Responsible for leading cross-functional project management activities for one or more early or late-stage China/Global Project Team (CPT/GPT) beginning at FIH and through to market launch and life-cycle management, with the goal of bringing new medicines to patients.Partners with the Global Program Head (GPH), Global project lead (GPL) and the Global Project Team (GPT) members in the design and execution of competitive development programs and achieving on-time or accelerated decision points and milestones. Manages cost, timelines, and quality of program level activities.Collaborates with CPT/GPT members to develop high-quality data packages for governance and committee interactions to enable fast decision-making.Provides an independent voice to shape the project strategy, scenario planning and drive optimal decisions for the broader portfolio value.Organizes and coordinates information flow within the CPT/GPT and acts as an integrator within the CPT/GPT and across the organization to ensure alignment and leverage best practices.In alignment with the GPH/GPM/GPL, manages the internal (senior management) and external (investor relations, scientific community) project reporting and communication.Functions as a change agent for continuous improvement and transformational initiative implementation within the regional project taskforce team/GPT.Proactively identifies, highlights, and mitigates or manages risk at the program level.Monitors the competitive landscape, assesses potential impact and partners with regional taskforce team/GPT members to evaluate alternative development scenarios / options.Leads the regional taskforce team/GPT through the preparation and update of key strategic documents.Manages, leads and coordinates regional taskforce team/GPT Meetings including agendas, presentations, minutes and follow up of action items.Accountable for the quality and accuracy of program-level data in the iMAP system in partnership with the Project Planner.Accountable for validation and sign-off of program level financial data for OP and Forecasts.Leads the project valuation to provide data to Portfolio Management as part of the strategic planning process.Proactively contributes to the department by sharing knowledge and supporting others through coaching and mentoring, thereby increasing the collective performance of the Project Leadership group.Leads and / or contributes to organization-wide and functional initiatives or represents the department effectively on cross-functional teams to contribute to the broader organization.Requires some guidance and coaching from GPM/GPL/GPH and/or more senior Project Leaders (PLs) during the preparation of governance and committee interactions and for decision making.Demonstrates strong leadership skills and the growing ability to lead teams to reach challenging objectives.Supports more focused programs in a single indication or contributes on a team partnering with a more senior Project Leader on a larger more complex program.
