职位描述
Department: Project and Pipeline Management, MRL
Report to: Lead of Project Management
Position Overview
Under the broad guidance of the Senior Project Leader or Project Leader, Project and Pipeline Management (PPM), this position will spend 80-85% of time managing development projects and / or supporting key franchise / management committees in order to further Merck39;s product portfolio. The incumbent will be responsible for supporting the execution of product development strategies in collaboration with key development team members from MRL, GHH, and MMD. The incumbent will spend the remaining 15 - 20% of time on efforts to improve business processes / PPM best practices or on the development of talent within PPM.
Scope
Support of Merck Portfolio (80-85%)
- Independently manage product development teams, early development teams, and Phase IV/V development teams.
- Develop project milestones and deliverables; prepare reports that summarize key progress and issues on development programs across departments, divisions, and franchises, including preparation of background documents and presentations to senior management.
- Guide teams through the effective execution of management-approved strategic plans for assigned projects; this includes ensuring risk management plans are fully developed, contracts are agreed upon and adhered to, change control procedures are followed when significant program deviations are encountered, communications within and external to the team are effective, and approved team resources and budgets are appropriately planned and managed.
- Ensure project data are accurately reported in databases and understood by development team members, including information used to derive costs, schedule, resources, and any other data pertinent to creation and management of project plans.
- Apply learning from assignments on prior teams / projects to new projects and effectively guide teams in areas of developed expertise.
- Ensure that team meetings have structure and clear purposes and goals; facilitate meetings and clearly communicate decisions and action items to team members and relevant parties outside of the team.
- Monitor team dynamics regularly to ensure optimal team performance. Take action to correct problems within a team stemming from miscommunication, differences of opinion, misaligned objectives, inexperience, etc. Resolve conflicts and issues within teams.
- Monitor processes and ensure that those responsible are informed of their effectiveness; advocate for and contribute to the success of change / process improvements when warranted.
- As appropriate, may be the assigned PPM representative on key franchise committees / teams (as assigned by Franchise VP or Senior Project Leader).
- May manage and / or administer strategic management or development committees. Provide significant input into the evaluation and revision of processes and tools used to support the meetings, as appropriate.
Business Process Improvements / PM Talent Development (15-20%)
- Ensure that PPM-owned, managed or affiliated processes are evaluated and feedback is provided to process owners regularly. Actively participate in PPM and MRL continuous improvement initiatives that require product development experience and understanding of MRL procedures and policies, and which may involve influencing areas / senior management outside of PPM. May participate in continuous improvement projects led by areas outside of PPM that have a significant impact on the work and / or effectiveness of PPM. Provide input into the evaluation of PPM39;s scope of activities as required by Senior Management.
- Establish good networks with a wide variety of employees, as appropriate for the given project, to assist with the implementation of change management plans.
- Provide mentoring and technical oversight to Associate PMs / Project Planners working on common projects.
