Associate Director, Project Management Office
On-site · Durham, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Lead and manage BioAgilytix's Project Services department, aligning objectives and resources to deliver excellent customer experience and on-time project delivery. Represent PM in key client meetings, support global governance, and prepare proposals and scopes with business development. Oversee scheduling and backlog data to support S&OP, improve forecast accuracy with finance, and communicate study issues and project status to leadership and development teams. Drive initiatives for project tracking, dashboards, and KPIs to enable risk management and governance. Supervise a team of project managers, coordinators, and data coordinators; ensure safety/compliance; provide leadership development and performance management; deliver regular updates and stakeholder communications. This is a full-time, site-based role primarily in an office setting, with occasional extended hours as needed. Education/experience requirements include a Master’s degree in life science or related field with at least 10 years in biotech project management (or a Bachelor’s with at least 12 years) and substantial leadership experience; proficiency with Smartsheet and PM best practices is preferred.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in life science or related field with not less than twelve (12) years’ experience in biotechnology project management or related field
- Masters’ degree in life science or related field with not less than ten (10) years’ experience in biotechnology project management or related field
- Not less than five (5) years’ experience in project management leadership, scheduling resources, and timeline management for meeting client deliverables
- Experience leading, coaching and developing employees by setting clear expectations, regular connections, and providing ongoing constructive feedback
- Knowledge in science with relevant regulations for Contract Resource Organization (CRO) preferred with experience working in biotech, pharmaceutical, CRO/CMO or similar
- Highly Proficient in project management software (Smartsheet preferred)
- Project Management Professional certification (preferred)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, and ability to interact with key internal stakeholders and clients
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Attention to detail
- Ability to coordinate multiple projects/tasks while delivering high quality results under time constraints
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