Job Description
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, a multinational pharmaceutical company, seeks a Lead PMO Sterile - S2C SCM. This full-time role, based in Visakhapatnam, India, requires 10-20 years of experience in pharma project management, focusing on sterile value chain. The successful candidate will create and track project plans, ensure material and resource availability for new product executions, and coordinate with various departments to meet timelines. Responsibilities include conducting project reviews, reporting progress to stakeholders, and implementing systematic improvement programs. The role emphasizes strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills to drive new product launches and achieve milestones.
Good To Have:
- Proactive leader and result oriented.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Must Have:
- Create project plans with milestones and deliverables.
- Track and periodically update project progress in project management tools (MSP / S2L).
- Ensure availability of materials and other pre-requisites at plant for New product executions.
- Ensure enough resources are allocated for timely completion of project milestones.
- Deliver NP executions filings and WIP milestones for a given FY.
- Prioritize / de-prioritize the product executions at plant basis the need.
- Co-ordinate with R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, regulatory, finance, business development to meet execution timelines.
- Ensure project reviews are done, highlight challenges and seek support for resolution.
- Prompt tracking & reporting of project happenings to leaders & Stakeholders.
- Conduct weekly product reviews involving Vertical Head, site heads, quality leads, HPTs and key stakeholders.
- Conduct workshops periodically for complex products to align moving parts to meet project deliverables.
- Provide early warning signals to top management on slippages, prepare actions in the form of MoM and track CAPAs.
- Create avenues to ensure regular communication with all stakeholders.
- Organize weekly, bi-weekly and monthly review meetings for ensuring alignment and execution of key identified activities.
- Proactively circulate pre-read (updates/ analytics) to effectively utilize discussion platforms.
- Ensure periodic review of Capex and procurement items, track the delivery timelines to meet the product milestones.
- Play an active role in systematic improvement programs such as SDP/ OE diagnostics in INJ vertical.
- Run New Product Governance Mechanism within INJ vertical and across the FTO7/ FTO9/ FTO11.
- Take ownership for end results and outcomes.
- Continuously acquire new skills related to different aspects of project management and apply it to work.
Perks:
- Personalised learning programs for career growth and professional development.
- Joining & relocation support.
- Family support (Maternity & Paternity benefits).
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Medical coverage for yourself and your family.
- Life coverage for yourself.
Job Description
- Create project plans with milestones and deliverables, in consultation with relevant stakeholders. Track and periodically update project progress in project management tools (MSP / S2L).
- In consultation with SCM, ensure availability of materials, and other pre-requisites at plant for New product executions..
- In consultation with site heads/ line leaders, ensure enough resources were allocated for timely completion of project milestones.
- Deliver the NP executions filings and WIP milestones for a given FY. Ability to prioritize / de-prioritize the product executions at plant basis the need. Co-ordinate with R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, regulatory, finance, business development, to meet the execution timelines and to achieve NP milestones for the give FY.
- Ensures project review are done, highlight challenges and seek support from VH / PMO Head for resolution and information percolation on time.
- Prompt tracking & reporting of project happenings to leaders & Stakeholders. Conduct weekly product reviews involving Vertical Head, site heads, quality leads, HPTs and key stakeholders to drive new product executions at at plant and delivering key decisions. For complex products, conduct workshops periodically to align moving parts to meet the project deliverables.
- Early warning signals to top management on slippages, prepare actions in the form of MoM and track CAPAs.
- Creates avenues to ensure regular communication with all stakeholders. Efficiently communicate the project status through available channels of communication (mail/ MS Teams/ Call/ LDM/ in person).
- Organize weekly, bi-weekly and monthly review meetings for ensuring alignment and execution of key identified activities.
- Proactively circulates the pre-read (updates/ analytics) to effectively utilize the discussion platforms such as plant MRM, QRM, Backend steercom, IPDO MRM, EU/ US CPM, Weekly reviews and other discussion forums; to achieve successful review and decision outcomes from Sr. Management.
- Ensure periodic review of Capex and procurement items, track the delivery timelines to meet the product milestones.
- Play an active role in the systematic improvement programs such as SDP/ OE diagnostics in INJ vertical to bring out the excellence in execution for new products (till filings) at plants.
- Ability to run New Product Governance Mechanism within INJ vertical and across the FTO7/ FTO9/ FTO11.
- Takes ownership for end results and outcomes, Continuously acquires new skills related to different aspects of project management and applies it to work.
Qualifications
Educational qualification: Post graduation in Science / Pharmacy preferably with an MBA and PMP certification
Minimum work experience: 10+ Years of experience in Pharma project management / New product filing & execution
Skills & attributes:
Technical Skills
- Proven experience in project management within the pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on Sterile value chain.
- In-depth knowledge of parenteral product development processes, including formulation development, scale-up, and technology transfer.
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements for Sterile manufacturing and filing management (e.g., FDA, EMA).
- Strong understanding of project management principles and methodologies.
- Proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft Project (MSP) for planning, scheduling, and tracking project progress.
Behavioural skills
- Proactive leader and result oriented.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
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