MCD

Job Profile: To provide support to the Management Consulting Division as it strives to ensure the continued management of projects in the area of life sciences. This will include the following:

• Development of project proposals
• Identification of project partners and developing partnerships
• Project Planning: Development of work plans, timelines, milestones and budgets
• Project implementation: Task orders, fund disbursement and maintenance of funding records
• Liaising with project partners and monitoring the progress of projects (Multiple)
• Generation of project progress reports and deviation reports
• Maintenance of Data Management System and Project Management Systems
• Planning and implementation of programs, workshops and meetings
• Development of collaterals and information for communication and outreach, research result publication and articles

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Work with the Director and Consultants to identify and evaluate research programs in life/health sciences and discoveries with commercial potential.
• Assist the Director and Consultants to develop and implement systems for technology evaluation and opportunity assessment.
• Support Consultants in editing and drafting consulting reports, license agreements and new research agreements.
• Support the work of the Director and the Consultants in developing course material and implementing outreach programs to educate stake holders in Lifescience projects.
• May support the work of the Consultants to develop and maintain database records and track procedures for day to day processes, gathering and utilizing marketing related information to support the process etc…
  


Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in life sciences plus significant demonstrated experience in project implementation is preferred. Pharmaceutical, biotechnology business experience in lieu of advanced degree will be taken into account.
• Superior writing and oral communication skills with a particular ability to translate scientific concepts into language easily understood by the nonscientist.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to attend to detail and work independently.
• Self-starter who can work under pressure, manage multiple projects and details, meet inflexible deadlines on own initiative and find creative solutions to problems.