readiness (as applicable).
Benefits
- competitive salaries
- annual performance-based bonuses
- an equity-based incentive program
- generous vacation
- paid wellness days
- support for learning and development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementbudget managementfinancial managementrisk assessmentscenario planningresource allocationschedule adherencechange managementdashboard reportingcross-functional reporting
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationstakeholder managementmentoringproblem-solvingdecision-makingorganizational skillsstrategic thinkingalignment facilitation
Certifications
PMP certification