OTC Project Manager

• Assess assigned projects, targeting specific business unit goals and objectives and strengthening consumer and customer satisfaction.
• Develop project timelines for new projects including preparing responses to customer requests for information (RFIs).
• Ensure timely and efficient execution of projects.
• Collaborate with project and department leaders in the planning and execution of project tasks from ideation to commercialization.
• Coordinate and manage program team meetings including documentation of executed tasks, action items, and program governance.
• Publish monthly program goal achievement and financial growth achievements.
• Identify, assign, and train project leaders for projects including acting as the project manager for critical projects.
• Implement project management best practices and associated tools including the development of internal systems, both manual and digital.
• Collaborate with internal departments, using a cross-functional team approach to maximize communication and resources in an effort to operate as effectively as possible while ensuring successful project development and execution.
• Manage issues arising from program execution including escalation internally and externally.
• Evaluate past program and project execution and achievement of expected goals.

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) in business or a technical field.
• 5 years of project management and/or account management experience.

• Understanding of basic principles of business management, forecasting, budgeting, market projections and how they influence and relate to project and program execution.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong, productive relationships with internal and external customers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience presenting to senior level leaders.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and PLM tools.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities with efficiency and accuracy.
• Detail-oriented, highly motivated, self-starter with relentless determination.
• Demonstrated ability to creatively approach challenges and opportunities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with internal staff and management. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Must be able to demonstrate practical problem solving and trouble shooting skills. Ability to demonstrate practical problem solving and trouble shooting skills. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Six Sigma certification.
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical sector and management of healthcare projects.
• Combined experience in project management, account management, business development, supply chain management, and/or research & development.
• Experience managing a matrixed organization (multiple decision makers).

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