Director, Project Management

In consultation with the senior Project Management leadership, further develop and establish policies and Standard Operating Procedures in project management for assurance of quality deliverables. Continue to support the development, update, and review of governing documents and WIs for the department.

Initiate, drive, and support project management departmental process and technology improvement initiatives. Lead and contribute to developing reusable project management templates and training materials that can be used to improve effectiveness and efficiency of project delivery by other team members.

Through the periodic project/portfolio review meetings, effectively identify issues such as lack of planning, lack of resources, poor team performance, or other external factors negatively impacting the ongoing projects, and bring the issues and solutions to the attention of the functional area directors and managers. Work with the functional area directors and managers to jointly ensure smooth project starting up, continuation, and successful completion.

In consultation with Everest functional leaders and senior project management leadership, interact with clients for strategic partnership governance activities, which includes but is not limited to project pipeline and delivery planning, measuring performance metrics for the portfolio, identifying new project/service opportunities within the existing portfolio, implementing performance improvement and innovation initiatives, and obtaining key information to aid in the projection of resource requirements and project management purposes.

Manage all project management aspects of assigned Phase I -IV clinical trials and in accordance with ICH guidelines, FDA, Health Canada, EMA, and other applicable regulatory and legal requirements.

Lead cross-functional project teams. Manage the planning, implementation, conduct, and reporting of assigned projects within the established timelines and budgets, and with the quality and requirements necessary for regulatory approvals.

Proactively track and manage project tasks against timelines and hours spent/budgets, alert management when there are risks of having major deviations. Proactively track and manage the financial status against budget and reconcile expenses across sub-streams of activities.

Function as senior level facilitator of problem solving and conflict resolution, and act as a 2nd level escalation resource.

Conduct “lessons learned” meetings with project team members to learn from failures and prevent same from future projects.

Contribute and/or participate in the performance evaluation of staff who performed under the responsible projects.

When required, this position may assist the organization in responding to and preparing for RFI and RFPs, and subsequently leading and participating in bid defense meetings, defining work scopes and budgets, and leading contract administration activities.