Job Description
How will you make an impact?
The Project and Portfolio Management group is responsible for managing new product development and special initiatives to support corporate objectives. The Project Manager is responsible for managing projects from initiation through regulatory submission. Projects could include pharmaceutical, device and combination products across the retinal, corneal and glaucoma franchises. The individual will work closely with project leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to facilitate the development of project strategy, integrated project plans and implementation of those project plans to meet defined objectives. Key accountabilities include creation and maintenance of timelines, oversight and maintenance of budgets, and oversight of timely execution of activities. The individual will establish and maintain functionally integrated project timelines and will prepare and manage project team budgets in collaboration with Finance and the cross functional team leads.
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What will you do?
- Support project leads to manage development projects from initiation to regulatory submission.
- Drive project meetings and ensure projects advance according to plan, ensuring accountability of all team members, activities and deliverables
- Facilitate cross functional strategic discussions to ensure all elements of development are planned
- Create and maintain project management deliverables including gantt charts, agendas, minutes, action item logs, decision logs, and risk registers
- Helps to identify and manage risks, assisting in the development of proactive mitigation strategies
- Manages sub-team meetings as appropriate and accurately incorporates functional area objectives into overall development plan
- Communicate transparently and in a concise fashion to relevant stakeholders regarding project status, plans, risks and strategy
- Exercise excellent judgment in determining appropriate project communications to internal and external stakeholders
- Proactively identifies critical path constraints and works with R&D management to identify solutions
Experience: 5+ years of experience in project management, preferably pharmaceutical product development.
- Project management experience supporting complex projects =Experience facilitating and documenting team meetings to enable cross-functional communication, decision-making, and alignment with internal and external stakeholders while managing project scope, deliverables, risks, and resources
- Operating knowledge of finance, including budgeting in MS project, project invoicing and accruals.
- Experience in successfully working on and completing multiple projects that require strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical product development processes and deliverables at each stage of the pipeline, with a focus on IND enabling studies through clinical proof-of-concept, pivotal clinical and regulatory submission
- Comfort working in an innovative and entrepreneurial environment; operates well with ambiguity and proactively identifies and actions solutions.
- Strong project management skills required, including attention to detail and organization skills; project management certificate preferred
- Ability to work cross functionally and collaboratively to develop and execute development plans
- Adaptability to shifting strategies or changing project priorities
- High level of communication skills including written and verbal platforms
- Expertise in project management tools including Microsoft Project, Excel, SharePoint and PowerPoint; Tableau or other BI tool experience preferred
- Bachelor's Degree required
- PMP certification preferred
These are just a few of the terms our employees use to describe their experiences as a part of the Glaukos family.
Those may seem like big aspirations, but here at Glaukos, we recognize the deep significance and profound meaning that comes from knowing that we can make a meaningful difference by helping improve eyesight of people worldwide. And because we're a rapidly growing company with a dynamic, fast-paced culture, individual employees are empowered with more diverse and enriching challenges that might not be possible at a larger company, and more fulfillment in knowing every person and every task is directly tied to making a difference in the life of others.
We offer competitive salary (based on experience), bonus eligibility, medical/dental/vision, life insurance, stock options, 401(k) Employer Match, Employee Stock Purchase Program, generous time off & paid holidays as well as time-off to volunteer in the community, plus the opportunity to work for a company that is pioneering a new glaucoma treatment class! Moreover, Glaukos Corporation has been Certified as a Great Place to Work the last three years!
Glaukos Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
About Us
Generous. Innovative. Leadership-driven. Family-oriented. Socially responsible.
Founded in 1998, Glaukos Corporation is an ophthalmic pharmaceutical and medical technology company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapies for the treatment of glaucoma, corneal disorders, and retinal diseases.
Our mission at Glaukos is to truly transform vision by pioneering novel, dropless therapies that can meaningfully advance the standard of care and improve the lives of patients suffering from chronic, sight-threatening eye diseases.
Innovation is at the core of everything we do, and we are resolute in our commitment to challenge conventional thinking with new treatment alternatives that are supported by real science, robust clinical evidence, and an unrelenting focus on patients.
Our constant pursuit of game-changing technologies that disrupt legacy treatment paradigms is encapsulated in the Glaukos mantra "We'll Go First," which articulates our willingness to take chances, our determination to forge new ground, and our commitment to continuous improvement in all that we do.
Our company completed an initial public offering in June of 2015, and our shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GKOS". Our global headquarters is in Aliso Viejo, California with additional locations in San Clemente, California, and Burlington, Massachusetts.
Glaukos Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.