Senior Director, Project Management & Launch Excellence

Stratis is a Market Access Strategy consultancy that specializes in data, insights, and pull-through tactics across the Market Access spectrum. They are seeking a Senior Director of Project Management & Launch Excellence to lead complex client projects and establish a best-in-class project management infrastructure, ensuring successful delivery of patient-centric programs and driving operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end project management for complex, multi-workstream engagements, including:
• Commercial and patient support program (PSP) launches
• Transitions across vendors, platforms, or service models
• Multi-brand or multi-program (example: hub, copay, pharmacy) or multi-vendor portfolios
• Rare disease and cell & gene therapy initiatives requiring high-touch coordination
• Apply structured launch excellence methodologies (project plans, communication plans, risk mitigation plans, governance plans, etc.) to ensure readiness across workstreams (patient services, data/analytics, technology, and operations)
• Serve as a senior client-facing leader, providing strategic guidance, project oversight, project plan to actual execution / delivery measurement, and communication for senior leaders to facilitate risk mitigation, and proactive issue resolution
• Manage cross-functional stakeholders including pharmaceutical clients, vendors, internal SMEs, and executive sponsors
• Ensure alignment with compliance, regulatory, and patient privacy requirements across all programs
• Establish and scale a centralized Project Management Office (PMO) within Stratis Group
• Design and implement standardized frameworks and templates, including:
• Integrated project plans and milestone-driven timelines
• Governance structures and decision-making frameworks
• Risk, issue, and dependency tracking tools
• Status reporting and executive communication templates
• Drive adoption of consistent project delivery standards across all client engagements
• Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, predictability, and quality of delivery through repeatable methodologies and tools, reconcile actual efforts to plan to inform future plans as well as optimize actual delivery
• Mentor and develop Senior / Junior Engagement Managers and Project Managers , strengthening their ability to:
• Manage complex, cross-functional projects
• Apply structured PM methodologies
• Navigate ambiguity and competing priorities
• Provide coaching on stakeholder management, executive communication, and delivery excellence
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within project teams
• Partner closely with leadership across Patient Services, Data Science & Analytics, Technology, and Strategy to ensure seamless delivery
• Translate client objectives into actionable project plans that integrate operational and analytical workstreams
• Support proposal development and solution design for new business opportunities involving complex delivery models

Requirements:

• 20 years of experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical consulting, with hands-on expertise in project management and program delivery
• Demonstrated success leading complex client delivery projects, including product launches, transitions, or large-scale transformations
• Deep understanding of Market Access, including patient support programs, HUB services, and access/reimbursement models
• Proven ability to build and operationalize PMO functions or enterprise project frameworks
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior client executives
• Strong knowledge of compliance, regulatory, and privacy considerations in pharmaceutical services
• Expertise in project management tools (Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or the like) and methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, hybrid models)
• Experience with leading and mentoring junior team members on PMO best practices
• Experience in rare disease, specialty pharma, or cell & gene therapy strongly preferred