Location:Remote - Thousand Oaks, CA
Employment Type: Contingent Worker (Contract, W2)
Contract Length: 12 months (possible extension)
Compensation: $50/$57 per hour (based on experience)
Summary of the Role
Support the execution of strategic initiatives within the end-to-end (E2E) Supply Chain Transformation for a large biotech pharmaceutical leader. Lead and manage complex transformation projects, integrating strong project management and change management practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery and organizational adoption. Provide structure and momentum in a dynamic, matrixed environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of supply chain transformation initiatives
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering scope, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, managing risks, issues, and dependencies to achieve project goals
- Establish and support project governance, including leadership updates and critical decision escalation
- Monitor project health, providing clear visibility into progress, risks, and required actions
- Integrate change management activities such as stakeholder engagement, communications, and adoption strategies
- Assess business and organizational impacts of transformation and create tailored change management strategies
- Engage stakeholders, facilitate effective meetings and readiness reviews to drive alignment and decisions
- Develop executive-level reporting and dashboards on project execution and business readiness
- Capture lessons learned to drive continuous improvement of project and change management practices
Required Experience & Skills
- Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional transformation projects
- Strong project management skills including planning, governance, risk management, and execution
- Proven ability to coordinate and drive accountability across matrixed teams
- Experience in organizational change management, including stakeholder engagement, communication, training, and adoption
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication abilities
- Ability to integrate project management and change management into cohesive execution
- Ability to bring structure, clarity, and momentum to complex or ambiguous settings
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in supply chain, manufacturing, life sciences, or other highly regulated environments
- Familiarity with established project management and change management methodologies
- Relevant project management and change management certifications
- Healthcare industry experience
Top 3 Must Have Skills
1. Project Management for complex transformation projects
2. Change Management expertise
3. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Drive day-to-day execution across multiple global supply chain transformation initiatives
- Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, dependencies, and readiness activities
- Coordinate across teams, workstreams, functional leaders, and key stakeholders
- Identify and manage risks, issues, and readiness gaps, escalating as appropriate
- Prepare concise updates, dashboards, and governance materials for leadership
- Facilitate meetings, workshops, and readiness reviews to drive outcomes and decisions
- Execute targeted communication, engagement, training, and adoption activities
- Support business leaders to strengthen change sponsorship and prepare teams for implementation
- Monitor project delivery and readiness, adjusting plans as needed
- Manage competing priorities while driving projects through stabilization and transition
Basic Qualifications
- Doctorate degree or
- Master’s degree and 2 years of experience or
- Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience or
- Associate’s degree and 8 years of experience or
- High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience
This posting is for Contingent Worker, not an FTE