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Job Title: Deputy Director -Projects and Resource Management
Location: Swiftwater, PA

About the Job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

The Deputy Director -Projects/ Portfolio Resource Management will support Leader Portfolio management, Swiftwater within Swiftwater Strategy and Portfolio function. The position is responsible for 1) Project management support for the assigned project 2) Portfolio Resource management support in order to meet site CAPEX/OPEX targets and reporting metric. The position will ensure the project portfolio and project resources are aligned with the objectives of applicable Site critical business needs, Shine and M&S vaccines quality metrics, on time delivery of performance metrics reporting etc. The position coaches and mentors the team to deliver the expected performance. The position may also be assigned projects to either support or lead based on the Site Strategy & PM function requirement.

The role is critical to maintain project KPI’s, budget, schedule by effective use of resources by collecting, analyzing and reporting with recommendations. The role will anticipate resource gaps, misalignment and providing feedback to the management, teams and escalate to next level of governance as required. The person must interact and foster collaborative relationships with project leaders, work stream controllers, workstream leaders / project teams and Vaccines global PM function.

The person will also be responsible for SHINE management / administration, establishing functional resource capacity & demand forecasting.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

• Indicated time allocation is approx. and subject to change.​ Swiftwater portfolio resource management ~35%

• Function as either Project management leader (Tier 3) or project management support ~35%

• Schedule and management Site Steer cos for the projects assigned and working closely with Leader portfolio ~ 30%

• Build and manage resource plans in alignment with project timelines. Work with the cross-functional project team members to ensure that resources are anticipated, planned/budgeted and allocated to meet the demands of the project plan.

• Coordinates closely with M&S Finance at local, and other sites, and corporate.

• Challenge the key underlying assumptions on work stream resource budgets, schedules with function/work stream leaders.

• Collect, enter, and maintain / update all resource information (budgets, schedules, resources) from workstreams in SHINE (as needed).

• Consolidate, monitor, challenge, and ensure reforecasts with project team members: budgets, schedules, resources, and risks.

• Work as a project Lead or provide project management support. Manage steering committees, perform project management role when needed, either on project or operational projects.

• Identify and recommend resource deployment opportunities for schedule acceleration while balancing cost and project quality. Support the project team on implementing improvement opportunities. Communicate lessons learned across the corporate project management function

• Organize and manage project steering committee meetings and other meetings with key internal and external stakeholders.

• Support PM function in applying Sanofi Project Management Guidelines and Sanofi project management standards and best practices.

About You

Education and Experience:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required in one of the following disciplines: Business, Engineering or Science

• Minimum 5 yrs. experience in a similar manufacturing environment of the following industries: pharmaceutical, food or fine chemicals.

• Project Management processes and ways of working, project schedules, project resource estimation, project budget estimation (CAPEX and OPEX)

• MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint expertise

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• SAP

• Planisware (SHINE)

Why Choose Us?

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.​

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.