Head of Program Management

Nemera

$145K — $165K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
  • 5+ years of program/project management experience
  • 3+ years of supervisory experience
  • Experience in program management of industrialization projects for mass production (plastic injection and high-speed assembly)
  • Background in leading cross-functional teams
  • Direct customer interaction experience
  • Strong leadership and communication skills
  • Ability to listen to customer expectations
  • Team-oriented with self-motivation
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage and organize the Program Management team's activities
  • Coordinate and monitor project management KPIs for compliance
  • Drive project profitability alongside finance controller
  • Identify and mitigate project risks
  • Assess recruitment needs and manage employee performance
  • Oversee technical responses for Request for Quotation (RFQ)
  • Organize the local Program Steering Committee and contribute to Global Program tracking
  • Support lean and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Adhere to safety protocols and utilize Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Benefits

  • Works in a clean and structured environment
  • Some travel required to support projects
  • Opportunity to lead and shape project management practice
  • Engagement with multidisciplinary teams and direct customer contact
  • Contribution to projects in high-demand production environments
Full Job Description
Job Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
  • Manage and organize the activity of the Program Management team: planning, organization of work, definition and monitoring of workloads
  • Coordination and monitoring through KPIs of Project Management team for all activities such as quotation and project management. Promote and ensure the projects and associated documentation are in compliance with the NPI process
  • Drive the profitability of plant projects with the finance controller
  • Drive project risks identification and mitigation plans
  • Ensure the adequacy between the necessary skills and the objectives of the company: participate in the definition of recruitment needs, assess employee performance, draw up training plan, manage integration and training of new hires
  • Management of technical answers for Request for Quotation for the plant and support sales with the presentation of the technical content of the proposal such as technology plan, lay-out, timeline, project governance, industrial risk assessment
  • Organize the local Program Steering Committee and coordinate input for Global Program tracking.
  • Support lean and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Follow all safety procedures including the use of Personal Protective Equipment, as required


Qualifications

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Bachelors Degree in Engineering
  • 5+ years of program manage/project management experience
  • 3+ years of supervisory experience
  • Experience in program management of industrialization projects for mass production of products with plastic injection and high-speed assembly technologies strongly preferred
  • Experience in leading multidisciplinary project team within a transversal organization
  • Experience in direct customer contact
  • Strong leadership, convincing and communication abilities
  • Listens to customers' expectations
  • Teamwork oriented and self-motivated
  • Excellent interpersonal and organization skills

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
  • Background in medical device,pharmaceutical industry or industries of mass production such as automotive

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
  • Works in an office and clean manufacturing environment that may include moderate noise levels and required appropriate PPE and cleanroom apparel
  • Some travel required


POSITION RANGE: $145,000 USD to $165,000 USD Salaried (This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.)

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