Head - Program Management

Position Description

Position Purpose

Strategic Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for co-ordinating, monitoring and tracking the entire chain of events concerning discovery / process development projects
• Ensure proper information flow among all stake holders responsible for their respective roles concerning the deliverables.
• Keep being involved in planning processes and raise red flags well in advance for risks foreseen.
• Provide solutions to mitigate risk.
• Ensure adherences to timely deliveries by each function.
• Update management on biweekly basis on the status of the project.

Operational Responsibilities

• Prepare Gantt charts for monitoring individual contributions from each function.
• Daily monitoring on the progress of the project.
• Prepare forecasts on how the project is progressing to align all stake holders.
• Facilitate / organize meetings / technical discussions between stake holders.

Financial Responsibilities

• Monitor and ensure adherence to approved budgets for the projects, in close co-ordination with finance.

People Responsibilities

• Maintain a cordial and trustful relationship with all stake holders.
• Individual contributor role.

Education Qualification

• PhD or M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from a reputed University / Institute with thorough understanding of CRO/CDMO.
• PMP certification will be an advantage.

Work Experience

• Senior position which will involve connecting with top management and HOFs
• > 15 years experience after Masters or > 10 yrs experience after PhD
• Project Management experience will be an advantage.

Industry to be Hired from

Functional Competencies

Interaction Complexity and Team Work