Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit
www.azurity.com.Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.Reporting directly to the Vice President Business Operations, the Project Manager of Development Operations will act as an internal consultant for all development functions operating from Azurity’s Hyderabad development and shared services hub.
This role will be responsible for strategic and corrective-action project management to support Azurity’s expanding global organization. Core activities will center on continuous operating model improvement to help Azurity scale for sustainable growth and drive success within Enablement functions. The scope of projects may include program lifecycle management, financial governance, role clarity, operating models, reporting, resource planning, communications, team effectiveness, or strategic integrations and expansions. The ideal candidate will have experience with leading complex programs within the pharmaceutical development lifecycle, in addition to experience with CDMO/CRO/lab operations. Additional knowledge of pharma launch readiness and launch planning is preferred. A deep understanding of project plans and how to get a project off the ground through to completion is a key attribute that is needed. This is a collaborative role involving significant engagement with cross-functional stakeholders to drive program success and garner adoption of Azurity’s Management System. This role will have the exciting and unique opportunity to drive Management System excellence and adoption within our growing Hyderabad organization.
The ideal candidate will be a quick learner who can work in an extremely fast paced organization and pivot from one objective to the next quickly. Being able to retain knowledge of the working Enablement organization is key to the success of the role and demonstrating a level of self sufficiency with decision making is key for the candidate’s success.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide direct project management support to our Enablement organization which can include but is not limited to, Portfolio Management, Clinical Development Regulatory Affairs, Intellectual Property, Product Development, and Tech Operations
- Serve as a proactive facilitator and teacher of Azurity’s Management System across all corporate areas within the Hyderabad operation. This role will be a leader in building, improving, and shepherding the Management System process across the expanding global organization
- Establish and sustain a strategic partnership with leaders and decisions makers within the Science organization. Build rapport, effective communication, and facilitate project participation with other business partners (e.g., Corporate Applications Support, FP&A, HR)
- Oversees complex, cross-functional initiatives including structuring and managing programs, projects, overseeing the analytics process, helping to forge consensus among key stakeholders and ensuring adequate business cases to support the work
- Socializes, manages and makes recommendations to improve best practices, including global development and ways of working for the Enterprise Project Management Office (EMPO)
- Contribute to the preparation of monthly operating committee meetings which includes the ability to collect all necessary KPI data from across the company
- Provide dedicated recommendations to the VP Business Operations for the direction of the Project Management and Management System execution process on a global scale
Experience:
- PMP certification is preferred
- Degree in the field is preferred
- Pharmaceutical development and/or launch readiness project management experience
- 5+ years project management experience
- Advanced experience using Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and SmartSheet
Physical & Mental Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must be able to sit for long periods of time
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; talk and/or hear
- May occasionally climb stairs and/or ride elevators
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Employee must be able to manipulate keyboard, operate a telephone and hand-held devices
- Other miscellaneous job duties as required
