Associate Project Manager - Medical Affairs

Overview

Associate Project Manager in Medical Affairs at Sanofi Hyderabad Hub, providing operational project management support to Therapeutic Area workstream leads across multiple countries and regions.

What you'll do

• Set and develop the operational aspects of assigned projects, including timelines, milestones and project metrics.
• Manage projects operationally from development and initiation through coordination and implementation to completion, within scope set by stakeholders.
• Initiate and complete initial operational core documents and materials, and follow up on overall project timelines so projects move to the next step on time.
• Create or ensure required documents are completed and move through approval steps in a timely manner; enter documents or information on relevant platforms when applicable.
• Follow up with countries and local teams and develop or fill needed documents from stakeholders.
• Ensure projects move through systems, including vendor onboarding, new projects with vendors or consulting agreements, and payments; follow up on contract and invoice status.
• Draft emails from templates and format documents such as agendas and slides.
• Ensure alignment among team members and stakeholders on objectives and update metrics periodically.
• Communicate frequently with all stakeholders, including sponsors, partners and attendees.
• Support team initiatives and objectives, and identify and recommend process improvements and other value-added initiatives.
• Champion a culture of change by supporting stakeholders to embrace changes and adopt new ways of working.
• Manage assigned projects effectively and efficiently to complete them on time and, where applicable, on budget, including multiple projects in parallel.
• Develop a strong understanding of the ways of working of the medical team and other functional teams and their deliverables.
• Drive effective collaboration with stakeholders to understand requirements and propose solutions in line with their expectations.
• Be responsible for project planning, execution and closure on time, within scope, according to plan and to the requested quality specifications.
• Use broad knowledge of project management techniques and methods to select the most appropriate approach for each project.
• Drive project governance meetings with stakeholders, vendors, logistics and digital teams, and coordinate to track and monitor project progress.
• Work independently on assigned tasks with ownership, delivering as per requirements.
• Build and maintain solid partnerships with assigned internal stakeholders to develop, coordinate, direct and facilitate internal work and communications.

What you'll need

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in project management within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Graduate or postgraduate education.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Good analytical and communication skills.
• Change management skills.
• Collaborative teamwork and adaptability.
• MS Office (including Teams, SharePoint).
• Project management tools such as Smartsheet and Power BI.
• High proficiency in written and spoken English.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad.
• Travel required as per business need.
• Permanent and full-time job type.
• Hiring manager: Team Lead – Projects.