Manager/Sr. Manager R&D Project Management

Job Responsibilities

• Should have relevant experience of project management of a Pharma R&D/Plant.
• Should have Good Interpersonal, Communication, Managerial, Analytical and Leadership skills.
• Acquainted with RACI Matrix and should have good business acumen.
• Should have good Budgeting, time management and costing understanding.
• Sound knowledge of Project Management Tools for Tracking of various activities within the R&D and with external functions.
• Completion timelines/TCD and follow-ups to ensure timely completion.
• Routine Project Progress review updates with R&D Leadership
• Support in consumables procurement to end users and tracking of same.
• Responsible for interface between various cross functional teams, including Research & Development (R&D), QA/QC, Regulatory Affairs, Business Development/Marketing/P2P, Legal, Finance, Purchase and various Plant Operations/functions.
• Coordination and management of weekly/bi-weekly calls with cross functional teams; tracking the records of regular Calls with CFTs and MOMs
• Coordinate and Plan activities related to successful manufacture of new product or existing product stability and validation batches through coordination and communication of the involved departments.
• Support in communication and Follow-ups with external customers/partners for product development progress and timeline maintenance.
• RM/PM/RLD/Equipment etc. Procurement Tracking and interface for R&D and Purchase team
• Milestone payment status and coordination with Finance/Customers, Invoicing and Payment clearance to external Vendor/Customer/Partners.
• Support in NPD initiation and Closure Form approvals and routing to different functions and maintaining the NPD tracker updates.
• Slotting and Scheduling for TT/PV/Trial batches at Plant & CMOs
• Support in R&D BD and Techno-commercial activities to R&D Leadership
• Support in R&D Budgeting and Capex along with R&D Leadership.
• Maintaining the MIS with R&D leadership team.
• Organizing Daily or Weekly meeting for internal project updates and follow-ups within R&D.
• Overseeing the R&D (ADL & F&D) procurements and follow-ups with the concerned functions/stakeholders/department.
• Efficient in performing all the project management responsibilities as an independent contributor.