Partnerships Programme Manager
The Strategic Partnerships & Programmes Manager leads and directs a variety of Programmes and Projects with external partners, including Business Development innovation and mergers & acquisitions.
The role holder will lead internal and external stakeholders across all functions to scope, plan, manage risks and deliver projects in order to support strategic company growth.
The role holder will recommend, align and implement improvements across PMO, whether to drive efficiencies in current programmes or to support the business heading into new directions.
Duties and Responsibilities
•Programme Management: Lead and direct all aspects of PMO relating to external, strategic partnership, including strategy development, programme metrics, trend analysis, reporting, and prioritization.
•Process Management: Utilising current processes, driving others to follow correct processes effectively, continuously improving processes to drive efficiency and resiliency across PMO. Ensuring decisions are balanced incorporating financial assessment and cross-functional input to advance programmes.
•Project Management: Provide project management leadership for Business Development, routinely, and Mergers & Acquisitions, as required, particularly with respect to integration into Rosemont systems and processes.
•Governance: Oversee programme decision making through steering and stage gate processes, act as the key communication channel for project plans, documentation, and issues, and secure executive buy-in for key project decisions.
•External Partnerships Management: Develop and manage strategic partnerships and alliances, including business development partners and M&A partners, ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives.
•Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including project team members, managers, and external partners.
•Financial Management: With Finance and Business Development colleagues, ensure that programme has been assessed and is delivering against company objectives. Highlight to relevant stakeholders expected financials challenges from programmes and projects.
•Leadership & Development: Motivate, develop, coach direct reports. Exemplify good project and programme management practices with all internal and external stakeholders. Day to day management of direct management including performance objectives, feedback and providing support.
Competencies
•Advanced: Financial management, Business case, Stakeholder engagement and communication management, Leadership, Team Management, Resource management, Budgeting and cost control, Risk and issue management, External partnerships management
•Established: Ethics, compliance and professionalism, Quality management, Schedule management, Conflict resolution, Change control
Knowledge and Experience
•Typical Years of Experience: 5 years+ with proven Project success and extensive experience managing external partnerships. Ideally, experience within Pharma, Healthcare, or Med Device sectors.
•Minimum Expected Education: Degree level or equivalent in Scientific, Business or Project Management discipline.
•Additional Information: Strong financial acumen, proficiency in standard Microsoft Office Suite plus Project and PowerBI, broad cross-functional business experience, demonstrated leadership abilities, complex problem-solving skills, delivery of results on critical projects.
Ideally, APM or PMI qualified