Project Planning Manager (PPM)

• Job title: Project Planning Manager (PPM)
• Location: Budapest, Hungary
• Job type: Permanent, full-time
• Hybrid working
 

About the job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Join our Global Project and Portfolio Management team as a Project Planning Manager and you’ll be responsible for managing the planning of each R&D project (from pre-candidate selection in research to development and life cycle management) under your responsibility. You’ll provide proactive support to the Global Project Head, Global Project Manager and Global Project Team. For each of your projects, you’ll be leading and coordinating operational planning actors to ensure alignment between project and operational plans as well as robustness of resources and costs assumption. You’ll also participate in the management and the evolution of the planning toolsets: templates, processes, tools.

Main responsibilities:

•          Develop and maintain the project plan based on the strategy defined by the project team and governance decision

•          Analyze project timelines to ensure optimal critical path, alert on any planning issue and provide optimization recommendations (incl. scenario planning)

•          Monitor deviations, explain variances and manage impacts on project planning with adequate action plan

•          Regularly provide project stakeholders, project teams and R&D governance with consolidated update and reporting

·       Maintain in the planning system, the planning & resources information linked to the Therapeutic Area activity for their projects

About you

Experience:

• 5+ years working in the pharmaceutical industry
• Strong understanding of research & development and project management/planning
• Solid knowledge of drug development process from early development through LCM and in-depth understanding of interconnections between all contributors to the project strategy at all stages of development
• Experience working with Submission Task Force and Sub-Team on CTD Planning a plus

Soft Skills:

• Teamwork and transversal collaboration, strong networking skills

• Customer-oriented and quality-focused
• Ability to identify problems and apply thoughtful risk culture in day-to-day work,
• Ability to negotiate and influence planning assumptions with stakeholders
• Solid communication skills (written and oral)
• Analytical and synthetic, attention to detail, rigorous
• Adaptability in a highly changeable environment

Technical skills: 

• Solid project management and planning skills: planning, resources & costs     
• Good knowledge of a planning tool (Planisware preferred)
• Ability to understand databases and to quickly acquire proficiency with computer systems and new applications
• Proficient use of digital tools and AI-based technologies. Readiness to foster and adopt the company’s digital transformation a plus
• Ability to understand and integrate constraints of operational plans

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Science or Business, Master in a Scientific degree or in Project Management

Language(s):

• Strong English skills (verbal and written), ability to exchange fluently in a global environment

Why choose us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team in an international work environment
• Work from an "Office of the Year 2023" award winner with flexible home office policy
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave
• An individual and well-structured introduction and training of new employees and we will dedicate a Buddy for you to better navigate in your first weeks
• Join a great community & special events (Monthly Board Game Nights, Summer Events, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs)

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
 

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Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!