Senior Programme Manager - United Kingdom - Avalere Health

Description

About Avalere Health

Established in 2001, Avalere Health is a purposefully built commercialization partner for the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries.

Our 1,500+ experts combine their knowledge and expertise across our core disciplines — Consulting; Medical; Policy; Value, Evidence, and Access; Marketing; and Digital Experience Technology — to create the connections that make better health happen.

Avalere Health partners with its clients to navigate the complex and rapidly changing healthcare ecosystem. Together, our experts help clients connect patients with life-changing therapies, realizing the potential of strategies and solutions to accelerate innovation that improves lives.

We live and breathe our five values in everything we do: We are authentic. We act with integrity. We value difference. We play for the team. We enjoy the journey. At Avalere Health, we imagine a healthier world and create the connections to make it happen.

Location: Remote, UK

Duration: 12 months, FTC

About the role

The Senior Programme Manager will manage an enterprise wide Program of Change to meet business objectives within agreed time and quality needs. This will include all Business Change activities and well as Technology.An existing Program requires a new leader to complete the final business and technology outcomes. The objectives of the Program are to introduce a new enterprise technology platform to multiple business units which involves multiple data migrations, business enablement and onboarding and IT development work. The Program is based on Agile framework with a number of Squads.

• Define end to end program plan of all activities and outcomes with clear milestones
• Ensure progress is monitored and reported to various stakeholders
• Scope and measure the capacity and workload of each Program squad to optimise velocity
• Establish Risk and Issues framework to identify and mitigate against non-delivery
• Establish and manage a Change Control process to assess impact and benefit of requests
• Prepare and talk through updates on Program progress, issues and risks
• Collaborate with the Product Owner and Squad Leads to ensure the Program is delivering to the business priorities
• Work in collaboration with Business and IT Architecture to ensure all technology outcomes adhere to the respective strategy and IT principles
• Collaborate with IT Security to ensure all program outcomes meet the organisations security standards
• Introduce and instil a Quality Control framework for all business and technology outcomes

• Work and act independently, being self-supervising within the expectations of Senior Management with outcomes reviewed at Senior level
• Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high-levels of quality for the team
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proven track record delivering enterprise wide programs for minimum of 5 years
• Thorough understanding of program/project management techniques and methods
• Outstanding knowledge of data analysis, reporting and budgeting
• A Business acumen and strategic mindset
• Excellent Organisational and Leadership skills
• An analytical and a problem solving mindset

What we can offer

Avalere Health aims to empower every employee to develop and thrive. We empower our team with the tools, skills, and support needed to think differently and to solve healthcare's most complex challenges.

At the center of our people-led culture is our Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career. We also pride ourselves on our personalized learning approach to ensure you receive the training you need to help you grow within the company and take advantage of our global scale and scope.

We are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion in every aspect of our organization. We encourage diversity of thought, inclusive behavior, and break down barriers to ensure every individual feels valued and encouraged to contribute their unique abilities and potential. As part of our commitment to building a healthier world, every employee is also encouraged to participate in our community engagement efforts, which support a wide range of healthcare programs and wellbeing causes worldwide.

We have city hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization while maintaining and fully supporting flexible working practices. Our compensation and benefits package is benchmarked across the industry. We offer a generous company pension/retirement plan, private medical insurance, comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives, compelling time-off policy, plus many other excellent employee benefits.

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