Project Manager - I* - The Fountain Group

Hello,
My name is Arnold, and I am a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant with The Fountain Group.  We are a national staffing firm with an array of Fortune 500 clients constantly looking for candidates such as yourself to join the team. I believe you have a great background and would love to discuss what's most important to you then compared to see if it matches our job.  
Currently I have an opening for Project Manager located in Santa Monica, CA. Details for the position are as follows:

Pay Rate: $76.98/hr.
This is a hybrid role – 3 days onsite, 2 days remote
Job Description/Responsibilities:
Job title: Product Variation Management (PVM) Lead
Will manage the business and system processes for managing product variations. As company expands to more products, global jurisdictions and manufacturing sites, changes increase in complexity and the number of product lifecycle changes that require variation management and jurisdictional control (JC) is proliferating. The PVM Lead will manage the global cross functional PVM team and JC business processes, and ensure, from an end-to-end planning and execution perspective, that the right product version is supplied to the right jurisdiction at the right time, in line with the regulatory filing strategy and global implementation plan. The product variation planning process is complex and oversees changes end-to-end, from regulatory filing to global and regional planning, and to manufacturing site implementation.

• Lead a cross-functional matrix global PVM planning team that spans across all Technical Operations functions, IT, and Clinical Logistics
• Own and manage the business process for managing product variations
• Manage change management and communication of the new business process
• Lead team meetings, manage the global PVM tracking tools, and monitor PVM and JC metrics
• Responsible for overseeing product variations from strategy definition through implementation across all impacted jurisdictions and manufacturing sites
• Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders globally, considering interdependencies across Tech Ops, manufacturing network, and other stakeholders as needed
• Facilitate cross-functional SME assessment of product variation changes to determine the plan for implementation
• Liaise between the global PVM planning team and the governance bodies responsible for product variation and lifecycle management strategy definition, for alignment between strategy and implementation rollout plan
• Deep dive into functional areas and manufacturing site processes to understand complexities, interdependencies, risks, and facilitate alignment across functions
• Monitor status of change control(s) enabling a variation’s implementation globally from initiation to approval to implement; change control ownership possible based on type of change

Qualifications:

• BS degree required, concentration in science / engineering / business management is a plus
• Master's Degree and 3-5 years of operations or supply chain experience in life sciences industry or Bachelor's Degree and 5-7 years of operations or supply chain experience in life sciences industry
• Experience in working with ERP business systems (preferably Oracle EBS)
• Diverse experience in operations disciplines
• Exceptional ability to communicate and collaborate across different stakeholders
• Ability to operate at different levels, both strategically and tactically
• Proven success in leading cross functional teams and ability to influence all levels of staff in a matrix organization
• Experience in Project Management and / or with PM tools such as SmartSheet is a plus
• Drive to seek clarity and think critically
• Excellent verbal, and written communication skills, including presentations
• Ability to manage ambiguity and simplify complexity
• Ability to navigate competing interests to achieve a common solution that is aligned across different parties
• Ability to learn quickly, and absorb and simplify information from multiple sources; “connect the dots” into a cohesive plan.

Who We Are:
The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort.
Browse our website below for additional information on our company.
The Fountain Group
4505 Woodland Corporate Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614
“We work in Life Sciences, Clinical, Engineering, IT, and more. Above all, we specialize in people.”
If you are interested in hearing more about this position or other opportunities I may have please respond to this posting with your updated resume or contact me at (813) 425-2220, please reply/email your resume directly to Arnold.Suwan@TheFountainGroup.com
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