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About us
Novugen is a wholly owned subsidiary company of a UAE based group, SciTech International. With over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, the company is equipped with vast and successful experience of venturing into strategic healthcare businesses and development of world-class healthcare facilities around the globe. Novugen’s passion for science and bold global strategy prepared us to respond to challenges of bringing hard-to-source and technology-intensive pharmaceutical products to the market.
Novugen specializes in niche and difficult to formulate generics for all therapeutic areas of pharmaceutical and oncology drug products while meeting stringent global quality standards. With vertical integration from Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) to Finished Products R&D and manufacturing based in Malaysia, it gives us greater control over the supply chain. Our pharmaceutical and oncology manufacturing facilities in Bandar Enstek, Negeri Sembilan are the first in Malaysia and the only in Southeast Asia with approval from USFDA.
The people behind Novugen are professionals coming from diverse backgrounds and nationalities from all over the world, working together to achieve one common goal. We are committed to ensuring early access to high-quality products that lack robust generic alternatives due to their complexity. Our vision is to be the largest and fastest growing pharmaceutical company in Southeast Asia by 2025, competing in global markets.
About the role
The Associate Manager, Project Management, will play an instrumental role in supporting the company's business strategy within the ambits of project management standards and best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage pre-commercial activities for new product launches in the various markets such as USA, EU, ASEAN and emerging markets
- Collaborate and manage internal communication with cross-functional teams e.g. R&D, Commercial, Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain Planning, Quality, technical services, and external manufacturing teams to define project objectives, scope, deliverables and execution as per plan
- Develop comprehensive project plans, including timelines, resource allocation, and budgeting, and ensure adherence to project milestones.
- Manage project budgets, track project expenses, and ensure that projects are completed within budgetary constraints
- Analyze project profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and utilizations for the Company, Client or Sponsor
- Build SKU based forecasts, prioritize launches, and communicate volume requirements to the manufacturing procurement teams for readiness in API and finished goods for Day 1/181 and competitive entry scenarios
- Lead project kick-off meetings, communicate project expectations to team members, steering committee and stakeholders, and ensure alignment on project goals and objectives. Facilitate discussions and project escalations and resolutions
- Lead and facilitate a cross functional product team. Coordinate program activities and deliverables and drive cross-functional alignment within the product team, and structures objectives to ensure execution of strategy
- Manage project communications e.g. distribution lists, communications calendar, interim progress reports, project change requests (PCRs) and document control administration. Communicate status of the project and program portfolio to all key stakeholders and the Leadership Team as required
- Identify risk to the projects in time, escalate and facilitate timely resolution
- Creating project workflow documents. Examples of such documents include but not limited to: agendas, meeting summaries, project charter and accompanying reports (timelines, risk assessments, post mortem etc) dashboard presentations for management updates
- Develop project management SOP, performance metrics, training kits and etc. Train project staff globally on project management standards, methods and best practices as the company expands in future
- To supervise and lead a team of project executives where needed, including coaching and mentoring to ensure accurate and timely execution of project deliverables
About you
- Must possess a Degree in Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Business Studies, or equivalent.
- Minimum 4 years’ related experience in Pharma, FMCG, and Healthcare industries and preferably with 1 year of leadership or supervisory experience.
- Proficient in Project Management Lifecycle, Integration and Methodologies.
- PMP certification or equivalent is added advantage.
- Lead multiple moderate-to-large cross-functional complex projects and programs.
- Strong intrapreneurial skills and mindset from start up to established organization.
- Versatile and resilient, ability to stay positive in high-pressure and ambiguous environments and work towards delivering results.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Meticulous and possess a strong attention to detail.
- Able to effectively deal and maintain relationships with stakeholders.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Project Management related tools and software (e.g. Avana, Basecamp, Trello, Notion, Airtable, etc).
