Vaccine Development Project Manager

Kelly Government Solutions is a strategic supplier and business partner to the federal government and its key suppliers. Through our partnership with the National Institutes of Health, Kelly Government Solutions offers administrative, IT, engineering, scientific, and healthcare professionals the opportunity to work with the leading medical research center in the world. We are seeking an individual to work as a Vaccine Development Project Manager at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, which includes some work performed at the Vaccine Production Program in Gaithersburg, MD.

This is a long-term contract position which offers:

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit package

• Optional health, vision, and dental plans

• Vacation leave as well as paid federal holidays and 401K plan.

• Access to NIH’s unparalleled resources and niche scientific initiatives

TASKS/SERVICES. The contractor shall:

(1) Manage, coordinate and facilitate the development of the project plan and timelines for the development of vaccines and therapeutics, apply a general knowledge and understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process, particularly as pertinent to biologics and vaccines.

(2) Serve as a resource, apply a general knowledge and understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process, particularly as pertinent to biologics and vaccines, to the design and conduct of projects where the specifics of the project are difficult to determine in advance. Provide recommendations and seek guidance on solutions to advancing the project and/or methods used.

(3) Monitor and assess the status of projects as they progress; use critical path analysis and/or comparable project management tools to track progress; monitor deadlines and other benchmarks to ensure that VRC activities are meeting stipulated obligations.

(4) Identify current or emerging issues affecting the project tasks/activities and/or the accomplishment of its scientific objectives, the sequencing of activities, activity completion times, etc. Disseminate information to the team on the status of the activities, issues/problems, emerging schedule conflicts or opportunities to accomplish the work.

(5) Facilitate the resolution of conflicts among the team’s members who represent different

organizational groups with varying interests or concerns that may conflict with the project’s timetables, scientific requirements, availability of staff and/or staff time, available resources, sequencing demands, etc. Elevate conflicts when necessary to resolve project issues.

(6) Apply situationally appropriate project management practices to guide teams to successful completion of the project, to keep activities on schedule and to facilitate an effective project that best meets VRC and NIAID goals.

(7) Continuously collaborate with the VRC managers, laboratory heads, principal investigators, and other personnel to identify, devise, implements and maintain improvements in the management of vaccine development and manufacturing projects.

(8) Serve as the team’s information manager to originate, formulate, and disseminate project information, assessments and evaluation to assure that team members are properly apprised of progress and that member’s views concerning the project activities are properly disseminated in order to integrate project activities across the team.

(9) As assigned by the Director of Project Management, manage Vaccine Research Center (VRC) inter-agency, academic, and industrial agreements, including preparation of work plans, collate technology transfer documentation, organize agreement activities, and provide guidance to VRC on requirements and activities.

REQUIREMENTS. The contractor must have:

(1) Minimum of bachelor’s degree in the life sciences. Master’s degree preferred

(2) Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, vaccine, biologics, or similar industry

(3) Minimum of 3 years of experience in R&D, product development, or GMP manufacturing. Experience advancing Phase I/II products to clinic preferred.

(4) Minimum of 2 years of project management experience including the coordination and planning of activities on a biologics or vaccine project. Synthesize project workloads for vaccine and antibody-based development from research through Phase I and Phase I clinical trials.

(5) Experience working in a product development environment that includes participation on a cross-functional project team.

(6) Experience using project management software and ability to distill highly technical information into effective meeting presentations.

(7) Government contracting experience (statement of work (SOW) writing, technical oversight, financial planning, etc.) and alliance management experience preferred/desired

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