Business Project Manager, Cell & Gene Job in Novartis

Summary

About the Role

Key Responsibilities:

• As a Project Manager, the resource will work closely with the Customer Enabling Technologies Head to execute against the product vision which serves as a north star for the team. The vision should also include long-term direction of the product solution, e.g. support for all indications and therapeutic areas, as well as short-term vision of each release, e.g. customer-focused or operational enhancements.
• Work with all the Product Owners to ensure that the team has a shared understanding of the customer and business needs.
• Create a detailed master data project plan (new therapy introduction, major changes in system or supply chain scenarios...) for CellChain system readiness. Regularly follow up with Master data team on tasks & entire project execution. Enable detailed and high-level visibility of project status and progress to Product owners and project leads.
• Help maintain release roadmaps and have these tied to external and internal dependencies. These roadmaps will be communicated broadly with other POs and external stakeholders.
• Help maintain overall product backlog and lead grooming sessions which spans all system requirements.
• Support planning and launch activities and ensure delivery is planned against available team capacity and dependencies.
• Facilitate and contribute to demos; will gather feedback from primary stakeholders and review progress against objectives.
• Review the deliverables / features against the acceptance criteria and approve them for release by working closely with stakeholders.
• Define releases, including new features & allocations for technical debt.
• Continuously develop and communicate the vision to the agile Teams, while defining the features of the Product.
• Support the flow of work into the program backlog and always ensure enough Features in the backlog.
• Ensure all internal & external stakeholders are prepared to receive and utilize release value.

Essential Requirements:

• 5 years of experience working on various roles in project or product teams

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proven ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams without formal authority

• Pharmaceutical/industry experience

• GxP/system/IT experience

Desirable Requirements:

• Bachelor s or equivalent 4-year University degree preferably in technical (IT, engineering) field of study