Project Planning Manager Job in Tata Consultancy Services Limited

This role uses judgement from planning expertise and drug/ vaccine development experience to integrate R&D strategy and schedule template knowledge into high quality complex drug/ vaccine development plans; specifically, the role is responsible for initiating, developing and maintaining the integrated pipeline project schedule (with appropriate work packages to reflect the work required), for recommending changes to improve the efficiency of planning and scheduling of projects to stakeholders, and for working with the drug/ vaccine development team and functional area partners to deliver robust, aligned, fit for purpose plans.

The Project Planning Manager role is responsible for providing planning support for less complex R&D drug development projects.

The role requires knowledge of benchmark data and its application to influence the development of competitive project plans.

Responsible for monitoring progress against approved project plans, noting deviations and working with the Project Manager to suggest corrective actions.

Contribute to strategic scenario planning and analysis through the development of alternative planning schedules highlighting time, value and budget advantages for development team and portfolio decision making.

Responsible for taking approved baselines and project baselines, and responsible for flagging deviations compared to those baselines to the Project Manager.

Responsible for optimization of the critical path, regular review of progress against critical path and communication with the Project Manager and for monitoring/ highlighting near critical path activities that could impact project schedule.

As part of monthly cadence, work with the Functional Project Managers to ensure all plans are aligned and reflect the current strategy.

This position must understand the importance of accurate data, how to use it through highly adept technical skills, and how to interpret data to draw conclusions so that others can make decisions and problem solve.

Coordinate the creation of new projects, project ID requests and help ensure accurate metadata