Sr. Director, Program Management

Sr. Director, Program Management Req ID #:  169812 Location: 

US Wilmington, MA, US, 01887 At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families. 

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career. 

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

IMPORTANT:   In order to be considered for this position, a resume/CV must be uploaded and submitted during the application process.  Please make sure work history and education are added correctly.   

  Job Summary  

If you are a self-starter, passionate about leading successful programs, like big challenges and enjoy working within a highly motivated team environment, then we need you!

The Sr. Director of Program Management facilitates complicated programs with time sensitive projects drawing from prior experience to help deliver successful programs across the CRL Global Technology organization.

Where can the Sr. Program Manager make an impact? Working with the most creative minds in CRL, success will be the ability to drive and work effectively with the collective team to acquire successful results. Applying superb interpersonal and communication skills to provide status updates on key programs and to present Risks and Issues to Senior Leadership.

Job Description

•    Hands on leader to manage the portfolio, as well as actively manage some of the more complex programs

•    Leads a highly matrixed, cross organizational team that are directly tied to the development, implementation or upgrade of technology or products for external customers.

•    One or more cross functional, matrixed team members composed of managers and technical leads and guides performance of functional teams.

•    Manages Projects or programs where consistent decisions are made regarding the overall goals and objectives of significant programs or segments of the organization through all phases of the lifecycle.

•    Manages interdependencies and integration among multiple projects, teams, and stakeholders.

•    Has decision making authority at the program level.

•    Sets direction for programs by determining and balancing the technical need vs business impact of project/program decisions and operates within the guardrails.

•    Is the key interface with stakeholders and leadership internally.

•    Exercises judgment and discretion to develop solutions, remove obstacles and redefine approaches.

•    Oversees identification of tasks and research, dependencies, costs; communicates expectations to core team members.

•    Creates/tracks/adjusts the program schedule.

•    Assesses risks and identifies solutions to timely, efficient achievement of program goals.

•    Ensures that quality standards and budget constraints are met.

•    Ensures appropriate progress against schedule and takes remedial action as appropriate.

•    Prioritizes utilization of resources with other functions.

•    Influences business unit or cross organizational strategies relevant to program goals.

•    Has an understanding of the technical concepts, architecture, systems, development methods, and disciplines associated with the defined program.

•    Responsible for personnel management activities such as: scheduling, personnel actions (hiring, promotions, transfers, etc.), training and development, providing regular direction and feedback on performance, disciplinary actions and preparing and delivering annual performance and salary reviews.

•    Integrate activities with those of other major organizational units (e.g., segments, departments, functions).

•    Recommend departmental budget and authorize expenditures.

•    Develop and oversee the implementation of departmental training programs, including orientation.

•    Support the policy of equal employment opportunity through affirmative action in personnel actions.

  Job Qualifications  

Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

•    10+ years of Project/Program Management experience.

•    10+ years of experience in Technology Program Management

•    Bachelors degree from accredited university

Preferred Qualifications:

•    PMP and/or CSM

•    Leading senior business leaders and technologists

•    Experience with AWS and Azure

CRL's Information Technology Group (IT) designs, deploys and supports the information technology architecture and hardware/software applications for Intel. This includes Cloud (AWS and Azure), LAN, WAN, telephony, data centers, client PCs, backup and restore, and enterprise applications. IT is also responsible for e-Commerce development, data hosting and delivery of Web content and services.

IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV. 

About Corporate Functions

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.  

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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