Senior Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Managing budgets, developing schedules, managing risks / issues, facilitating meetings and reporting status.
- Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines.
- Making effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project.
- Act as a point of contact for teams when multiple workstreams are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy.
- Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
- Develop and maintain the collaborative sites (Teams, SharePoint) and shared areas required to manage project milestones/deliverables.
- Establishing effective communication plan with project team and key stakeholders.
Requirements:
- The ideal candidate will bring a combination of strategic understanding, change management experience & exceptional communication & analytical skills together.
- In addition, this person should also possess:
- 5 – 10 years of senior project management using PMBOK guidelines.
- Proven track record of collaborating with functional leads to solve complex technical/business problems and presenting solutions to leadership.
- Ability to handle ambiguity effectively and manage multiple projects at once in parallel.
- Experienced knowledge of project management methodologies such as SDLC, SCRUM, Agile, hybrid and best practices.
- Demonstrate the ability to lead teams within a highly regulated industry including but not limited to FDA 21 CFR, CFR Part 280, and ISO 13485.
- Experience working with and managing 3rd party vendors
- Experience in managing highly visible projects with multiple workstreams and technology.
- Experience with executive level communications written & oral. Establish, maintain, and collaborate stakeholder relationships, expectations both internal and external for the project and organization.
- Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrable Resilience, empathy, and accountability.
- Proficient in using Microsoft Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, MS Teams, MS Project.)
- Experience with Enterprise Content Management or Document Management systems (i.e., Opentext)
- Validation and Testing experience (Nice to have: in the Medical Device space)
- Process experience following the SDLC
- Budget Tracking
- Integration to other systems to be validated
- 5 + years of experience in large scale, global Life Science, Pharmaceutical and/or Health Care network is highly preferred.
- PMP, or PGPM PMI Certification or equivalent preferred
- Project Management specialization training preferred
- Business Administration/Computer Sciences/Engineering or related degree that provides strong PM skill development. MBA or MS a plus