Associate Director, CMC Project Management

WuXi AppTec is a pharmaceutical and contract research and manufacturing organization. The Associate Director, CMC Project Management will manage API and drug product development and manufacturing projects from proposal through completion, coordinating clients, technical teams, and business development. The role also supports risk management, stakeholder communications, proposals, and business development activities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead all project initiation and planning efforts. Participate in the implementation and execution of a given project
• Establishes project objectives, timelines, and deliverables. Defines project tasks and resource requirements
• Closely monitor/control project progression to ensure the project is completed on schedule and within budget. Reports project progress to all key stakeholders
• Supports the technical team to investigate any project challenges by using necessary risk assessment tools & techniques, then implements corrective measures
• Serves as liaison with client contacts, manages day-to-day communications and organizes project team meetings
• Represents the company in project meetings, prepares meeting agenda and minutes, and follows up on action items
• Evaluates and assesses project results and provides recommendations for future improvements
• Provides support to the business development team by joining customer visits, conferences, or trade shows
• Contribute to Proposals and timelines with inputs from key stakeholders for new client relationships and change orders for existing client relationships
• Work closely with team members across all CMC-related business units and with the STA management team to ensure coordination of all efforts and real-time communication with all stakeholders

Requirements:

• English and Mandarin language skills
• Master's (MS) or PhD in life sciences
• A minimum of 5 years of pharmaceutical or CRO/CMO industry experience
• Prior experience in project management or managing external research collaborations
• strong and effective project management, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
• a proven track record working cross-functionally across a wide variety of technical, business, and operational areas
• a good understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and small molecule drug development
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience in CMC process development and/or GMP manufacturing
• Working knowledge and understanding of current regulations and industry trends for small molecule, manufacturing, and testing
• Must have working knowledge of MS Office products, especially MS Project
• Must be a self-starter, self-motivated, and highly flexible
• Must be organized and detail-oriented
• Proven experience in creating and carrying out successful plans and processes to solve complex problems
• Proficiency in both English and Mandarin is required
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation skills)
• chemistry
• preferably in API process R&D and manufacturing and/or Drug Product R&D and manufacturing
• PMP certification desired
• Oligonucleotide and Solid State Peptide experience a plus
• Experience in a Contract Research Organization (CRO) or Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) is preferred, but not required