Project Planning Team Lead

Profile

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

Join us and make a difference. We hire the best people and provide them with a work environment that places a premium on diversity, integrity, collaboration and personal development. Through a culture of inclusion, we create a better, more productive work environment. We believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of all our employees help to drive innovation and transformative business results.

Key Responsibilities

The Project Planning Team Lead supervises a group of project planners and provides project planning support as a partner with global and regional project managers, to ensure appropriate modeling of development plans within enterprise systems that enable planning and decision making by development teams, functional areas, and governance.

Provide managerial oversight and career development opportunities to a team of Project Planners with primary responsibility for the planning needs for Early Development Projects.

Contribute to the leadership and direction of the Project Planning group in support of the team’s overall objectives.

Assume project planning responsibilities and model best practices.

Creation and management of complex project timelines using BMS Planisware enterprise system and associated scheduling tools. Proactive management of target dates and study drivers for key activities in collaboration with core team representatives. Identification, contextualization, communication and proactive action on timeline and scope risks and issues. Partner with Project Manager (PM) to drive resolution.

Perform in-depth asset timeline and Book of Work (BOW) analysis to highlight inconsistencies, scheduling conflicts, and gaps in asset models compared to scheduling standards and Product Development and Commercialization (PD&C) best practices.

Clear and transparent communication of timelines and key deliverables with functional team representatives, key functional stakeholders, Resource Managers, and Finance Resource Managers.

Matrix oversight and partnership with scheduling support colleagues to direct and manage day to day data entry and report generation. Provide coaching/mentoring in scheduling best practices.

Partner with PM to drive BOW focused discussions. Utilize ePlan and relevant enterprise tools to share project knowledge and information.

Develop and maintain detailed timelines and tracking tools to support submission activities.

Participate in and lead other team-based assignments such as coordination of project-based budgeting required for annual budget process or department capability/capacity initiatives.

Contribute to best practices development and system enhancement efforts.

Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree in science or engineering with 7 years of experience in pharmaceutical research, development, or commercialization is required. Direct experience related to scheduling creation, planning, and management is preferred. An advanced degree (e.g., MS, MBA) is a plus.

Experience in managing direct reports with the demonstrated ability to lead others through change, cultivate meaningful relationships, set appropriate priorities to support organizational goals, and develop talent is preferred.

This position requires experience in the pharmaceutical industry with a solid understanding of drug development and commercialization.

Participation in teams focused on drug development or pharmaceutical R&D in a matrix environment is a plus.

Experience with scheduling methodologies as well as technological literacy with computer applications necessary to create, manage and analyze project timelines is a must. Experience with ePlan, Eclipse, and MARs is a plus.

Experience in project schedule quantitative risk assessment and management is highly desired.

Strong written and oral communication skills and demonstrated ability to interact directly and productively with team members and management and to manage and prioritize multiple competing priorities is also required.

Bristol-Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Company info

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Website : http://www.bms.com