Principal/Senior Principal Project Manager-Remote

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

The Senior Principal Project Manager provides deep subject matter expertise and experience to drive operational excellence in Clinical Development. This role independently manages complex projects that may have an impact on neighboring organizational units and represents the professional expertise outside the company if necessary. Having a cross-functional, patient-centric, and forward-looking mindset, the incumbent is responsible for:

• The co-development, implementation, oversight and refinement (in alignment with Corp Medicine and TAs) of the cross-functional collaboration framework.

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• The development, implementation, oversight and refinement of the coaching, facilitation, and transformation framework.

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• The development, implementation, oversight and refinement of the scouting and innovation framework.

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• The development, implementation, oversight and refinement of the learning and development framework, across Clinical Development to improve overall clinical program delivery speed and value.

The incumbent, therefore, co-shapes and contributes to the definition of the strategic goals for important and complex aspects of the CD&O strategy, contributes to the definition of the goals of other groups, functions, and units with regards to these aspects, and ensures their execution.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Accountable for solving complex and only rudimentarily defined problems and for providing in-depth specialist expertise and experience and thus influencing / impacting on:
  • the development, implementation, oversight, and refinement (in alignment with Corp Medicine and TA) of a future-oriented, global cross-functional collaboration framework.
• The development, implementation, oversight, and refinement (in alignment with Corp Medicine and TA) of a future-oriented, global cross-functional collaboration framework.

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• The development, implementation, oversight and refinement of a future-oriented, global coaching, facilitation, and transformation framework.

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• The development, implementation, oversight and refinement of a future-oriented, global scouting and innovation framework.

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• The development, implementation, oversight and refinement of a future-oriented, global learning and development framework across clinical development to improve overall clinical program delivery speed and value.

• Accountable for controlling and shaping areas of responsibility critical for the successful execution of the CoE Clin Dev strategy across the organization through strong team collaboration, sharing of long-term professional experience and knowledge, complex problem solving, mentorship and contribution to strategic external global partnerships.
• Experts for cross-functional collaboration.
• Initiates, oversees, and leads complex CoE Clinical Development projects and supports CoE Clinical Development Team Leads with across project strategy, considering cross-organizational aspects.
• Complements the CoE Clinical Development Team Lead in developing novel and reliable approaches to implement the strategy to integrate the CoE Team into a network of:
  • experts for cross-functional collaboration.

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• Experts for coaching, facilitation, and transformation.

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• Experts for scouting and innovation.

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• By being an accountable, reliable, and trusted partner to clients (real-time feedback) and business partners (Controlling, TAs, etc.) with a strong network built on the cross-functional mission of the CoE Team.
• With focus on holistic, user-oriented processes.
• Contributes to the strategic framework of the Team Lead CoE Clinical Development and pro-actively provides solutions and improvements to build, establish, maintain and foster a lean organization considering the cross-organizational mission of the CoE Team:
  • with focus on holistic, user-oriented processes.
  • by supporting the implementation and coordinating decisive structures for fast feedback targeted on value-addition.
  • by being an accountable, reliable, and trusted partner to clients (real-time feedback) and business partners (Controlling, TAs, etc.) with a strong network built on the cross-functional mission of the CoE Team.
  • by addressing inefficiencies, fostering team spirit, providing mentorship.
• By addressing inefficiencies, fostering team spirit, providing mentorship.
• By supporting the implementation and coordinating decisive structures for fast feedback targeted on value-addition.
• Experts for learning and development in Clinical Development in and outside BI.

Requirements

• Several years of experience in a directing/leading/managing role in clinical development/medicine in the pharmaceutical industry and demonstrated success in influencing stakeholders beyond the own organizational reach.
• Profound knowledge and skills in the respective area of responsibility and demonstrated experience in leading, designing and implementing change successfully in the organization, i.e., of all aspects of an operating model related to:
  • cross-functional collaboration.
• Cross-functional collaboration.
• Bachelor of Science with at least ten (10) years in clinical development or relevant professional experience required; Advanced degree (e.g., MD, PhD) with at least seven (7) years professional experience, preferred.

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• Coaching, facilitation, and cultural transformation (including "Agile" and "Lean" approaches).

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• Scouting and innovation.

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• Sound understanding of 'Agile' and 'Lean' values, principles, and practices.
• Solid scientific knowledge across therapeutic areas & prior experience working in/across therapeutic areas.
• Strong ability of directing, leading, and managing complex projects
• Profound business acumen and knowledge of the global healthcare environment.
• Service orientation and change agent with strong customer focus.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Solid medical/scientific understanding, incl. general understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, rules and regulations.
• Excellent communication, presentation, networking, and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge management and knowledge transfer.
• Ability to create, manage and cultivate change.
• Team worker with successful record of timely decision making and results/measurement orientation.
• Strong vision & understanding on how to oversee a complex process landscape and to drive integration and evolution, including digital innovation.

Eligibility

• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.