The Project Management & Strategic Senior Manager is responsible for multiple department projects and provides centralized operational support for the U.S. Commercial team. By partnering with departmental management and cross-functional project teams, the Senior Manager develops and maintains integrated project plans and operational processes in accordance with project/department objectives, and are within budget.
The Senior Manager is also responsible for comprehensive communication, including status reporting, risk management, and department processes to cross-functional stakeholders and department senior leaders. The Senior Manager partners closely with the Chief of Staff, U.S. Commercial to execute on strategic, operational, and organizational matters.
- Leads multiple departmental projects and is responsible for departmental program/process operations
- Develops plans, goals, processes and logistics for projects, gaining cooperation and alignment
- Works closely with department leadership to continue to maximize process efficiency and align department goals and strategy
- Regularly interacts with functional areas beyond own department
- Conducts complex scenario planning to proactively provide analysis, make process improvement recommends on alternative development plans
- Effectively summarizes key information such as program progress, timeline updates, risk opportunity assessments and SOPs
- Develops and maintains project and departmental budgets and is accountable for understanding and communicating forecast variance, risks and opportunities
- Compiles succinct reports and prepares minutes for internal meetings; methodically tracks all actions items, and finds new ways to stay abreast of multi-dimensional tasks
- Contributes to the best practices of project management and departmental operations to support the continued success and evolution of the department
- Experience in cross-functional execution including medium to large-scale projects
- Critical thought partner and proven ability to connect people and ideas to drive outcomes
- Ability to connect with over divisions and functions throughout Vertex
- Self-motivated; acts independently and prioritizes appropriately; embraces unexpected changes or challenges and drives to improved solutions
- Ability to manage multiple priorities/projects at a given time, ensuring deadlines, budgets and status updates
- Developed communication skills and the ability to synthesize data and information into meaningful insights
- Very detail oriented and strong project/operation management skills
- Ability to handle ambiguity
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree
- Typically requires 6 years of experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience