col-wideJob Description:**Description****Senior Director, Project Management**Syneos Health is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization purpose-built to accelerate customer success. We lead with a product development mindset, seamlessly connecting our capabilities to add high-value insights to speed therapies to patients and provide practical value to help our customers achieve their objectives.Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you'll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:**WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE****Why Syneos Health**- We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.- We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.- We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.**Job responsibilities**- Maximizes employee performance through coaching and hands-on operational and financial project support, ensuring quality implementation of studies delivered on time and on budget- Supports growth and development of line reports through collaboration with project teams and resourcing and identification of related opportunities within and external to assigned projects.- Utilizes relevant systems and reports to monitor applicable study level metrics, adherence to Standard Operating Procedures/Work Instructions (SOP/WIs) and required training and documentation- Builds strong relationships with line reports and provides continuous monitoring/support of employee motivation and job satisfaction.- Leads development and implementation of tools, processes and engagement strategies to support employee motivation, satisfaction and retention.- Provide feedback to line reports both real-time and through the appraisal process to develop key project management competencies.- Performs ongoing assessment of employee training needs, processes, procedures and other aspects of work environment and leads the development/delivery of new or enhanced, processes, procedures and training, including provision of scientific training to expand project management knowledge across different disease types.- Act as a change agent; develop and implement helpful materials and information to support the change of team members, champion change by gaining support and commitment from employees by explaining how new initiatives or changes will benefit them- Leads interview and selection process of project management staff.- Collaborate with Project Delivery team to ensure PMs are successfully delivering based on study metrics and reporting.- May serve as mentor to other project management line managers**Qualifications****What we're looking for**- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, nursing degree, or equivalent related experience, plus extensive clinical research experience in a contract research organization, pharmaceutical or Biotechnology Company, including some time in a leadership capacity or equivalent combination of education, training and experience is required.- Extensive knowledge of GCP/ICH guidelines and other applicable regulatory requirement- Strong PM delivery capability as evidenced by a successful track record of managing clinical projects.- Demonstrated ability to develop talent- Ability to juggle a large team and prioritize key areas that drive maximum impact- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and change management skills, both written and spoken, with an ability to inform, influence, convince, and persuade- Strong time management, technical and organizational skills. Ability to work independently and within a team environment.- Knowledge of basic financial concepts as related to forecasting and budgeting. Understands project budgets.- Must demonstrate good computer skills and be able to embrace new technologies- Ability to travel as necessary (up to 25%)**Get to know Syneos Health**Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authori
