Associate/Project Director - Korea

The Associate / Project Director is responsible for overseeing projects managed by Project Managers (PMs) or programs consisting of smaller projects for the same client, each managed by individual PMs, line management of Project Managers (PMs). Some APDs will maintain a portion of the project manager role (i.e., Billable work), at the discretion of the APD’s line manager.

Major Responsibilities

• Plan and monitor project/program resource need to ensure it is consistent with budgeted and projected workload and activity.
• Collaborate with Work Force Planning to facilitate deployment of appropriate resources, establish succession plans for key resources within project teams and ensure any required team member transitions are managed seamlessly.
• Establish relationships with key client stakeholders including client’s project or program internal stakeholder. Escalate risks newly identified by the project team to stakeholders. Engage with client stakeholders to resolve issues to mutual satisfaction.
• Facilitate the setup of project governance committee (if applicable), lead/chair the project governance meetings and ensuring follow up of action items to completion.
• Proactively seek client feedback via regular formal or informal communication; implement actions to improve team performance.
• Monitor project scope and financial metrics; proactively identify project financial issues and work with PMs to implement actions to mitigate risks.
• Line Management of PMs including but not limited to objective setting and performance reviews, regular face to face meetings, provision of coaching and development and general support to line reports.
• Actively monitor the performance of line reports; proactively plan for further improvement plan if a trend in poor performance is identified. Line Managers are expected to ensure that their direct reports are able to work independently, take ownership of project deliverables and meet Novotech’s quality standards.
• Support to BD as requested: input to proposals and budgets, provide therapeutic area knowledge and expertise; attend bid defence meetings as required or ensure PMs are well-prepared for bid defence meetings.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives.
• Work with other departments, to ensure project and milestone delivery, and effective resolution of client escalations.
• Planning and management of all contracted responsibilities for assigned projects, if applicable.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate in a life science related field.
• Excellent leadership skills to manage a multinational team of PMs of different experience levels.
• Strong technical knowledge of clinical project management and ICH-GCP.
• Able to multi-task and perform under pressure.
• Good understanding of customer focus and business acumen.
• Comfortable in negotiations and managing challenging discussions.
• At least 6 years’ experience in the clinical research industry, with a minimum of five years as a Project Manager or equivalent. Allied professions may also be considered.
• Line or matrix management experience is an advantage.