Location: Irvine, CA (hybrid: 2 days remote, 3 days on-site)

Contract Length: 12 Months

Pay Rate: $50-60/hr

The Senior Project Manager - Skincare will be responsible for leading the stage gate lifecycle process from project initiation through launch for Aesthetics projects.

Main Areas of Responsibilities

• Leads cross-functional team members to develop and drive the project, including product evaluation & development.
• Manages the project and associated cross-functional plans to drive execution in collaboration with R&D, Operations & Commercial and ensures alignment with the Commercial Strategy.
• Ensures milestones, goals, and budget are achieved and risk is effectively managed.
• Communicates milestones and deliverables status to leadership. Including mitigation strategy and compression opportunities.
• Responsible for COGs estimates and expense reporting financials including annual budgeting, tracking and monitoring of monthly actuals against the approved forecast.
• Provides decision analysis expertise and tools to the teams for strategic planning and operational execution.
• Acts as the subject matter expert for product development process, project governance, development plans, critical path, decision trees and project financials.
• Ensures adherence to all governance processes, deliverables and escalations
• Plans and leads kick-off meetings, clarifying individual roles and responsibilities and defining expectations and success factors for the team
• Maintains all systems and tools necessary to appropriately track initiatives as well as pipeline status

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of multi-functional experience in Supply chain, QA, R&D, Finance, Regulatory
• Demonstrated experience within Skincare, Pharma, or Medical Device Research and Development

Preferred Skills/Qualification

• Demonstrated experience in using project management best practices
• Experience leading cross-functional project teams
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities, solve complex problems and manage ambiguity in a dynamic environment
• Ability to encourage intelligent risk taking and a bold culture.

Education

• Undergraduate degree within a relevant course of study, MBA preferred
• Formal project management training or PMP Certification is desirable

Top skills, experience or education required for this position:

• 5 years Demonstrated Project Management Experience managing multiple priorities; Expert use of MS Project
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams in fast-paced R&D environment
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• R&D Industry Experience: OTC Skincare, Pharma, Medical Device
• Minimum of Bachelors in relevant course studies; preferably life sciences

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.