Job Description

Position Summary

Caprion is seeking a Program Manager to organize and coordinate scientific programs. The Program Manager provides strategic guidance to teams and Principal Scientists to align with the company\xe2\x80\x99s objectives.

Main Responsibilities

• Provides support at the project-level activity to ensure the program goals are met by providing a decision-making capacity that cannot be achieved at project level;
• Provides the Principal Scientists with a program perspective when required, or as a sounding board for ideas and approaches to solving project issues that have program impacts;
• Monitors overall project objectives, milestones and timetables for achieving intermediate and overall project goals;
• Identifies and manages cross-project dependencies and provides support in prioritizing projects when needed;
• Sets review dates to ensure that projects remain on target;
• Proactively assesses program performance; Will coordinate and monitor progress across all projects and establish a formal reporting structure for overall program progress;
• Develops and monitors deadlines and budgets overall for program milestones;
• Resolves issues and initiates appropriate corrective actions (or interventions) wherever gaps in the program are identified;
• Performs tracking of deliverables in conjunction with client and internal customers;
• Conducts ongoing teleconferences with the client, managing the agenda and meeting minutes;
• Provides timely notification to all appropriate parties with deviations from timelines and/or deliverables;
• Conducts regular communication with team members, formal and informal, regarding study status or any other changes;
• Performs capacity planning for upcoming programs (as well as projects).

Education

MSc in life science

Main Requirements

• Minimum of 5 to 8 years of experience in a CRO or in biotechnology as a Project Manager;
• Excellent multitasking and tracking skills;
• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills;
• Ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems;
• Knowledge of proteomics and/or the immune monitoring field;
• Knowledge of industry standards for the conduct of analytical studies;
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements for the conduct of analytical studies in support of clinical trials (exploratory vs secondary/primary endpoints);
• Ability to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams;
• Excellent knowledge of project management and budgeting;
• Sufficient seniority and credibility to advise project teams on their projects in relation to the program;
• Proficiency with MS Project and Excel;

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