Associate Director Program Management at Princeton

Job Description

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC) discovers and develops new compounds that address unmet medical needs and advance human health. OPDC has numerous compounds in development to treat disorders in the neuroscience, oncologic, and cardio-renal therapeutic areas. OPDC is part of the Otsuka Group companies. For more information, visit www.otsuka-us.com. 

 

Associate Director Program Management

 

Location: Princeton, NJ

 

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Provides program and portfolio management leadership as it relates to Otsukas evolving Digital Health Portfolio of products and solutions.

 

• Lead a team of digital strategists and SMEs responsible for delivering digital health programs for products and implementing an innovation agenda in the digital space. Subject Matter Expert for Digital Health responsible for the identification, prioritization, and integration of new programs and solutions as it relates to labels and launch of products.

 

• Support the development of implementation and management of Digital Health solutions beyond launch.

 

• Provides portfolio management leadership across OAPI, OPDC, OCPI and OMML within one or more of the following specialized focus areas: Corporate, Alliance Management, Brand (Commercial, Medical Affairs, and R&D) and Business Development and Strategic projects. Leads the process for identifying, prioritizing and sequencings of projects within specific focus area(s). Ensure that initiatives are in alignment with brand objectives. Utilizes action-oriented portfolio scorecards, metrics, governance and reporting to support business and brand leadership decision making. Functions as a program manager as needed.

 

• Actively informs and contributes to investment and trade-off decisions through overall portfolio management activities. Provides guidance on recommendations for portfolio optimization and performance improvement. Leverages integrated portfolio analytics to inform decision making and manage business process integration. Acts as a communication conduit for business project status, actions, decisions, risk and issues and schedules for assigned portfolio projects. Direct Reports or Management of outsourced project management providers as needed.
  Portfolio Planning, Prioritization, Sequencing, Selection and Change Management
  
  
• Establishes and maintains a portfolio selection, prioritization and sequencing process for assigned portfolio of work that integrates the planning process with the portfolio selection process and aligns them with the corporate, brand or strategic objectives.

 

• Delivers portfolio specific plans and business plans to support portfolio of work based on assigned focus area(s)
  
  
• Provides capacity planning support and analysis based on cross functional project requirements.

 

• Identifies and incorporates constraints into the portfolio process and recommends solutions.

 

• Identifies, documents and communicates inter-project dependencies.

 

• Facilitates project portfolio change management process including communications management and adoption plan management.

 

• Portfolio Reporting and Governance.

 

• Facilitates and maintains governance and steering committee process utilizing an understanding of dependencies associated with resources and projects across the scope of portfolio of work based on assigned focus area(s).

 

• Communication conduit for business project status, actions, decisions, risks and issues and schedules for within scope project portfolio.

 

• Provides project, program and portfolio metrics, and analytics to support business and executive and functional decision making.

 

• Provides Stakeholder and SME communications to executives and functional area leads through dashboards and reporting.

 

• Provides reporting and governance of the portfolio financial health.

 

• Identifies potential risks to portfolio execution and recommends corrective actions
  Focus Area Specific Program Management.

 

• Independently leads integrated and complex program teams to deliver on launch, commercialization, medical and or other programs and projects based on designated focus area(s).

 

• Utilize OPDC Program Management practices to perform project and program management discipline.

 

• Manages outsourced service provider relationships to ensure that project services are delivered in accordance with key performance indicators.

 

• Maintains a therapeutic understanding and competence in area of focus to understand business, science and operations to lead to efficient and effective solutions.

 

• Acts as a central point of communication for project/program related risks, issues, action, decisions, and plans.

Job Requirements

Requirements:

• Requires demonstrated knowledge of Project Management, Program Management and Portfolio Management.

 

• Requires demonstrated knowledge and understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization and business practices required to successfully launch and sustain a product on market in US.

 

• Knowledge of regulated environments.

 

• In depth knowledge of capacity management, project, program and portfolio management.
  
  
• In-depth knowledge of enterprise project and portfolio management tools.

 

• Working knowledge of pharmaceutical product launch, Compound Life Cycle, Project Life Cycles (PLC) and System Development Life Cycles (SDLC).

 

Skills

• Self-starter who is able to effectively lead with limited supervision in areas of ambiguity.

 

• Effective communicator, facilitator and influencer across all levels of the organization.

 

• Strong negotiator and collaborator who strengthens business relationships.

 

• Effective creator and presenter of executive and functional information.

 

• Able to deliver high level to detailed level status reports on programs, projects and portfolio information.

 

• Willingness, flexibility and ability to do whatever it takes to get the job done

 

• Adaptable to new approaches to doing business.

 

• Utilizes experience, presentation and influencing skills to facilitate successful team discussions and outcomes.

 

• Demonstrates team and resource management skills; including the ability to manage team dynamics.

 

• High-level analytical skills to identify appropriate courses of action.

 

• Highly proficient with MS Project, and the Microsoft suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio).

 

• BS/BA with:
  10 years or more working in commercial and/or medical affairs area of pharmaceutical or biotechnology.
  5 years working in corporate, strategic planning, alliance management, or brand portfolio management in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries.
  3 years of PMO experience.
  3 years C-level interface experience - presentation and facilitation.
  3 years managing people, vendors or high performing teams.

 

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent

To apply to this position click on the following web-address to access the Otsuka Career Center to find more information about this position as well as other job opportunities:

https://external-otsuka.icims.com/jobs/5845/associate-director-program-management/job

 

If clicking on the web-address does not take you directly to the Otsuka Career Center, copy the above web link into the "Address" bar of your Internet web-browser in order to access the Career Center or Search for Req # 2771.

 

Disclaimer:

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. Otsuka reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

Country: USA, State: New Jersey, City: Princeton, Company: Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc..