R&D Project Manager

1 week ago

Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom CK Group Full time
Job Title: R&D Project Manager
Location: Hybrid

Salary: K
Description:

CK Group are working in partnership with Nxera Pharma UK Limited (formerly Sosei Heptares) to recruit an R&D Project Manager based in Granta Park, Cambridge.

Company: Nxera Pharma is a technology powered biopharma company, in pursuit of new specialty medicines to improve the lives of patients with unmet needs in Japan and globally, focused on therapeutic areas in inflammation diseases, neurology and immunology.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

This is a pivotal project team member post in a highly collaborative environment. The successful applicant will assume the role as lead Project Manager across projects from the internal and partnered portfolio. They will also play an active role as a member of the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office, using their knowledge and experience to contribute to growing the function and influencing project management strategy.
  • Lead project management activities for high profile portfolio projects as an integral part of the project leadership team
  • Oversight of large project budgets requiring accurate forecasting of project spend and cost management through exceptional financial acumen and alignment with functional leads and finance
  • Risk Management is at the core of our project management principles, risk identification, appraisal and management will be core to the role
  • Managing transparent project communication in a fast paced, highly complex environment with diverse stakeholders
  • Working closely with key stakeholders across other disciplines in Nxera Pharma to drive business transformation initiatives
QUALIFICATIONS:

As R&D Project Manager you will require:
  • Science related degree and either MSc or PhD (preferable)
  • Proven experience as lead Project Manager for pharmaceutical R&D projects
  • Professional project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP)
  • Competent user of Project Management software (Smartsheet, MS Project, etc) and excellent general IT skills (particularly Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint etc.)
  • Proficient stakeholder management - building and maintaining strong collaborative relationships across organisational boundaries and the ability to influence individuals without having direct authority over them
  • Ability to multitask and work independently to demanding and changing schedules and priorities
BENEFITS:

Salary of up to £80K plus benefits package

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R&D Project Manager, Hybrid, Cambridge

Nxera Pharma (formerly Sosei Heptares) is a technology powered biopharma company, in pursuit of new speciality medicines to improve the lives of patients with unmet needs globally.

Nxera employs over 350 talented people at key locations in Tokyo and Osaka (Japan), London and Cambridge (UK), Basel (Switzerland) and Seoul (South Korea) and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (ticker: 4565).

In addition to several products being commercialized in Japan, we are advancing an extensive pipeline of over 30 active programs from discovery through to late clinical stage internally and in partnership with leading pharma and biotech companies including Lilly, GSK, AbbVie, Verily, Neurocrine, Takeda, Genentech/Roche, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Medicxi, Aditum Bio.

This pipeline is focused on addressing major unmet needs in some of the fastest-growing areas of medicine across CNS, GI and immunology, metabolic disorders and rare diseases, and leverages the power of our unique and industry leading GPCR-targeted structure-based drug discovery NxWave platform to provide a sustainable source of best- or first-in-class candidates.

In Cambridge UK, we have built outstanding capabilities across our platform, discovery and translational medicine teams, to advance multiple programs from pre-clinical through to early clinical development.

In Tokyo, our expert teams are dedicated to late-stage development (Ph 2/3) and innovative commercialization/ go-to-market approaches.

Our Mission

To accelerate the development of life-changing medicines, by investing in science and technology

Our Vision

To lead the next era of medicine. From Japan, for Japan, and the world.

Our Values

Patients, carers, families, and physicians come first
  • Innovation and teamwork inspire success
  • Focus on top priorities where we can make a difference
  • Speed and agility of decision-making
  • Operational excellence
We are passionate about improving the quality of life and health of people around the world and believe we can achieve our mission through providing a supportive, motivational, and empowering environment for employees.

We are proud to offer a collaborative, diverse and inclusive working environment that considers your individual needs and believes in maintaining a sustainable work-life balance.

You will be welcomed by a team of colleagues with decades of accumulated experience in their areas of expertise, happy to help you develop your own skills in a highly collaborative environment and who are keen to provide guidance and support in your personal and career development plans.

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R&D Project Manager

  1. We have an exceptional opportunity for an experienced R&D Project Manager to join the Enterprise Portfolio Management team at Nxera Pharma (formerly Sosei Heptares).
  2. This is an exciting role supporting R&D projects in a fast-paced Biopharma environment, contributing to the management of the company s extensive portfolio of discovery projects and translational medicine programmes. Working closely with Project teams, you will support portfolio advancement in line with the company s core business objectives and strategy.
  3. Based on portfolio requirements you will be deployed to partner with a project leadership team and as the Project Management expert, you will be expected to provide professional in-depth knowledge of your discipline. You will thrive from working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment supporting multiple projects in unison and operating in a matrix/cross-functional environment.
Roles and Responsibilities:

  1. This is a pivotal project team member post in a highly collaborative environment. The successful applicant will assume the role as lead Project Manager across projects from the internal and partnered portfolio. They will also play an active role as a member of the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office, using their knowledge and experience to contribute to growing the function and influencing project management strategy.
  2. In this role, the successful candidate will excel in the following:
  3. Lead project management activities for high profile portfolio projects as an integral part of the project leadership team.
  4. Experienced managing large project budgets requiring accurate forecasting of project spend and cost management through exceptional financial acumen and alignment with functional leads and finance.
  5. Has utilised project management software to create project schedules for complex drug discovery projects. Acutely aware of the importance of dependencies and defining the critical path along with preparing scenarios.
  6. Risk Management is at the core of our project management principles and the successful candidate will be able to display a history of risk identification, appraisal and management.
  7. Managing transparent project communication in a fast paced, highly complex environment with diverse stakeholders is an essential part of the role
  8. Work closely with key stakeholders across other disciplines in Nxera Pharma to drive business transformation initiatives
  9. Drive continuous growth and development of the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office through identifying, reviewing and implementing new PM methodologies and practices.
Requirements:

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential
  • Greater than 3 years experience as the lead Project Manager on complex R&D projects
  • Professional project management qualification desired (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP)
  • Science related degree and either MSc or PhD (preferable)
  • Excellent knowledge of the Drug Discovery and Development process with a clear understanding of Discovery deliverables
  • High proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and effective presentation style
  • Excellent general IT skills (particularly Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint etc.)
  • Competent user of Project Management software desirable (Smartsheet, MS Project, etc)
  • Detail orientated individual with clear and uncompromising approach to accurate reporting
  • Proficient stakeholder management - building and maintaining strong collaborative relationships across organisational boundaries
  • Ability to influence individuals without having direct authority over them
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to multitask and work independently to demanding and changing schedules and priorities
  • Highly organised with good time management stills
  • Ability to follow directions, SOP's and processes
Other information

What s in it for you?
  • State-of-the-art R&D centre located in the heart of the Cambridge science cluster Competitive compensation package including discretionary cash bonuses
  • Eligible for grants of Restricted Stock Units . click apply for full job details

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