Associate Director, Clinical Project Management

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:
R&D Operations

Job Sub Function:
Clinical Trial Project Management

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Markham, Ontario, Canada, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, Montral, Quebec, Canada, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

This is a remote role available in Canada. While specific cities are listed in the Locations section for reference, please note that they are examples only and do not limit your application. We invite candidates from any location to apply.

We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, Clinical Project Management to be fully remote in Canada.

A pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered.

Purpose: The Associate Director, Clinical Project Management (CPM) is responsible for the creation and management of the integrated project schedule. They will collect, consolidate, and report budget, timeline and FTE actuals vs. plan and will identify potential issues for the trial through active management of the study schedule. They enable decision making by developing scenarios that reveal potential cost, timeline, and budget impacts. They play a key role in maintaining visibility to and documentation of current plans, scenarios under consideration, and changes in direction for study and program level plans. They are also responsible for ensuring planning systems align with the compound development plan and the integrated project schedule. Sr. CPM may be assigned high complexity or high priority projects and/or contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Sr. CPM may lead a team of CPMs with responsibility for the growth and development of their team.

You will be responsible for:

• Create, manage, and maintain integrated study schedule in MS Project, including KEMs, Roadmaps, and critical path visualization aligning in PLW.
• Ensure clinical timelines in PLW align to MSP schedule and coordinate the integrated clinical plan with CDT project plans. Ensure proper resource demand is reflected.
• Develop scenarios for budget, timeline, and FTE forecasting, while generating situational operational scenarios.
• Collect, consolidate, and report financial, timeline and resource data for governance approvals and external funding partnerships. Manage scope control, FTE and OOP variances.
• Document key decisions, actions, risks, issues, and lessons learned, as well as maintain applicable trial governance documentation.
• Provide support for team-based reporting

May include People Leader Responsibilities:

• Provide operational leadership of CPMs. Ensure team members have competencies and operational knowledge to execute job requirements. Support team members with problem solving and issue resolution.
• Ensure staff are trained on procedures and systems associated with their assigned tasks. Perform administrative tasks associated with performance reviews, salary administration, and other personnel issues.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Minimum of BS degree or equivalent, preferred areas of study include Life Sciences (Life Sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Nursing, Pharmacy) is required.

Experience/Skills:

• Minimum of 8 years in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or related industries.
• Experience in and knowledge of the pharmaceutical development process.
• Expert Project Management experience (preferably in clinical trial management) including knowledge of project management systems, methodologies, reporting & tools.
• Must possess excellent leadership skills and proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness.
• Experience of leading without authority and in muti-functional matrixed and global environments.
• Excellent decision-making, analytical and strong financial management skills as well as communication and presentation skills are essential to this position.
• Operate and execute with limited supervision. Experience mentoring/coaching others.
• Knowledge of Clinical Research Operations with 4-6 years of experience managing multiple aspects of the execution of global clinical trials (Phases I-IV)

Percentage Traveled:

• Travel up to 10% of the time, defined by business needs.

Preferred Related Industry Experience:

• Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical, Biotechnology

The anticipated base pay range is $119,000 to $204,700.

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$119,000 to $204,700

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