Director, Global Project Management

Overview

Director, Global Project Management

 

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Be Part of One Team, One Purpose.At Emmes Group, we’re shaping the future of clinical research—where human intelligence meets cutting-edge technology to drive meaningful advancements in healthcare. With over 47 years of scientific excellence, we’ve led groundbreaking research in cell and gene therapy, vaccines, infectious diseases, ophthalmology, rare diseases, and neuroscience.Through our two business units—Emmes, a full-service CRO, and Veridix AI, our technology, data, and analytical solutions —we are modernizing clinical trials and accelerating the development of life-changing therapies.We believe that every clinical breakthrough starts with people—people who are passionate, purpose-driven, and ready to make an impact. At Emmes Group, we bring People, Science, and Technology together to collaborate with our customers and deliver global health impact. Our culture is built on integrity, collaboration, and innovation, ensuring that every challenge is met with perseverance and accountability.

 

Primary Purpose

 

The Director, Global Project Management is critical to the successful deployment of clinical project management as a function in the conduct of Biopharmaceutical-sponsored clinical trials in Europe. The Director, Global Project Management will work collaboratively with other DPM's to provide oversight, guidance, and leadership to the clinical project management group. The Director, Global Project Management may provide line management and oversight of the global project managers (GPMs) across the biopharma portfolio of work, ensuring effective project leadership from development of the proposal to final contractual deliverables. The Director, Global Project Management will be client facing. The Director, Global Project Management will ensure the global project managers are effectively leading project delivery in agreement with the contracted projecttimeline and budget. The Director, Global Project Management ensures the global project managers are directing project delivery by driving team and financial efficiency, work product quality, and are engaging effectively with clients to ensure client satisfaction through strong relationship management. 

Responsibilities

• Provides ongoing mentorship, coaching, feedback, and ongoing training to GPMs including addressing performance issues, conducting formal performance appraisals, and creating development plans.
• Coordinates Project Team Meetings, including the development of meeting agendas and minutes.
• Ensures training occurs and evaluates proficiency or additional training needs of GPM staff.
• Tracks GPM utilization with the goal to ensure at least 85 percent utilization of all staff.
• Provides oversight of operational deliverables and financial health of projects.
• Serves as a point of escalation for GPMs, sponsors, and other functions relative to overall project management in a study governance capacity.
• Develops successful working relationships with clients, executive management, and functional leads to provide oversight of project issues, proactively identify and mitigate risks and drive milestone achievement.
• Ensures GPMs are tracking project deliverables against contract using Emmes' tools & Key
• Performance Indicators, as defined by the project or organizational metrics.
• Reviews study metrics to ensure risk mitigation and performance according to contract. Monitors trends and drives changes to project management as needed.
• Ensures adherence to quality control expectations and milestone timelines for delivery of contractually required reports and deliverables.
• Ensures changes in scope are identified and managed appropriately.
• Support GPMs in collaborations with Business Development, Contracts Department, and executive management to ensure timely execution of contract amendments change orders.
• Prepares GPMs to present in bid defense meetings in collaboration with
• Business Development Lead or other key stakeholders.
• Develops and maintains Biopharma Project Management SOP's and processes in collaboration with Clinical Operations and other relevant departments.
• Identifies and documents lessons learned from study successes and challenges to promote development of best practices and works with global colleagues to develop or revise standards for best practice.
• Contributes to the global hiring for the GPM department.
• Supports the identification and implementation of tools and process integrations that support the efficiency and productivity of GPMs. This may include but is not limited to collaboration with internal stakeholders and vendors to support global, GPM efficiency and standardization within thedepartment.
• Models and propagates Emmes' commitment to a culture of quality in all aspects of our deliverables, utilizing a solution based, science driven, value added approach in collaborating with clients.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline.
• Minimum 7 years demonstrating scientific principles appropriate in managing a clinical research portfolio inclusive of 3 or more years in a pharmaceutical and/or CRO setting, serving in a global Clinical Trial Team Lead or Project Management role or equivalent position.
• Demonstrable track-record of success delivering complex/high priority clinical trials within agreed time, quality and cost working across multiple therapeutic areas, phases 1-3, in a global capacity.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and fostering strong client and internal relationships.
• Thorough understanding of International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and knowledge of SOP’s guidelines and regulatory requirements.
• Skilled in MS Office Suite of products and working knowledge of Clinical Trial Management Systems, electronic Trial Master File, and electronic Data Capture systems and solutions and project support tools.
• Demonstrated experience in managing diverse staff and leading successful teams with direct and indirect supervision responsibilities.
• Travel between corporate locations and client sites as appropriate.

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