What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Program Manager - Biologics position at Fujifilm?
Overview
Join us
We are growing our locations and are investing more than $2 billion into establishing a new large-scale manufacturing site for biopharmaceuticals in the United States to accelerate the growth of our Bio CDMO (Contract and Development Manufacturing Organization) business. This will be the largest end-to-end cell culture CDMO provider in North America.
The new site will offer end-to-end solutions to our customers looking to manufacture biopharmaceuticals in the US. In addition to drug substance manufacture, it will also provide automated fill-finish and assembly, packaging, and labeling services. The new state-of-the-art facility is located in Holly Springs, North Carolina, United States.
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About This Role
The Sr. Program Manager is accountable for the planning & delivery of programs from the point of contract signature (Scope of Work / Letter of Intent / Contract) through program closure. You will ensure we provide services in alignment with our contracted commitment to clients and our company vision/mission (strategy and compliance). The Sr Program Manager typically handles an average load of 1-3 programs and receives coaching & guidance from the Head of Program Management and peers within Program Management.
As we are in startup mode, you will also have the opportunity to work with the Head of Program Management to build the program management organization and value proposition, leveraging the good practices already in place at our sister site. For this reason, the role will require more onsite presence initially (3-4 days per week minimum) and then will shift to a more flexible model (on site 2-3 days/week minimum) in the future.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the planning and execution of programs for assigned customers
- Engage with functional areas for input to ensure correct and complete delivery from the scope of work development through operations
- Monitor financial activities and program milestones
- Develop and maintain master project plan including accurate durations and accountabilities for all revenue generating milestones throughout the scope of the customer program
- Organize, lead, and facilitate cross functional technical teams for management of programs
- Support and drive tech transfer activities, identifying risks and mitigation actions to ensure a successful outcome
- Track and report program performance
- Actively participate in S&OP process, providing program insights and updates
- Provide technical insights or challenge status quo with a foundational understanding of biologics manufacturing
Who You Are
You love diving into the business side of CDMO biologics manufacturing. You ask curious questions about the manufacturing process and are always seeking to learn more but then, in turn, you use the knowledge you gain to bring value to both the customer and our site technical leads. You are process oriented and work in the spirit of continuous improvement. You take the time to step back, absorb, and learn before jumping in but you also don’t hesitate to take ownership and drive actions to closure.
Basic Requirements
- Understanding of biologics manufacturing
- Bachelors or Masters degree in relevant field (sciences, business, etc)
- Experience with project/program management
- Experience with Customer Relationship Management.
- Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills and comfortably and clearly articulate issues and driving problem solving across the organization.
Preferred Requirements
- Business acumen
- Familiar with cGMP & FDA regulations.
- Experience with Leading--coaching-developing-motivating large cross-functional teams to achieve targeted results.
- Has Knowledge of basic financial accounting.
- Understand importance and feels confident with building trust, respect, and collaboration across the organization.