Project Manager Management
Resume:
JOSEPH HOOKER, MBA
Media, PA 19063
abm7bs@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Project Management and Operations Director with over twenty-five years
experience for pharmaceutical, biotech and contract research organizations
with excellent management, marketing, financial, analytical, problem
solving and communications skills. Expertise in:
Clinical Development Operations Management and Leadership
Alliance Management Resource and Financial Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professional Consulting Associates, Media, PA
2008 - 2010 Clinical development, marketing, operations and business
development consulting.
Shire Pharmaceuticals, Wayne, PA
2005 - 2008
Director, R&D Project Operations 2006 - 2008
Reported to the Senior Vice President, R&D Project Operations and worked
for the Chief Medical Officer. Worked with each project head to ensure all
projects were adequately resourced and met global timelines and budget
objectives. Ran the Development Management Group meetings comprised of the
Chief Medical Officer and all R&D function heads and Marketing which
reviews, makes recommendations and endorses development plans, marketing
plans, resourcing, budgets, licensing and internal development candidates.
Created and tracked R&D metrics. Wrote high level reports and made
presentations for the CEO, the Board of Directors, Business Unit heads and
the investment community.
. Worked with the head of each of the R&D improvement initiatives for
Contracting and Management of Vendors, Effective Regulatory
Submissions, Data and Safety Review, Development of Protocols and
Clinical Development Plans, Resource Management and Global Labeling
leading to greater efficiency.
. Member of the Resource System selection and implementation task force.
. Coordinated the creation of the R&D Information Technology plan
annually.
. Received awards for implemented suggestions for process improvements.
Director, Project Management 2005 - 2006
Reported to the Vice President, Project Management. Led global CNS project
teams with responsibility for timelines, budgets and resourcing. Created
Gantt charts, spreadsheets, visual development plans, monthly reports and
websites to track, facilitate and communicate project status. Supervised
PMP certified personnel.
. Developed life cycle strategies with Marketing with probability of
success scenarios and five year plans as part of the CNS Strategic
Team.
. Received award for global training in R&D improvement initiatives.
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Cephalon Pharmaceuticals, Frazier, PA
1999 - 2005
Associate Director, Project Management
Reported to the Senior Vice President, Clinical Research and Regulatory
Affairs. Led global CNS, oncology and pain management project and
marketing teams from preclinical through launch to post-marketing with
responsibility for timelines, budgets and resourcing. Led global strategic
and tactical teams to optimize the marketing life cycle management of their
portfolio.
. Managed portfolio using probabilities of success and decision trees.
. Liaison for global alliances.
. Helped design Executive Management Dashboard system.
. Member of process mapping team.
. Led intellectual property strategy meetings with patent attorneys.
Quintiles Transnational, Durham, NC
1996 - 1999
Project Manager
Reported to the Vice President, Clinical Operations. Directed all project
activities of direct reports and departments for projects in oncology,
cardiology and vaccines.
. Oncology team received bonus from sponsor for outstanding achievement.
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Princeton, NJ
1994 - 1996
Project Manager
Managed global cross-functional drug and medical device teams for
endocrinology submissions.
. Received President's Excellence Award for rapid completion of global
trial resulting in fastest NDA approval ever for Novo.
. Received bonus for naming oral hypoglycemic compound Prandin.
DuPont-Merck Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, DE
1983 - 1994
Senior Research Scientist (Project Leader) - CNS 1993 - 1994
Project Leader for brain imaging studies for Alzheimer's drug. Trained,
supervised and directed Clinical Research Associate activities in CNS and
earlier in oncology.
Various Positions of Increasing Responsibility in R&D 1983 - 1993
EDUCATION
MBA with specialization in finance, Rider University
BA with honors, Rutgers University
Graduate Studies, Systems Analysis and Design, City University
of New York
Accelerating New Product Development, California Institute for
Technology
Intellectual Property for Technology & Business Development, Cal.
Institute for Technology
The Role of Project Management and R&D Finance, DIA
NDA Game, DIA
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