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As a Drug Development Project Manager you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.

The Drug Development Project Manager (DDPM) is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the comprehensive plans and progress of all involved teams working on the asset, from pre-clinical stages through to commercialization. They also manage activities and milestones related to different indications, ensuring documentation of downstream impacts and justifying any changes in project budget and resources. The DDPM collaborates with the Asset Strategy Lead and the functional Leads of the Early Development Strategy Team (EDST) or Asset Strategy Teams (AST).

DDPMs compile and maintain the integrated cross-functional project plan, aligning it with corporate strategy. They advocate for project management methodologies and processes, training team members on their consistent application, risk mapping and mitigation, and documenting lessons learned.

As the main contact for integrated cross-functional project planning and status, DDPMs work closely with stakeholders who own, contribute to, or manage the project. They ensure timely availability of documents and manage the impact of decisions and evolving circumstances.

• Controls the agreed upon scope and ensures the team stay within the agreed scope.

• To agree the project lifetime plan with stage-driven level of detail, to proactively indicate and mitigate risk and resolve issues.

• Continued maintenance and communication of the project planning of timeline, budget, and resourcing. This includes the flagging of delays, underspending/ overspending, and insufficient or inadequate resourcing where they may liaise with governance, Finance, and

• Function Heads on behalf of the team.

• High performing team’s effectiveness e.g., through proactively addressing stakeholders and partnering with the project leadership to ensure effective project team and governance meetings.

• Partnering with the different teams and function Leads to translate team strategies into fully integrated functions-overarching project plans. They take ownership of the plans and derive and share insights that influence project strategy.

• Pursue positive team dynamics (e.g., works with HR to organize team building or to seek general advice; with team leadership to ensure safe sharing of thoughts) and organize consistent storage of (working) documents and easy access for team members and stakeholders as appropriate.

• Promptly communicates substantial acceleration or delay on the project and downstream impact to project leadership and corporate management and proactively drives corrective actions to be put in place as needed.

• At project level, partner with internal and external stakeholders (teams, functions, governance, alliance partners, licensees – as needed) set up effective project communications and manage change towards common goals while championing conflict resolution. On behalf of the project team, reach out for updates, guidance, and/or endorsement at governance meetings and ad-hoc meetings:

• Find, develop, and deploy methods and frameworks to inform prompt, quality decisionmaking.

• This to facilitate operational excellence in all business processes in support of drug development projects and PMO’s process improvement projects and tool introductions e.g., through sharing best practice, creation and management of templates, trackers, and business process documents.

• Ensures critical review of resources allocated to the integrated project plan

• Partners with finance to unburden the organisation from any budget related question, perform baseline comparisons and inter-budget exercise variance analysis. Perform internal benchmarking and optimize internal project templates.

• Co-creates with business process managers the dashboard and is the business liaison to identify the reporting needs from our business partners.

• Strong project management skills; broad exposure to the pharma R&D process; advanced planning experience with MS Project. PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is an advantage.

• Able to deal with continuous change.

• Advanced degree (Master or PhD) in health-related discipline or equal by experience.

• At least 10 years of drug development experience in distinct phases of development, in different disease areas.

• At least 5 years of Program Management experience in a Pharmaceutical or Biotech environment, preferably cross-cultural.

• Genuine interest and some experience in people management.

• Experience in Regulatory Affairs and/or Clinical Development is an advantage.

What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements

• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs

• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead

• Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being

• Life assurance

• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others

Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

At ICON, diversity, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative which helps us better serve our people, patients, customers, and our communities. We're proud of our diverse workforce and the work we’ve done to become a more inclusive organisation. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.

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Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.