This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description The Director, Project Management is a senior leadership role responsible for enterprise-level governance, prioritization, and execution of new product development (NPD) and strategic initiatives across the global Diagnostics business. This role elevates project management from operational oversight to a strategic capability, ensuring disciplined execution, cross-functional alignment, and delivery against Meridian Bioscience’s growth and innovation objectives. - Own governance and execution oversight for the global Diagnostics project portfolio, including NPD, lifecycle, and strategic initiatives. - Establish portfolio-level visibility across timelines, resources, dependencies, and risk. - Drive prioritization recommendations and scenario planning to support leadership decision-making. - Ensure projects are aligned to business strategy, commercial priorities, and capacity constraints. - Define, implement, and continuously improve project management frameworks, tools, and standards across Diagnostics. - Lead and enforce a disciplined phase-gate / stage-gate governance process for new product development through commercialization. - Ensure consistent application of best practices across all projects, balancing rigor with speed and agility. - Act as escalation owner for complex, high-risk, or cross-portfolio issues. - Partner with functional leaders to ensure clear ownership, accountability, and decision-making across project teams. - Proactively identify and resolve execution risks, resource conflicts, and interdependencies. - Facilitate effective communication between project teams and executive leadership. - Enable timely trade-off discussions and course corrections to keep programs on track. - Lead, develop, and scale a team of project managers and senior project managers to support company project pipeline and initiatives. - Set performance expectations, career pathways, and succession planning for the project management function. - Coach and develop project managers to operate as strategic business partners, not just task managers. - Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement. - Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on execution feasibility, timelines, and risk. - Provide concise, actionable portfolio updates and recommendations to executive stakeholders. - Support strategic planning, annual operating plans, and long-range roadmap development. - Ensure project execution complies with applicable regulatory, quality, and design control requirements. - Partner with Quality and Regulatory Affairs to embed compliance into project planning and execution. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred - Project management certification (PMP) or equivalent required - 10-15+ years of experience in project management - 5+ years of people leadership experience managing project managers or program leaders - Demonstrated experience in IVD design and development within U.S.-based regulated environments, with strong knowledge of FDA design controls and experience project managing within a formal design control framework - Proven success operating at portfolio and enterprise levels, influencing senior leaders - Enterprise project and portfolio management - Strategic thinking with strong execution discipline - Executive communication and influence - Risk management and decision facilitation - Cross-functional leadership in regulated environments - Talent development and organizational scaling Requirements - Travel: <25% Benefits - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. (USA Only)

• Responsible for supporting delivery teams’ day to day by covering administrative and project management tasks • Juggle several tasks across a high volume of projects • Work with numerous team units • Proactively resolve any project issues • Help support the wider team with training or project-related queries • Manage delivery end to end for risk-free projects • Monitor field progress, solve problems, and implement solutions • Ensure detailed project briefs are documented and updated in CRM

• Assist Technical Project Managers with tracking, updating, and dissemination of project details • Monitor overall progress of projects to ensure milestones are on track • Establish professional relationships with National Account Customers • Communicate with various stakeholders including customers and contractors • Coordinate onsite equipment delivery specifics

School of Medicine Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,500 faculty physicians and researchers, more than 1,300 students, and more than 6,000 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Health System and the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) comprise Duke Health. a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations. Position Summary Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director, Project Delivery serves as the senior leader responsible for the strategic oversight, operational excellence, and successful execution of a designated industry-sponsored clinical trial portfolio. This role provides executive-level project governance, ensures delivery to key performance metrics, and partners across the organization to optimize project outcomes, client satisfaction, and institutional growth. The Director serves as a key escalation point and governance lead for high-profile sponsors, while mentoring Project Leads and embedding best-in-class operational practices that strengthen DCRI’s reputation as a premier academic research partner. ** NOTE: This position may have an opportunity to work remotely. All Duke University and Duke Health remote workers must reside in one of the following states or districts: Arizona; California; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Illinois; Maryland; Massachusetts; Montana; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia or Washington, DC., Washington (State), Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Maine, Ohio, New Hampshire, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oregon, Iowa, Missouri, Delaware, and Connecticut Primary Responsibilities and Task Strategic & Portfolio Governance - Own sponsor-facing governance and portfolio-level accountability for assigned industry sponsors, including delivery performance, executive engagement, and proactive risk management. - Provide executive-level oversight and governance of designated project portfolios for large industry sponsors, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and high-quality delivery - Provide portfolio-level governance and relationship management for large industry sponsors, ensuring strategic alignment and proactive risk management - Lead internal and external project governance activities (steering committee meetings, executive business reviews, portfolio performance discussions) - Partner with Clinical Operations leadership to align portfolio delivery priorities and sponsor expectations with functional execution. - Partner closely with Clinical Operations leadership to align resource planning, operational execution, and governance frameworks, ensuring seamless integration between project oversight and clinical delivery. - Partner with COO and leadership to design and implement a therapeutically aligned Project Delivery structure as a proof-of-concept model for future scaling. Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management - Maintain strong client and internal relationships - Serve as key escalation point and relationship manager for large, high-profile industry sponsors - Represent DCRI in professional and sponsor-facing forums to enhance visibility of DCRI’s expertise and operational excellence Business Development & Strategic Alignment - Collaborate with Business Development to support proposal strategy, bid defense participation, and pricing alignment - Work closely with Business Development and Research Proposal Development teams to shape proposal strategy, validate operational feasibility, and ensure competitive positioning for new opportunities - Act as the strategic connector between Business Development and Clinical Operations, bridging sponsor engagement, proposal development, and operational delivery Therapeutic & Functional Expertise - Serve as a therapeutic area expert providing input into feasibility, protocol development, and operational strategy - Interface with functional area heads (Clinical Operations, Biostatistics, Data Solutions, Regulatory, and Quality) to ensure resource alignment and operational consistency Operational Excellence & Project Performance Management - Serve as primary escalation point for operational or strategic issues across assigned projects - Partner with Project Leads to monitor project health, KPIs, risk management, and financial performance; drive corrective actions as needed - Understand and manage both project-specific and functional KPIs in collaboration with Clinical Operations and sponsor expectations - Establish clear escalation pathways and governance structures in collaboration with Sponsor and Clinical Operations leadership to manage risks and client escalations - Translate industry trends and operational intelligence into actionable insights for continuous process and performance improvement Other Duties Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein. Required Qualifications Education/Training: - Work requires a Bachelor's degree. Advanced degree preferred (e.g., MSN, MPH, MHA, PharmD, MBA). Experience: - Ten years of relevant experience to include 7 years in leadership roles. - At least five years in a leadership or management capacity in the contract research, pharmaceutical, medical device, or biotechnology industry or in an academic research organization is preferred. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Proven ability to lead global, multi-site industry-sponsored studies within the cardiovascular therapeutic area. - Strong operational and financial acumen, including P&L accountability, KPI management, and performance optimization. - Demonstrated success in stakeholder engagement, client governance, and cross-functional leadership. - Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and mentoring skills. - Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in leadership and team development. Minimum Qualifications Education Work requires a Bachelor's degree Experience Ten years of relevant experience to include 7 years in leadership roles. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE Degrees, Licensures, Certifications Ten years of relevant experience to include 7 years in leadership roles. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status. Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. 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