Years of professional experience in biotech/pharma
Andy Wydler
Project Management Leader
Allschwil,BL
Summary
Seasoned professional passioned in driving strategy and program
excellence, combined with leadership skills, extensive experience in
Drug Development to accelerate the delivery of innovative medicines
and better solutions to patients, leading to a long-lasting input to
human beings.
Overview
17
17
7
7
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certificates
3
3
Languages
25
25
Work experience
15
15
Experience with drug development candidates (compounds)
26
26
Experience gained in various of indications
Work History
Project Management Leader (PML)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson
Allschwil (BL)
2019.01 - Current
- Co-Lead as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Compound Development Team (CDT)/sub-teams to meet or exceed the team goals by providing global cross-functional operational leadership in a matrix organization
- Drive insight generation, interpretation, and implementation to facilitate decision-making and strategy refinement
- Holds the cross-functional team accountable for developing and delivering the governance-approved compound development plan within budget, timelines, and scope
- Navigate the team through complexities of drug development and JRD to obtain strategy approval and secure necessary resources
- Deploy core PML methodologies, tools, and frameworks to operationalize the strategy
- Foster team confidence and safeguard team performance through coaching and periodic reviews of team health
Senior Global R&D Program Manager
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Allschwil (BL)
2014.01 - 2018.12
Senior Clinical Development Program Manager
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Allschwil (BL)
2013.03 - 2013.12
Clinical Development Program Manager
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Allschwil (BL)
2011.01 - 2013.02
Life Cycle Project Manager
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Allschwil (BL)
2008.01 - 2010.12
Life Cycle Associate
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Allschwil (BL)
2006.03 - 2007.12
Education
Six Sigma Black Belt, International Certificate - Quality Management Methodology
Aveta Business Institute
Online 2017.01 - 2017.12
Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management
Project Management Institute (PMI)
2016.01 - 2016.12
Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) - Business Administration
University of Applied Sciences And Arts, Switzerland - School of Business
Basel, Switzerland 2012.01 - 2014.12
Executive in Project Management - Eidg. Dipl. PM - Project Management
Höhere Fachschule Für Wirtschaft – Baselland
Reinach (BL), Switzerland 2007.01 - 2008.12
Skills
Program Leadership
undefinedAccomplishments
- Co-leading a global, cross-functional Compound Development Teams and taking the lead in translating the program strategy into an integrated program plan for execution.
- Supervised team of 3-6 staff members in so called "Project Management Teams (PMTs) at Janssen, J&J.
- Collaborated with global, cross-functional teams of up to 25 in the development of 15 drug development candidates.
- Lead coordination of the initial NDA/EMA filing of a blockbuster candidate and largest dossier every filed in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), leading to a submission 3 weeks ahead of internal target.
- Successfully led the 10 PMO assessments of external opportunities for Due diligence projects, assigned by the Business Development within Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Janssen, J&J.
- Contribution as core team member of a global, cross-therapeutic workstream to re-designed the risk management process within the Project Management Office (PMO) in Janssen, J&J.
- Self-developed several excel based solutions to overcome specific challenges Compound Developments were facing.
- Re-designed business process at SIX Swiss Exchange as part of the EMA Specialization module "Management Consulting".
Affiliations
- Project Management Institute (PMI)
- PMI Swiss Chapter member
- (SPM) Swiss Project Management Association
- Women’s Leadership & Inclusion (WLI) community at J&J
- Alley of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion community at J&J
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Publications
Projektmanagement-Effektivität in Business-Organisationen (in German)
ISBN 978-3-640-14633-8 - Published on 28 July, 2008
Timeline
Project Management Leader (PML)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson
2019.01 - Current
Six Sigma Black Belt
2017-12
Six Sigma Black Belt, International Certificate - Quality Management Methodology
Aveta Business Institute
2017.01 - 2017.12
Project Management Professional (PMP)
2016-12
Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management
Project Management Institute (PMI)
2016.01 - 2016.12
Senior Global R&D Program Manager
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
2014.01 - 2018.12
Senior Clinical Development Program Manager
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
2013.03 - 2013.12
Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) - Business Administration
University of Applied Sciences And Arts, Switzerland - School of Business
2012.01 - 2014.12
Clinical Development Program Manager
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
2011.01 - 2013.02
Life Cycle Project Manager
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
2008.01 - 2010.12
Executive in Project Management - Eidg. Dipl. PM - Project Management
Höhere Fachschule Für Wirtschaft – Baselland
2007.01 - 2008.12
Life Cycle Associate
Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd
2006.03 - 2007.12
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