About the role

Role Overview

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead multiple mid to large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects for the RDQA Analytics Center of Excellence (ACE). The ACE team builds and scales organizational capabilities by delivering tools, systems, workflows, metrics, and data-driven solutions that support corporate and Quality goals.

Responsibilities

Oversee and deliver large-scale, cross-functional, potentially multi-year initiatives that are strategically important.
Apply project management best practices and provide strategic input and technical expertise across RDQA functions.
Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, consistency, compliance, communication, training, and effective change management.
Drive operational excellence through process improvement, automation, standardization, harmonization, and productivity.
Act as the central communication conduit for transparency, clarity, and alignment across project teams.
Define project representatives, governance model, engagement timing, and cross-functional involvement.
Perform research, data analysis, and root cause investigations to identify process gaps, operational risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for medium-complexity initiatives (processes, systems, analytics).
May mentor/train employees and contractors providing administrative/coordination support to optimize time and resources.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
10–15+ years of project management experience.
5+ years of experience in clinical research and/or the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
Strong ability to influence teams, facilitate decisions, and drive progress in collaboration with appropriate stakeholder involvement.
Excellent communication skills, including engagement with senior leadership across diverse functions.
Experience using proven methodologies, such as:
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Lean Six Sigma (LSS)
- Agile (Scrum/Kanban)
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Consultative, analytical, and forward-thinking approach to problem-solving and solution design.
Strong stakeholder engagement and business relationship management.

Nice to Have

(Not explicitly stated beyond the listed methodologies and SME/mentoring expectations.)

About Marchon Partners

Marchon Partners is a professional services firm providing hiring and staffing support for specialized roles. The posting is for a business-operations and project-management function within RDQA (Research and Development Quality Analytics), focused on improving quality, compliance, and operational execution using data-driven tools and workflows.