Director, Project Delivery - Global Project Management, Vaccines

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Director, Project Delivery - Global Project Management, Vaccines

UK Remote OR Czech Republic - Prague

Emmes Group:
Building a better future for us all.

Emmes Group is transforming the future of clinical research, bringing the promise of new medical discovery closer within reach for patients. Emmes Group was founded as Emmes more than 47 years ago, becoming one of the primary clinical research providers to the US government before expanding into public-private partnerships and commercial biopharma. Emmes has built industry leading capabilities in cell and gene therapy, vaccines and infectious diseases, ophthalmology, rare diseases, and neuroscience.

We believe the work we do will have a direct impact on patients’ lives and act accordingly. We strive to build a collaborative culture at the intersection of being a performance and people driven company. We’re looking for talented professionals eager to help advance clinical research as we work to embed innovation into the fabric of our company. If you share our motivations and passion in research, come join us!

The Director, Project Delivery (DPD) is critical to the successful deployment of clinical project management as a function in the conduct of Biopharmaceutical-sponsored clinical trials globally. The DPD will work collaboratively with other GPM’s and SGPM’s to provide oversight, guidance, and leadership to the clinical project management group. The DPD may provide line management and oversight of the project managers across the biopharma portfolio of work, ensuring effective project leadership from development of the proposal to final contractual deliverables.

The DPD will be client facing. The DPD will ensure the project managers are effectively leading project delivery in agreement with the contracted project timeline and budget. The DPD ensures the Project Managers are directing project delivery by driving team and financial efficiency, work product quality, and are engaging effectively with clients to ensure client satisfaction through strong relationship management.

• Responsible for project delivery oversight of assigned Emmes Book of Business globally.
• Collaborate with Therapeutic Leads and subject matter experts to develop Best Practices, Monthly project reviews, Templates library, and Bid Defaults.
• Consult in the development of RFPs for biopharma clients, identifying appropriate strategy, team structure, preparing proposal language, and developing budget and timelines in collaboration with leaders and key subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Provide ongoing mentorship, coaching, feedback, and training to Project Managers, including addressing performance issues, conducting formal performance appraisals, and creating development plans.
• Ensure appropriate training occurs and evaluate proficiency or additional training needs of PM staff.
• Provide oversight of operational deliverables and financial health of projects.
• Serve as a point of escalation for PMs, sponsors, and other functions relative to overall project management in a study governance capacity.
• Develop successful working relationships with clients, executive management, and functional leads to provide oversight of project issues, proactively identify and mitigate risks and drive milestone achievement.
• Ensure PMs are tracking project deliverables against contract using Emmes’ tools & Key Performance Indicators, as defined by the project or organizational metrics.
• Review study metrics to ensure risk mitigation and performance according to contract. Monitor trends and drive changes to project management as needed.
• Ensure adherence to quality control expectations and milestone timelines for delivery of contractually required reports and deliverables.
• Ensure changes in scope are identified and managed appropriately. Support PMs in collaboration with Business Development, Contracts Department, and executive management to ensure timely execution of contract amendments/change orders.
• Present and prepare PMs to present in bid defense meetings in collaboration with Business Development Lead or other key stakeholders.
• Identify and document lessons learned from study…