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Maravai LifeSciences · 8 hours ago

Program Manager II

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$85K/yr - $96K/yr

2+ years exp

Maravai LifeSciences is a global leader in providing products and services in the fields of nucleic acid production and biologics safety testing. They are seeking a Program Manager II to manage GMP Services programs, ensuring excellent customer service and delivering on contractual obligations through effective cross-functional collaboration.

BiotechnologyHealth Care

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Directs, leads, and motivates multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver customer GMP Services project milestones from pre-Clinical through to Commercial phases, while also supporting customer engagement by being a liaison between the customer and internally facing teams

Actively manages up to 3+ small to medium size and complexity customer drug development and manufacturing programs

Actively manages contractual obligations and milestones and flags to their management when additional scope is identified requiring a new proposal, Change of Scope, or there are billing, audit requests, or other items that arise

Facilitates regular and effective internal & customer-facing team meetings that drive collaboration including structured agendas, integrated schedules, key performance measures, risk/issue management, timely communication of meeting minutes, action items and other

Maintains accurate project timelines and other related Project Management tools, and has intimate knowledge of all programs under management and works with Leadership to proactively identify and escalate potential risks and opportunities to mitigate to ensure that programs are kept on-track

Facilitates regular meetings internally and with clients to monitor and manage progress of project execution to the Statement of Work and work through open items to ensure milestone delivery

Participates in internal operating mechanisms and reports-out to PgM Leadership on the overall progress of programs along with potential risks & opportunities, customer health, and other metrics where appropriate

Perform other functions and duties as required

Qualification

Biotechnology ExperienceGMP KnowledgeProject ManagementRegulatory KnowledgeLeadership SkillsInterpersonal SkillsMS ProjectSmartsheetMS OfficeNetSuiteMRNA Manufacturing

Required

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field, with 2-4+ years of relevant experience in customer-facing project/program management and/or customer-facing technical roles. Applicants with a master's degree or higher may have 0-2 years of direct experience

Direct experience in biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry working in pre-IND to late-phase clinical drug substance and drug product development. Adjacent project experience in CDMO environment may count towards years of experience

Direct experience working within a CDMO managing client's program portfolio, or relevant experience operating within a CDMO Project Core Team, required

Working knowledge of CMC considerations with respect to quality systems, GMP, ICH guidelines, FDA, USP, and associated regulatory requirements required

Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills required

Project management experience with direct management of projects required, or experience managing a broader project portfolio or participating within project teams, including experience utilizing key programs in an Operations environment such as MS Project, Smartsheet, MS Office, and ERP systems such as NetSuite

Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to build relationships within a matrixed organizational environment

Preferred

Experience with the manufacture of mRNA and plasmids is a nice to have

Benefits

You have the potential to change, improve, and save lives around the world.

You have the opportunity to be a part owner in Maravai through RSU grants and optional employee stock purchase plans.

We offer comprehensive medical plans and HSA/FSA options.

Fertility & family planning assistance.

A variety of additional optional benefits and insurance options, including pet insurance.

Retirement contributions.

Holidays & Paid Time Off.

Company

Maravai LifeSciences

Maravai brands set the standard in nucleic acid products and services, enzyme development, and biologics safety testing.

Founded in 2014

San Diego, California, USA

501-1000 employees

http://www.maravai.com/

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