People Solutions Project Director

Description

Project Director  

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know: WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical  and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job responsibilities

Lead Responsibilities

• Lead multiple projects simultaneously while managing diverse pool of resources
• Manage small teams and or work efforts to achieve milestones, quality deliverables and business outcomes
• Manage project scope, timeline, and budget, as well as any changes or risks associated with the project
• Own and oversee the completion of project deliverables
• Lead workshops with key stakeholders to gather information for projects
• Organize and lead regular meetings to review progress with stakeholders
• Adopt methods and tools to help support solutions for moderately complex organization change challenges

Stakeholder Management Responsibilities

• Collaborate and support other Internal Project Directors to manage pool of Internal Senior Associate Consultants
• Report on project status to Internal Consultant Lead and other key stakeholders and work to escalate and resolve risks as necessary
• Work with the business to stay connected on upcoming needs in order to develop new programs that address critical priorities
• Plan, develop, and work with leadership and change networks to deliver communications to drive understanding about key changes alongside ETO
• Work with Global PMO to track and update project progress, prioritization, budgets, and staffing
• Work with HRBP, COE and People Services Leads to determine flex capacity support for project needs

People Responsibilities

Qualifications

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor's degree in business, Human Resources or related field
• 4+ years of previous experience in a variety of Talent Management/Human Resource Manager/Client HRM
• 3-5+ years of relevant HR experience in a client servicing and/or advisory role
• Previous experience managing multiple workstreams as a member on functional projects
• Experience driving large, complex projects and programs to a successful completion as well as ability to work in a global environment
• Excellent leadership, communication (written & verbal), management, and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Possess strong facilitation and synthesis skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders on a common path forward
• Ability to analyze and synthesize sophisticated information, working in situations where data may be absent or ambiguous and creative approaches are required
• Ability to develop solutions to complex problems that require ingenuity and innovation
• Ability to develop solutions to a variety of complex problems referring to established precedents and policies
• Comfortable with ambiguity, adept at change management, and capable of working in cross-functional teams
• Track record to drive business results – identifies and capitalizes on opportunities, identifies risks/issues, assesses implications, formulates recommendations, and drives sound decisions that deliver results
• Understanding of Talent Management and Design best practices, benchmarks, and industry trends to stay informed and make data-driven decisions
• Strong planning, organization, delegation, problem solving, and decision-making abilities
• Relationship management, coaching and collaboration skills
• Possess expert knowledge of multiple HR functional areas
• Experienced in agile methodologies 

Get to know Syneos HealthOver the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health

Additional Information:Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities.  Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description.  The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.  Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.