*work schedule*
standard (mon-fri)
*environmental conditions*
office
essential functions
manages and leads projects to deliver the intended business benefits according to timelines, budget and quality standards.
- directs activities of global cross-functional teams and works with organization to ensure project dependencies are identified and communicated.
- creates program timelines as well as detailed project plans; assesses work breakdown structure (wbs), resource loading, dependencies, and milestones.
- plans and manages budgets associated with technology projects.
- evaluates percentage complete, supervises actuals to budget and mitigates overspend, tunes resource model to adhere to budget guidelines.
- collaborates with the business teams on roi measurements and benefits realization compared to baselines.
- ensures risks/issues are surfaced and mitigated, escalating information and recommending issue resolution as appropriate.
- ensures project team compliance with organization policies, sops, ich-gcp, regulatory and project specific requirements.
- supervises external vendors
qualifications:
education and experience: bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
- proficiency in the key principles of cross-functional project management (ex: time, quality, cost)
- experience with lean six sigma, agile and scrum methodologiesfamiliar with formal organizational change processes and methods (prosci or similar approach)
- strong financial acuity
- excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work across the organization and interact/influence/negotiate effectively at all levels
- critical thinker with solid judgment and strong initiative
- proven track record to lead and influence collaboration across multiple and diverse groups
- strong leadership and teamwork abilities
- ability to work independently and be a creative and innovative problem solverability to delegate, effectively prioritize own and project team members workload
- strong verbal and written communication, time management, and interpersonal skills