Principal Project Manager

About Inventprise

At Inventprise, developing innovative and widely available vaccines is in our DNA. By producing targeted vaccines for populations worldwide, we're addressing global health inequalities and empowering people to live healthy lives—no matter where they live. Headquartered in Redmond, WA, our goal is to deliver affordable, effective vaccines at large-scale to Low and Middle Income Countries, as well as populations in the U.S. and around the world. Inventprise is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people are inspired to do their best work. We’re proud to have some of the world’s most qualified industry scientists, researchers, and manufacturing professionals on our team, and strive to create a vibrant, dynamic presence in the Washington State Life Sciences environment.

What the Role Offers - Principal Project Manager

As a Principal Project Manager, you’ll provide project management and leadership skills across Vaccine Project Management processes and development programs. Your responsibilities include developing, driving, managing, evaluating, and maintaining key strategic or operational activities that influence senior management decision-making. You’ll translate product/program strategy into efficient executable plans, lead multidisciplinary teams, interface with senior management, and manage project planning efforts. Additionally, you’ll proactively address changes, drive high-quality project deliverables, and oversee project financial reporting.

What You Need to Succeed

• Provides project management and leadership skills to a combination of Vaccine Project Management processes and development programs.

• Responsibilities associated with development/Vaccine processes include developing, driving, managing, evaluating and maintaining key strategic or operational activities that influence senior management decision making around specific global business objectives.

• Responsibilities associated with development programs include translating product/program strategy into efficient executable plans, leading multidisciplinary (R&D, MSAT, Quality, GMP manufacturing, commercial, clinical, regulatory, Facility, IT and Purchase) teams in predicting and planning solutions to achieve successful execution, driving the team to achieve clarity on issues, interfacing with senior management and influencing the decision-making process.

• Acts as an internal resource and company-wide consultant with respect to management of specific vaccine development/ technical processes and the discipline of Project Management.

• Reports into VP-MSAT for day to day activities with a dotted line reporting to VP-Portfolio Management for aligning assigned Global Project Team (GPT) activities through the whole vaccine life cycle.

• Leads the project planning efforts of the respective GPT in defining and implementing the operational project plan.

• Manages the creation of the product strategy as well as the operational plan including formulating the project scope, execution strategies and critical paths with support and guidance of the GPT Lead, GPT sponsor and the executive team.

• Manages the development and tracking of detailed project plans, including schedules, cost estimates, resource plans, communication plans, risk mitigation plans, and issue resolution plans with an emphasis on GPT strategy.

• Partners with GPT leadership and relevant committees in review and tracking of project with an emphasis on strategy. Proactively manage changes in project scope and create contingency plans in a constantly changing environment. Manage the identification of potential issues or obstacles and achieves resolution or plans contingencies and follow issues through to resolution ensuring that all team issues arrive at a singular conclusion or recommendation. Generate and maintain the project plan with input from the project team, including a resource-loaded Gantt chart/Smartsheet.

• Identifies and proactively drives high quality project deliverables, dependencies, and critical path items.

• Management responsibility for programs includes matrix management of multi-disciplinary, cross-functional, global team members. Provides direction for team members reviewing overall project progress. Generates collaboration, cooperation, and communication across and between functional team members obtaining buy in of all team members to integrated product strategy.

• Manages project financial reporting and tracking budget to actuals.

• Communicate, coordinate, and negotiate with internal and external partners on project progress and work closely with the GPT lead to balance operations execution with project strategy managing through project changes and milestone delays.

• Manages the GPT through project plan execution driving team deliverables for project completion orchestrating the involvement of appropriate cross functional individuals including the organization of all phases and aspects of project meetings into relevant decision, working, and communications groups. Manages project status reporting including development and maintenance of project documents and communication tools.

Required Qualifications:

• B.A. / B.S. is required. Advanced degree, specifically in biological sciences is preferred.

• PMP certification or similar experience is required. Must have expertise in MS Project/Smartsheet.

• Minimum of 8 years' project management experience with increasing complexity in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries, in a multi-disciplinary, global environment.

• Strong track record of stakeholder management and/or proven leadership experience in managing a global, matrix team.

• Knowledge and understanding of product development processes, preferably in biologics, regulatory pathways for biologics (e.g. FDA, EMA), and knowledge of cGCP, cGLP and cGMP.

• Proven leadership, team building skills and strategic problem-solving ability. Ability to manage and lead others through change.

• Demonstrated ability at managing matrix teams, influencing outcomes and key project decisions.

• Proven ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with senior management. Experience interacting with external collaborators with ability to build strong relationships.

• Knowledge of risk management, project reporting, and project management tools required.

• Strong interpersonal skills particularly motivational, negotiation, listening, judgment, analytic, and conflict management skills, demonstrated by ability to lead teams.

• Excellent prioritization, organizational and verbal and written communication skills to explain project goals, status and inspire support.

• Ability to work well with cross-functional teams to accomplish objectives. Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, rapidly changing technology environment, and to work on multiple work streams and projects simultaneously.

• PC skills, including MS Project, Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio and SharePoint.

Physical Demands:

• Must be present on site for all related responsibilities and be able to routinely perform activities as defined above.

• Must be able to stand and sit for extended periods of time.

Mental Demands:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Highly organized with an attention to detail

• Able to work independently with changing priorities.

Working Conditions:

• Extended periods of time on the computer.

• Extended periods of time on your feet.

Estimated Base Salary: $132,000 to $160,000 / yearly DOE

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, or HSA: Inventprise contributes 80% toward the Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage for the employee, and their enrolled spouse, and dependents. Medical plans are currently provided through Premera Blue Cross.

• 401(k) program: Inventprise offers both pre-tax 401(k) and post-tax Roth retirement savings plans, letting you decide how you want to save for the future. We also make an employer contribution of 3% of your total earnings each pay period, regardless of whether you contribute.

• Paid Time Off: Generous PTO, in addition to paid holidays.

• Stock & Bonus Plans: Employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus and Stock plans.

Our People-First Philosophy

At Inventprise, you’ll be part of a world-class team working on innovative vaccines and technologies that have global impact. Our people are an integral part of our strategy, allowing us to grow as a company and improve our performance year-over-year.
Our company was built on the belief that by working together, we have the ability to make the world a better place and improve lives. We have a growth mindset and are constantly looking for ways to enhance our contributions to improve global health. We believe that when we support each other and set high standards, we are able to do our best work.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Inventprise is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, identity, sexual orientation, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.