NA Vaccines Project Lead

Bridgewater Township, NJ, United States

Job title : NA Vaccines Project Lead

About the job

Our Team:

The NA Vaccines Project Lead is a critical role that supports the Head of NA Vaccines and NA Leadership Team to effectively manage their priorities, facilitate governance and act as an interface to connect the dots with their teams and the rest of the organization.

The NA Vaccines Project Lead role often includes components of strategy (understanding and translation of the of the Leadership Team vision and priorities), facilitation (enabling the leadership team to work together and getting to decision faster), project management (leading highly important projects in white spaces), and bridges building (connecting the dots within the leadership team and with the rest of the organization).

The NA Vaccines Project Lead partners closely with both the Head of NA Vaccines and its leadership team (LT) on a daily basis to run and monitor transversal priorities and deliver high impact projects.

Main responsibilities:

Create NA Vaccines Governance to support decision making and information sharing within the organization

Set up and maintain NA Vaccines Governance to align leadership teams on key priorities throughout the year: leadership team meetings, offsite meetings, strategic committees and decision bodies, participants, frequency etc.

Support the execution of the NA Vaccines Commercial Roadmap by ensuring regular monitoring of KPIs; prepare updates and action tracking for leadership team

Organize and drive leadership team agenda; ensure action item follow up after meetings

Manage NA Vaccines Leadership Team interactions to ensure an effective use of time focusing on priorities

Ensure that NA Vaccines Leadership team interactions are agenda driven with clear objectives, actionable items and follow thru. Including ensuring calendar is up to date and aligned with the evolving priorities of the organization: LT meetings, country visits, internal and external engagements

Coordinate preparatory work and briefing materials for key meetings

Support internal and external communication: internal presentations, townhall, speeches, external conferences

Lead projects as required to support the execution of the NA Vaccines strategic roadmap:

Lead or coordinate projects that are important/strategic for the Vaccines GBU and do not fit into a specific business component

Leverage and engage resources across the organization to ensure priorities are delivered

Interface with the broader organization on transversal projects that requires NA Vaccines input

Build bridges within NA Vaccines Leadership Team and key stakeholders

Connect with Head of NA Vaccines and NA Leadership Team to establish a trustful relationship

Inform Head of NA Vaccines on relevant information and keep them connected with the rest of the organization

Facilitate access to the Head of NA Vaccines, if and when relevant: identify topics requiring their attention, and ensure right level of briefing

Facilitate leadership team dynamics: foster collaboration, create time for discussion and exchanges

Act as a sounding board for the Head of NA Vaccines and the NA Leadership Team

Collaborate with NA Leadership team to share information, identify synergies, and leverage best practices

About you

Basic qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree required.

Minium of 8-10 years relevant professional business experience is required

Minimum of 5 years of experience working with senior leadership and managing cross-functional projects

Ability to work cross-functionally, strong team player

Ability to manage confidential information and understand relevance and sensitivity

Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical and strategic capabilities

Strong project management skills

Business and financial acumen

Ability to deal with ambiguity and work in autonomy with limited guidelines

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to cultivate effective relationships, and to influence and collaborate internally and externally at all organizational levels

Transversal leadership and facilitation skills

Diversified previous experiences: global/local, geographies, function

Leadership Skills:

Strong relationship & Influence: Inspires trust through empathy and authenticity

Results orientation: executes, is comfortable with ambiguity, and adapts with agility.

Strategic thinking: disrupts status quo with innovation, while remaining pragmatic and focused on priorities.

Demonstrates strength in PTW behaviors

Preferred qualifications:

Vaccines knowledge and understanding of key dimensions such as marketing stakes, production constraints, medical, etc.

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