- Highly interactive sessions, in a safe environment to share issues, challenges and learning
- Peer to peer advice
- Tools and tips from expert facilitator(s)
- Drug development project leaders and project managers
- Pharmaceutical industry, biotech
- Share their own challenges with like-minded people
- Pick up some successful approaches from others
- Hear some tips from our expert moderator
- Elect to attend further sessions
- 1-hour virtual session
- Free of charge (booking required)
- 8 – 16 participants
The Project Manager role is changing – A skill shift is taking place – Are we equipped and ready?
Today’s project management professionals are dealing with significant changes to conventional ways of working. For example, the widespread adoption of remote working, a recent significant decline in the use of pure waterfall project methodology and corresponding rise in the use of hybrid models (that use elements of both waterfall and agile) and the continued and emerging impact of automation and artificial intelligence on the nature of work. In addition, more and more industries are becoming projectized and the demand for skilled project managers is projected to soar over the coming decade.
Research data indicates that based on these emerging challenges, companies need to rethink how work is organized and at the same time address skill shifts to stay competitive.
Areas we will cover during this session:
- Is a skills shift taking place based on the changing nature of work?
- What skills should we focus on to bridge the projected project management talent gap?
- How do we best address skill gaps?
Tom has held a variety of project leadership/management positions throughout his career (from project leader to SVP level) and has been fortunate enough to work with and lead teams that have developed and launched a number of pharmaceutical, medical device and in-vitro diagnostic products. Tom has worked for a variety of organizations ranging in size from small start-ups to big pharma (Roche) and now works as a freelance project management consultant.
Tom regularly speaks at and chairs international Project, Programme and Portfolio management conferences and has been a member of the Pharmaceutical Industry Project Management Groups (PIPMG) Executive Committee since 1999 (including a three-year period as chair) and is also a board director of PIPMG Ltd.