Program and Project Management Services Driving Success in Life Sciences
We specialize in providing top-tier program and project management solutions tailored for the life sciences industry. We are dedicated to ensuring your projects are executed efficiently, on time, and within budget. We pride ourselves on being laser focused on the customer experience as our guiding principle.
Our Services
Areas of Expertise
Our services support diverse strategic initiatives to help your organization thrive in the dynamic healthcare landscape. Our area expertise spans across product launches, technologies, business process and strategic initiatives.
New Product/Indication Launch: Planning and execution for successful market introductions.
Inline Product/Portfolio Support: Ongoing management to optimize market potential.
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Co-Promotes: Strategic guidance for smooth transitions and integration.
Marketing Campaigns (Multi-Channel): Impactful strategies across various channels.
Organizational Transformations: Enhancing agility and responsiveness through structural changes.
Change Management: Strategies for smooth transitions and maximizing buy-in.
SOPs and Process Optimization: Improving efficiency and compliance through refined procedures.
Digital Transformations/New Tech Integration: Implementing technologies to boost operations and data management.
Fostering Cross-Team Collaboration
Effective collaboration across teams is key to success in today’s healthcare landscape. Our project management support focuses on fostering cross-team collaboration to help your organization achieve strategic goals by leveraging the collective expertise of all teams.
Integrated Communication: Clear channels to ensure alignment and information sharing throughout the project lifecycle.
Shared Objectives: Common goals that foster teamwork, accountability, and productivity across departments.
Collaborative Tools: Advanced tools for real-time collaboration, tracking, and reporting to improve efficiency and transparency.
Interdisciplinary Workshops: Workshops that encourage idea sharing and problem-solving through diverse perspectives.
Feedback Mechanisms: Structured feedback processes to help teams learn and continuously improve.
Leveraging Tried & True Best Practices
Our toolkit of best practices enhances project efficiency, drives collaboration, and helps achieve strategic objectives with confidence. It ensures successful execution from start to finish.
Formal Project Documentation: Standardized documents for clarity and accountability.
Task-Level Status Tracking: Real-time progress monitoring.
Cross-Level Communication: Streamlined reporting for stakeholder transparency.
Leadership Visibility: Tools for leadership alignment on goals and milestones.
Critical Path Visibility: Identification of key tasks and dependencies for proactive management.
Organizational Readiness: Frameworks to prepare teams for change.
Seamless Implementation: Structured guidance through each phase for smooth transitions.
About Us
Rita Poole
Owner & Principal Consultant
With Over 30 years of experience supporting Fortune 500 companies and innovative start-ups in human and animal healthcare, Launch Pad PMO specializes in program & project management services that ensure successful delivery and implementation tailored to your specific needs.
Our commitment to excellence ensures that we deliver results that align with your organizational goals, driving superior customer outcomes through the successful launch and implementation of your products, services, technology, and infrastructure.
Our Project Management Delivery Focus Includes:
Comprehensive Project Planning: Developing detailed project plans that outline objectives, timelines, and resource allocations to ensure clear direction and accountability throughout the project lifecycle.
Risk Management and Mitigation: Identifying potential risks early and implementing proactive strategies to minimize impact, ensuring smooth project execution.
Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitating effective communication and collaboration among all stakeholders to align expectations and foster a supportive project environment.
Performance Monitoring and Reporting: Utilizing key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress and provide regular updates, ensuring transparency and informed decision-making throughout the project.
Agile Methodologies: Implementing agile techniques to enhance flexibility and responsiveness, adapting to changing requirements and market conditions.
Quality Assurance: Establishing robust quality control processes to ensure deliverables meet the highest standards and align with client expectations.
“A game changer in project management and launch teams. Organized, prepared, applies knowledge with no boundaries and is a strong communicator. I have worked on several integrations, launches and projects where she led cross functionally, managed agencies, saved money and created efficiencies while hearding cats.”
“A dynamic leader who fosters a collaborative environment to drive strong business results. Forward-thinking leader with a commitment to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and customers.”
“An excellent partner and owner of complex programs. Extremely organized, driven, and skilled at navigating complicated matrixed organizations. Her sense of ownership helps ensure timelines and deliverables are met, ultimately leading to a successful project.”
“Has a natural way of getting people to collaborate, create synergy and execute towards a common business goal.”
“Keeps us on track, on time and delivering strong performance with the organization, direct communication and a humor to boot! A winning combination for any business.”
“Approaches projects with a degree of restless dissatisfaction to help motivate those around her for constant improvement and to act strategically.”
“A passionate leader who knows how to lead teams through very complex and time sensitive business challenges to success. Has a tenacity that ensures projects are successful, while having a personal style that engages across boundaries and motivates team members to have as much accountability as she does.”
“The best project manager I have ever worked with. Highly proactive, has great follow through, and really understands the big picture and how all the cross functional areas fit together and drowns on each other to make a launch successful.”
“I launched both a net-new digital channel and a complex pharmaceutical brand with Rita and I can honestly say I could not have done either without her. Rita has a sharp eye for the details, can identify roadblocks a mile away and has incomparable relationship finesse to motivate players.”
“Tremendously talented and skilled leader within Commercial Strategy and Operations. Her ingenuity and tireless work ethic sets a positive example that serves to inspire her people as well as paving the road for her customers success.”
“experience and expertise were evident out of the gate as she was able to successfully manage a large cross functional launch team. In addition, a strategic thinker with an ability to deliver effective communications.”
“Inspires people to be their best through her tremendous energy, high standards and personal commitment to excellence.”
“Extensive experience was evident from day one and within six months she built an operational engine and center of excellence designed to facilitate customized engagements for patients and healthcare professionals. Rita’s approach is not a one size fits all. It’s customized to meet the unique needs of each client and their customers.”
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