Responsibilities:

·         Support senior management in operational and strategic activities of the Nucleic Acids Therapeutics Initiative (NATi) Joint Coordination Office (JCO), including, but not limited to:

·         Formulating and executing strategies to build industry-relevant capabilities and infrastructure.

·         Managing positive relationships and ensuring effective governance of relationships with partners, including clinical and industry partners locally and globally.

·         Ensuring good governance and management of funding and projects.

·         Contributing to organisational budget planning process and liaising closely with resource management and business development teams to ensure accurate and robust budget monitoring against project plans.

·         Provide leadership for project management team:

• Define and implement the project management team strategy, standards and processes, and organisational structure in alignment with the initiative’s strategy.
• Supervise, coach, and develop the project management team members, and ensure the appropriate competence level of all group members.
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the project management team and provide performance feedback and goal setting.
• Instil and promote project management standards and guidelines. 

·     Oversee the planning, execution and coordination of all projects.

• Ensure post-project reviews are in place and include lessons learnt exercises which identify both positive and negative outcomes to be actioned.
• Organise and lead regular review meetings with the project management team to track the progress of NATi projects.
• Organise and lead regular updates on project status, including timelines, budgets, risks, and issues to the senior management.
• Organise and lead regular meetings with the Cell and Gene Therapy Steering Committee and NAT Scientific and Business Advisory Board, or any other committees/boards as required.
• Form good user relations by cultivating trust and building a good rapport with project teams, stakeholders, vendors and industry partners.
• Provide strong leadership in a matrix environment to promote collaborative efforts among multi-disciplinary teams.
• Manage and ensure effective communication across project teams, stakeholders, vendors, and industry partners.
• Perform any other relevant duties as required.

Requirements:

• Bachelor or Masters in life sciences, biomedical sciences, engineering or business management specialisation with at least 5 to 8 years of relevant industry and/or project management experience.
• PhD in Chemical, Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences will be advantageous.
• Extensive project leadership / management experience and proficient in project management methodology, techniques, and tools.
• Certification in Project Management (e.g. PMP, CITPM) preferred.
• Experience in business process management and certification in Business Analysis (e.g. CBAP) will be advantageous.
• In-depth knowledge of working principles in pharmaceutical industries. Experience in multiple clinical indications and/or therapy areas will be advantageous.
• Outstanding writing abilities, oral communication, and presentation skills with a flair for engaging multiple stakeholders for outcome-driven discussions.
• Ability to exert influence at multiple levels across the organisation with strong collaboration and persuasion skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and conflict management skills.
• Energetic self-starter with the ability to multi-task and take on concurrent projects.
• Adaptable and flexible, with the ability to self-direct and flex between varieties of approaches projects, and priorities.
• Willingness to take on required/necessary tasks beyond the job description.