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Peyton Scott

Richmond,VA

Summary

Dedicated and focused individual seeking a role as a Project Manager, with almost 7 years of experience excelling at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve project goals. Flexible, detail-oriented and adaptive team player with expertise in project oversight, scheduling, communication, and process improvements.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Scientist

Pharmaceutical Product Development
Richmond, VA
05.2021 - Current

3 years of experience as a Principal Investigator/Project Manager in support of multiple programs, which included the following roles:

  • Communicated with appropriate parties to define project scope and goals
  • Provided project and operational oversight, ensuring timely delivery of outcomes within the project scope
  • Successfully procured materials to start and maintain project work
  • Efficiently managed daily scheduling of up to 15 full time employees; communicated updates to all team members to ensure alignment on updated plans and processes
  • Attended 3-4 internal calls on a weekly basis to report progress, data, and troubleshooting updates to the team
  • Attended 3-4 weekly external client calls; provided updates and ensured alignment of objectives
  • Calculated and monitored costs to ensure adherence to project budgets
  • Engaged in effective communication with staff, management, and cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery
  • Monitored and controlled all projects by predicting any potential risk; documented any major issues in the quality event management system
  • Wrote SQL queries to pull data to monitor trends and investigate impact of issues

Scientist

Pharmaceutical Product Development
Richmond, VA
12.2019 - 05.2021
  • Leader in department-wide creation and review of electronic documentation systems
  • Scheduled the activities to support programs within the Vaccines Department
  • Supported the development, fit for purpose, and validation stages of novel assay.

Associate Scientist

Pharmaceutical Product Development
Richmond, VA
09.2018 - 12.2019
  • Scheduled activities and monitored progress to support five different clients
  • Supported method writing, training, and electronic documentation creation
  • Supported cell culture work for 7 different clients
  • Completed electronic documentation creation training to support department-wide initiatives

Assistant Scientist

Pharmaceutical Product Development
Richmond, VA
07.2017 - 09.2018
  • Performed high-throughput activities adhering to SOPs and methods
  • Quality control of documentation; responded to PI requests for audits by maintaining 48-hour turnaround for review
  • Trained new team members on procedures and best practices
  • Scheduled weekly/monthly required activities and communication schedule changes to team

Education

Bachelor of Science - Microbiology

Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University
Blacksburg
05-2017

Skills

  • Project management/oversight
  • Scheduling/resource allocation/risk identification
  • Effective communication and collaboration across functional teams
  • Microsoft Office (MS Projects, OneNote, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook, Word, Teams)
  • Experience with HTML, CSS, SQL

Timeline

Senior Scientist

Pharmaceutical Product Development
05.2021 - Current

Scientist

Pharmaceutical Product Development
12.2019 - 05.2021

Associate Scientist

Pharmaceutical Product Development
09.2018 - 12.2019

Assistant Scientist

Pharmaceutical Product Development
07.2017 - 09.2018

Bachelor of Science - Microbiology

Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University
Peyton Scott