Basic purpose of the job

Delivers project management support to the asset team and next–level teams with the focus on asset strategy execution and asset progress. Coordinates the interactions with all key stakeholders, local and Global (including users in the case of digital). Communicates and updates Leadership regularly. Maintains reporting and tracking of key program metrics (milestones, timelines, all relevant budgets, resourcing) for team and governance decisions. Creates and updates critical path for asset, including internal and external events. Inspires the team to embrace agile ways of working so to maximize speed and execute effectively the asset strategy.

Accountabilities

Accountable for translating asset strategy into actionable plans. Guides team to develop integrated program plan and budget ensuring alignment of the project strategy with operational delivery; holds team accountable to plan. Ensures Global input from Japan in particular for early assets.

For the digital assets orchestrates the entire development and commercialization process of the digital health asset from ideation to full commercialization and subsequent maintenance

Responsible for documenting the asset strategy, key decisions and roadmap and ensures the information is up-to-date and consistent.

Ensures that the Asset Evidence Plan (AEP)and/or Integrated Evidence Plan (IEP) and/or the Target Product Profile (TPP) reflect Japan development strategy for the product milestone releases at the Human Pharma Leadership Committee (HPLC).

For Regional Input from Japan, including early assets (between SOD and PoCP), coordinates with Early Evidence Lead and supports TA Head.

Holds the team accountable to their commitments and organizes necessary follow ups and deployment of necessary knowledge and resources.

For digital assets, ensures that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by all team members and relevant stakeholders.

Responsible for the seamless execution of program deliverables and related activities; escalates delays to asset lead and respective teams. Ensures proactive identification of risks, backlogs, deviations and compliance topics, working with asset team members in their respective areas, and brings team members together to develop recommendations and risk mitigation plans

Supports Asset Lead in coordinating interactions with leadership committees, orchestrates the team to develop cohesive input into governance meetings and to prepare milestone release documentation; maintains repository of governance presentations/decisions.

Coordinates and facilitates senior management presentations, interactions, and documentation

Documents and tracks program-level agreements (e.g alliance, in-licensing contracts, etc), maintains repository of key program documents and logs, including information on partners, collaborators

Manages at operational level critical interfaces among different leads, and other functions/parties not represented in the asset team.

Enables the cross-functional team to achieve jointly defined timelines and milestones and coordinates joint cross-teams (e.g. between Value and Evidence teams) and cross-functional (e.g. submission) deliverables, troubleshooting issues, documenting actions and tracking progress, timelines and costs

In collaboration with the Asset Team members: manages the project plan including timelines and interdependencies between the studies

Serves as the interface and provides input into TA and xTA portfolio planning and coordination, including project classification and characteristics, critical path, timelines and cross-functional resource implications.

For the Digital assets, serves as a strong collaboration partner with Boehringer Ingelheim X/Digital Innovation and other functions to coordinate and align platforms and processes.

Coordinates asset team meetings, documents agenda/minutes, tracks open issues until closure and communicates key decisions to accountable stakeholders outside of asset team if applicable.

Relentlessly drives prioritization, efficiency and speed and facilitates team's agile ways of working (i.e. sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives etc.)

Regulatory And / Or Organisational Requirements

Act at all times within local and global governance standards and facilitate compliance to pharmaceutical standards/ethics/rules via his/her decisions.

Follow all company procedures and processes with respect to Quality, Finance, HR, IT, Legal & Compliance etc.

Job Complexity

The role of Program Manager will handle multiple interfaces and deliverables of drug development process within an asset team and associated next-level teams spanning from early to late stage, from clinical to commercial and managing complex cross-functional deliverables e.g. milestone release, submission and launch preparation. The incumbent needs to be able to reconcile diverging perspectives into a consolidated, ambitious and feasible plan and proactively manage interdependencies and risks in its execution.

For the Digital assets, the PM works in a cross-functional matrix environment of very high complexity including a wide variety of different subject matter experts within the digital health asset team and enabling functions resulting in demanding stakeholder management.

Interfaces

Mainly the Asset Team leads (Asset Lead, Evidence Lead, Value Lead etc.)and next level teams. Key decision making bodies/commitees such as the TALC; Program Managers of other Asset Teams.

For the digital Assets the role has major interfaces with the asset technical development team, Boehringer Ingelheim-X, Group Functions, external partners, patients, and stakeholders.

Job Expertise

Solid experience and track record in process management, project management and delivering within agreed time, cost and quality.

Appreciation of the complex nature of product (drug and digital) development processes and familiarity with key processes and stages of product (drug and digital) development. Experience in agile working methods and know-how on bridging agile and traditional ways of working.

Job Impact

Being part of an asset team, the Program Manager plays a crucial role in delivering successful products in Boehringer Ingelheim portfolio of patients solutions. Working closely with the Asset lead (and/or Early Evidence Lead), the PM provides oversight of key deliverables, interfaces and significant budget and is instrumental for success of an Asset team.

Minimum Education/Degree Requirements

Advanced degree (Master's or comparable degree, e.g., Diploma (Univ.) in Life Sciences, or Medical background

For digital assets: hands-on experience of digital health asset project management and agile working methods

Required Capabilities (Skills, Experience, Competencies)

• Long term relevant experience in project management, preferably within the Pharmaceutical or Biotech industry
• Demonstrated understanding and application of broad portfolio of project management processes and tools; project management (PMP) certification desirable.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry and experience in collaborating with related core and enabling functions. Relevant Therapeutic area expertise is required.
• For digital:
• Knowledge and understanding of digital health asset development from ideation, MVP, to pilot pre-launch and in scaling and the running digital health assets and best practices
• Understanding of the digital health and medical device regulations landscape and experience with coordinating lean cross-functional teams in an agile and self-organizing work environment
• Critical thinking with the ability to influence, negotiate and manage conflicts at all levels to achieve team alignment, commitment to deliverables with positive team environment
• Strong communication skills, ability to present complex relationships in a concise and structured manner
• Proactive, strives to develop solutions and promote their acceptance. Experience in how to create and nurture a psychologically safe, try-and-learn work environment while keeping ambitious timelines
• Finding opportunities for standardization across assets based on interaction with peer program managers
• Act as task master, support asset teams in resolving issues quickly in line with AAI. Expert knowledge of agile principles and practices for software product development and delivery
  
  
  

Recruiter : Tomatsu

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