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#536: Project Management as a Catalyst for Enterprise Transformation
Tuesday June 16, 2026 1:45pm - 3:00pm EDT
202AB
Component Type: Workshop
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-26-575-L04-P; CME 1.25; PDU 1.25 PMI 21662N25CW; RN 1.25

Project Management as a Catalyst for Enterprise Transformation explores how Project Management (PM) drives strategic alignment, organizational evolution, and long-term sustainment across the enterprise. This session will examine how PM-led governance and decision-making frameworks bring clarity to chaos and accelerate transformation, while positioning PM as a strategic engine regardless of company size. Participants will engage in a hands-on exercise that applies these concepts to realistic scenarios, enabling them to identify capability gaps and define scalable PM practices that support both the evolution and the sustained success of their organizations.

Learning Objectives

Explain how PM-led governance and decision-making frameworks act as catalysts for strategic alignment and enterprise-wide transformation; Describe how to position Project Management as a strategic driver of organizational transformation across companies of all sizes; Identify PM capability gaps and define scalable practices that accelerate transformation.

Chair

Elizabeth Somers, MS

Speaker

Project Management as a Catalyst for Enterprise Transformation
Joann O'Connor

Project Management as a Catalyst for Enterprise Transformation
Jayanthi Reddy, MBA, MS


Speakers
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Joann O'Connor

Executive Director, Head of Pipeline Project Management for BD and Alliances, GSK, United States
Joann O’Connor is a pharmaceutical R&D leader with 20 years of drug development experience spanning research, development, and commercialization. She is Executive Director, Head of Pipeline Project Management for Business Development and Partnerships at GSK, where she leads a specialized... Read More →
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Jayanthi Reddy

Eikon Therapeutics, Head of Project and Portfolio Management, United States
Jay has over 20 years of pharmaceutical industry experience and over 14 years of project Management experience. She is currently the cardiovascular franchise leader within the Project Management group at Merck.
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Elizabeth Somers

Associate Vice President, Global Project and Alliance Management, Merck & Co., Inc., United States
Liz is an Associate Vice President in Global Project and Alliance Management at Merck leading a large team that is focused on end to end drug development Project Management in the therapeutic areas of Imm, Neuro, CV, ID/Vaccines and Ophthalmology. She has direct experience managing... Read More →
Tuesday June 16, 2026 1:45pm - 3:00pm EDT
202AB The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  06: ProfDevelop-Program-PortfolioMgmt, Workshop
  • Audience Intermediate
  • Level Intermediate
  • format csv
  • Credit Type ACPE, CME, PMI, RN
  • Interest Area Project Management & Strategic Planning
  • Tags Workshop

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