Sr. R&D Project Manger

This role is based in Cambridge, MA and follows a hybrid work arrangement with weekly onsite presence.

Job Description Are you excited by an opportunity to leverage your project management expertise? Bring your skills and talents to Biogen and our Development Project Management Team, where you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact on the lives of patients around the globe. The Program and Portfolio Management (PPM) department provides strategic and operational drug development leadership across the Development portfolio, integrating drug development across all functions and translating strategy into execution to deliver medicines to patients.

As the Senior R&D Project Manager, you will partner with your Development Asset Leads and work collaboratively with your global cross-functional project teams to progress the Biogen Development portfolio. You will ensure high-quality project planning and execution of drug development programs as well as strategic R&D initiatives. You are responsible for ensuring internal functional alignment, creating integrated project timelines, tracking, and verifying completion of project deliverables and milestones, identifying and mitigating project risks, and timely communication to relevant partners via regular and ad-hoc status reports.

What You’ll DoEnsure internal functional alignment, creating integrated project timelines, tracking, and verifying completion of project deliverables and milestones, identifying and mitigating project risks, and timely communication to relevant partners via regular and ad-hoc status reports.

Manage scope and support creation of a global Integrated Development Plan that articulates the asset strategy and provides foundation for operational objectives

Collaborate with Development Project Teams to create and execute project plans and delivery of project milestones

Proficient in self-management and organizational skills; able to manage workload, set personal and team priorities and adjust as needed

Strong interpersonal and teambuilding skills; able to develop effective teamwork between team members with diverse styles

Lead Development teams with judgment-based decisions

Who You Are :

You work collaboratively with your global cross-functional project teams to progress the Development portfolio. You ensure high-quality project planning and execution of drug development programs.

Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree required – scientific focused degree is a plus Higher degrees (e.g. MS, MBA, PhD) preferred, ideally with a scientific focus

Minimum 7 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, drug development, or project management. A n advanced degree in a relevant discipline may be considered in combination with relevant industry experience.

Knowledge of, or previous experience with, drug development processes and application of project management tools and processes in cross-functional settings

Proficient experience in Global Regulatory submission planning for drug development (IND submissions, Regulatory filing requirements, schedules, and dependencies across relevant functional areas) is desirable

Proficiency with integrated timeline/Gantt chart development and technical experience with project management systems & collaboration tools is a plus (e.g. Planisware, Microsoft Project, One Pager Pro/Express, MS Teams, O365 Share Point Outstanding  ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; ability to communicate to a broad range of stakeholders

Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, adapt to change and make rapid, disciplined decisions to enable agile execution

Proven ability to network and collaborate across multiple teams with agility and ability to get resultsPMP certification is a plus

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