Associate Director Program Management Logistics & Safety - (, , Remote)
General areas of responsibility include developing and facilitating strategic initiatives and process optimization initiatives (Lean Six Sigma), creation and updating project plans/work plans, milestone planning and identification/management of critical path; input on resource planning; ongoing liaison and partnering with project/ initiative teams; dependency and risk/issue identification and tracking with appropriate escalation; ensuring timely completion of actions; production of key progress reports; tracking and support assimilation of savings/benefit realization and KPI data; support the planning and coordination of change management, training, process and system communications and other deployment activities; preparation and presentation of materials for internal meetings; management of communication between internal stakeholders.
Team Management
- Directly supervises small team of Program Manager(s) (if overall setup allows).
- Works closely with Corporate OED team to ensure compliance with provided standards and governance.
- Works closely with the VP PMO Safety & Logistics.
- Works closely with the Safety & Logistics Leadership Teams including functions (notably HR and Finance).
Strategic Initiative Support & Strategy Development
- Partner with key stakeholders to identify, initiate, scope, execute and sustain strategically aligned initiatives.
- Identify cross functional process impacts and interconnections across Safety and CTS&L wherever feasible and drive optimization.
- Develop and implement effective plans for new processes or upgrades that ensure the end users have the required capability to succeed.
- Ensures regular impact reporting across all ongoing and implemented initiatives and drives follow-up/ corrective actions.
- Ensure change management is appropriately implemented.
- Support the development process of mid- and long-term business unit strategies and related business cases.
Continuous Improvement
- Develops and maintains the Process Optimization strategy for Parexel Safety and CTS&L Businesses.
- Develops and leads process optimization initiatives across CTS&L and Safety in close collaboration with the business and process SMEs.
- Facilitates workshops (on-site and virtually) and ensures delivery of initiatives in time and on budget.
- Acts as a subject matter expert and is instrumental in promoting culture change by sharing Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and other continuous improvement best practices.
- Provides consulting services to Safety and CTS&L Business Partners along the full lifecycle of respective initiatives (from ideation to controlling).
Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to drive tactical execution while thinking cross-functionally and strategically.
- Strategic mindset with strong change management capability, provide clarity and priority among multiple priorities.
- Strong program and project management.
- Advanced experience in application of process improvement tools and methodologies, specifically Lean Six Sigma.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to make sense and pull together complex issues quickly, simplifying these issues into executable actions.
- A general understanding in BPM and how to model and manage cross-functional process impacts.
- Comfortable leading and managing through ambiguity and uncertainty with the ability to facilitate virtual and face to face workshops to drive improvements.
- Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries and geographies.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to organize and present information concisely to a variety of audiences; fluent English (writing and speaking).
- Comfortable mentoring and teaching others in organization.
- A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning.
- Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail.
- Willingness to work in a matrix environment and value the importance of teamwork.
- Proven ability to work in remote project and team setups.
Knowledge and Experience:
- 5+ years of relevant experience in Management Consulting or comparable background.
- Proven track record of managing complex projects across multiple stakeholders.
- Experience in process modeling, financial modeling and developing quantifiable business cases.
- Understanding of Clinical Supply Chain and/ or Pharmacovigilance business Education.
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s Science degree is required, Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Industrial-Organizational Psychology or similar is preferred.
- PMP certification.
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