Job Description

The Senior Manager Project Managemen t is a highly skilled project manager who carefully plans and manages all the tasks and activities involved in complex cross functional strategic initiatives. They are responsible for driving and delivering results per charter goals, managing scope, schedule, quality, resources, risk and value/ benefit. The Senior Project Manager coordinates the project constraints and oversees and drives the progress of the project until its completion and until the value is realized. The senior project manager regularly interfaces with senior leaders across R&D to ensure the scope and deliverables are in line with expectations and do not deviate from the initial project plan, managing change control as necessary. They drive stakeholder and senior leader engagement and communication throughout the lifecycle of the initiative to enable informed decision-making and organization buy-in. A project manager remains on duty for the life cycle of the project. The Senior Project Manager typically interfaces with senior leaders across R&D.

This role has a 3-day onsite requirement and is not eligible fully remote. Relocation assistance is provided for those who qualify.

A typical day in this role looks like:

• Plan, manage, execute and deliver a complex project/ strategic initiative through its lifecycle within the approved scope, schedule and budget
  • Secures acceptance and approval of deliverables and perceived value from the Project Sponsor and Stakeholders
  • Determines and manages any project dependencies and critical path for all project activities and artifacts
  • Estimates, negotiates, and coordinates project resources
  • Maintains the Project Charter, schedule, issues log, budget and risk management plan, and project-level communications
  • Manages the risk register and the escalation of risks and issues. Analyzes, evaluates and mitigate project risks and issues and report out to sponsors, governance committees and sr. management stakeholders
  • Partners with Change Manager to ensure all PM/CM tasks are delivered and integrated
  • Manages necessary project change control/ baselining process
  • Leading and ensuring the design of implementation strategies and plans
  • Strategic Facilitator driving the business in the analysis of current and future state processes
• Develop, manage and orchestrate project communications across the project team and organization
• Runs regular Project Team meetings with core team and Sponsor Check-In meetings
• Provide regular status updates to the Sponsors and Project Management Leadership, including project-level risks, issues, and escalations
• Oversees progress reports/ dashboards to highlight status, risks, issues and escalations
• Collaborates with cross functional team, project lead, project manager to generate program and/or project artifacts
• Ensure the project achieves its goals, objectives and deliverables as defined by the project charter
• Drives the development of project and process metrics
• Monitors project value/ benefit
• Helps mature the Project Management processes by driving research, innovation and best practices
• Recommends and contributes to project management continuous improvements and process changes

This role may be for you if:

• Project Management Methodologies. Strong knowledge of project management methodologies to help structure, standardize and organize methods for the execution of the project. Demonstrates commitment to continuity/ sustainability of project management discipline in the organization
• Organizational Savvy. Ability to understand how objectives of the project align to business and strategic goals.
• Stakeholder Management. Ability to work with a wide range of individuals at senior levels. Invests time to understand the needs of internal customers. Defines services considering the current needs of internal customers
• Leading with Authority. Ability to hold the team accountable and enforce constraints
• Critical Thinking. Ability to make quick decisions within a set of constraints, foreseeing the potential implications
• Problem Solving. Ability to gather information, weigh the associated risks and benefits and formulate the best solution
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills. Effectively liaise between different stakeholders and team members facilitating cohesion within the environment
• Adaptability and Flexibility. Ability to adjust to evolving strategy
• Patience. Not giving into frustration when challenges arise. Ability to remain calm and inspire persistence and diffuses conflicts
• Change Management Knowledge. Understanding of change management processes to effectively implement changes that may occur during the lifecycle of the project
• Influence. Ability to influence, drive and motivate leaders and team members. Understands problems related to the project, project team and stakeholders. Takes action to persuade, including careful preparation of data; provides two or more options in a presentation of discussion. Understands the company's formal and informal or hierarchical structure, including the main players in the "chain of command" and decision makers
• Managing Conflict. Harness opposing ideas to ensure that decisions are made with the benefit of diverse perspectives, the full knowledge of impact and trade-offs. Escalate as appropriate
• Leadership. Establishes environments which present opportunities for empowered and autonomous working

In order to be considered qualified for this role, a minimum of a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant project management industry experience managing large, complex projects. A PMP certification is highly preferred.

Does this sound like you? Apply now to take your first step towards living the Regeneron Way! We have an inclusive and diverse culture that provides comprehensive benefits, which often include (depending on location) health and wellness programs, fitness centers, equity awards, annual bonuses, and paid time off for eligible employees at all levels!

Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, nationality, national or ethnic origin, civil status, age, citizenship status, membership of the Traveler community, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, familial status, marital or registered civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, gender identity, gender reassignment, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The Company will also provide reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities or chronic illnesses of an otherwise qualified applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of the Company's business.

For roles in which the hired candidate will be working in the U.S., the salary ranges provided are shown in accordance with U.S. law and apply to U.S.-based positions. For roles which will be based in Japan and/or Canada, the salary ranges are shown in accordance with the applicable local law and currency. If you are outside the U.S, Japan or Canada, please speak with your recruiter about salaries and benefits in your location.

Please note that certain background checks will form part of the recruitment process. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with the law of the country where the position is based, including the type of background checks conducted. The purpose of carrying out such checks is for Regeneron to verify certain information regarding a candidate prior to the commencement of employment such as identity, right to work, educational qualifications etc.

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