Portfolio Manager
Contracting – Brabant Wallon
Your responsibilities:
As a TST Portfolio Manager, you will use robust project/portfolio management and communication skills to set-up, structure & coordinate the CMC projects portfolio in line with the Assets & Patient Supply strategic plans for (a) given compound(s), managing the inter-connections across projects, ensure coordinated plannings & deliverables, the CMC resource allocation to projects, projects prioritization scenarios, budget, financial 10 years plan & tracking of actuals.
This function implies close relationships within the technical teams, with Global Regulatory Affairs function within the Patient Evidence, Global Quality and Operational functions to ensure alignment with EU, US, JP & IM teams’ expectations.
You are agile, structured, good team player, assertive, enthusiastic and with a positive mindset.
As the TST Portfolio Manager, your main activities and roles & responsibilities will be the below:
- Provide support and coaching to project managers for creating a master plan for their assigned project that includes timelines, required resources, the order of needed tasks, and the responsibilities of each project team member; the record and tracking of this information in the software applications
- Work closely with the project managers to ensure that project milestones are met efficiently and within prescribed budget & resource constraints. Generate monthly reports on schedule adherence.
- Consolidate all relevant CMC projects into a Portfolio per compound, ensuring appropriate links between projects, milestones and resources. Develop dashboard and KPI’s to drive efficiently the product portfolio inside the TST.
- Identify any resource constraints proactively and drive the prioritization-making process in Patient Supply and CMC: prepare (and present) prioritization proposals to the Patient Supply LT or Asset LT for endorsement after TST agreement/discussion.
- Coordinate budgeting effort to align Units, Operations, Functions and Practices to achieve consolidated product projects, budgets and monitoring.
- Drive the increase of maturity on project management skills inside TST’s and identify areas of improvement for the CMC community.
- Coordinate activities and knowledge gathering to ensure issues are addressed and escalated timely across the product portfolio stakeholders, with assertiveness and deep understanding of SME’s constraints on project/portfolio.
Your profile:
- Minimum 5 years of project, program and/or portfolio management experience and in associated tools
- Experience in enterprise planning/resource capability and systems. Knowledge of Planisware PPM tool is a strong asset
- Solid understanding of the end-to-end CMC/Development (and associated disciplines) is a strong asset.
- Languages: English & French
- Robust knowledge of change management
- A certification in PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Lean or equivalent is a plus
- Knowledge of the pharmaceutical environment; launch and life cycle management processes and the regulations applicable during development is an asset