After PMP, How one Project manager from pharma industry can shift to different industry like IT, Healthcare etc.
SHUBHAM SHARMAGlobal Project manager| Wintac LtdBangaloreiiii, Ka, India
Hi,
I am 8 year experienced project manager from Pharmaceutical industry, so far I've worked to manage and deliver R&D Product development projects and few SAP Implementation project (As a co-project manager).
Now after getting PMP from PMI I want to change my industry in same or relevant profile.
I don't have much knowledge that which role/profile will consider my experience and which industry will be best suited.
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
I made the opposite path time ago. The key is to understand the domain where you will work. You do not need to be a subject matter expert but you have to be close to that to interact with the subject matter experts into each initiative you will work on.
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2 replies by Evgenia Vasilakaki and SHUBHAM SHARMA
Jan 14, 2021 10:27 PM
SHUBHAM SHARMA
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Thanks Sergio.
Nov 22, 2023 7:43 AM
Evgenia Vasilakaki
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Hi Sergio, Im currently trying to switch from IT Finance sector to Pharma. Could you share the transferable skills that you had and the approach you followed in switching successfully sectors. I get some interviews but I'm dropped on the grounds of lacking the GxM and relevant regulations... Any advice on this, as I understand these are the first to learn the first months on the job.
You can review and do research of documentation about the new field, to acquire the data necessary to involve in the management of projects of your new enterprise. But reminder that your contribution is your Project Management expertise, which will be combined with the subject matter expert's knowledge to attain successful project results. You should always be firm in your PMP role.
Within industries, their are many technical domains involved. They can be things like R&D, manufacturing, distribution, back-office business systems, etc.
Many of those are transferable across industries. In fact many industries benchmark how other industries accomplish many of the same things.
Sometimes the key to changing industries, is understanding what things are common between the previous job and the new one.
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1 reply by SHUBHAM SHARMA
Jan 14, 2021 10:25 PM
SHUBHAM SHARMA
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Thank you.
I'll start searching the commonalities in industry domain.
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SHUBHAM SHARMAGlobal Project manager| Wintac LtdBangaloreiiii, Ka, India
Jan 13, 2021 2:36 PM
Replying to Keith Novak
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Within industries, their are many technical domains involved. They can be things like R&D, manufacturing, distribution, back-office business systems, etc.
Many of those are transferable across industries. In fact many industries benchmark how other industries accomplish many of the same things.
Sometimes the key to changing industries, is understanding what things are common between the previous job and the new one.
Thank you.
I'll start searching the commonalities in industry domain. Saving Changes...
SHUBHAM SHARMAGlobal Project manager| Wintac LtdBangaloreiiii, Ka, India
Jan 13, 2021 12:36 PM
Replying to Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz
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You can review and do research of documentation about the new field, to acquire the data necessary to involve in the management of projects of your new enterprise. But reminder that your contribution is your Project Management expertise, which will be combined with the subject matter expert's knowledge to attain successful project results. You should always be firm in your PMP role.
Thank you Veronica. Saving Changes...
SHUBHAM SHARMAGlobal Project manager| Wintac LtdBangaloreiiii, Ka, India
Jan 13, 2021 7:00 AM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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I made the opposite path time ago. The key is to understand the domain where you will work. You do not need to be a subject matter expert but you have to be close to that to interact with the subject matter experts into each initiative you will work on.
I come from pharma - chances are your experience is straight waterfall. If you want to go to something like IT, in addition to learning more tech things, you should also up your skills in agile methodologies like scrum and kanban Saving Changes...
Wade HarshmanScrum Master| GDITIndianapolis, In, United States
I was a project manager in a pharmaceutical company and now I work with IT. Many of the lessons you learned can be applied in other industries. Project Management as a profession is not so different, you just have to apply your skills in new ways.
I will say that IT is a different world from pharma. If you are delivering a drug, you have one chance to get it right, even if it takes a decade. With software, bugs are expected, and customers aren't willing to wait for upgrades. But you can continuously deliver new software to your customers, which you can't do with medicines. If you switch to IT, you will have to unlearn some of the lessons you have from pharma. Saving Changes...
Evgenia VasilakakiProject manager| European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDCFrankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Jan 13, 2021 7:00 AM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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I made the opposite path time ago. The key is to understand the domain where you will work. You do not need to be a subject matter expert but you have to be close to that to interact with the subject matter experts into each initiative you will work on.
Hi Sergio, Im currently trying to switch from IT Finance sector to Pharma. Could you share the transferable skills that you had and the approach you followed in switching successfully sectors. I get some interviews but I'm dropped on the grounds of lacking the GxM and relevant regulations... Any advice on this, as I understand these are the first to learn the first months on the job.
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1 reply by Noemi Giursa
Feb 14, 2024 8:16 AM
Noemi Giursa
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Hi Evgenia,
I was wondering whether you managed to make the switch? I am currently trying to switch from IT to Pharma and trying wrap my head around how to tackle it?
Thanks.
