Information Technology Project Manager

Job Purpose:

The IT Project Manager will lead, oversee and ensure the successful delivery and management of single or multiple projects. The Project Manager must do this within scope, to a certain quality, and within time and cost constraints. These factors may be clearly defined or may require dynamic change management to deliver business value.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze project proposals to determine time frame, funding limitations and appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan.
• Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Implement a project communication plan.
• Perform risk assessment and implement mitigation plans.
• Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality and integrity of information, while providing consistency in content and “look and feel” across the organization.
• Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives.
• Ensure that project goals are achieved.
• Assign duties and responsibilities to project personnel and define the scope of their authority.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify schedules or plans as required.
• Establish standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
• Benchmark project management performance continuously to identify the potential for improvements and increase capability in project and portfolio management.
• Understand technical options, limitations, costs, and risks. Communicate tradeoffs to business stakeholders.
• Work with business and delivery teams to prioritize requirements according to project goals.
• Help resolve competing priorities between stakeholder groups by facilitating stakeholder discussions and escalate issues where appropriate.
• Explore new ways to increase customer or client satisfaction.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite/ Office 365
• Strong written and verbal communication skills,
• Understanding of Technology solutions, e.g. Web Services, Cloud compute.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with agile development methodologies and agile planning tools such as Jira and Azure DevOps
• Familiarity with project management methodologies (for example, that of the Project
• Management Institute, PRINCE2 and agile approaches)
• Sensitivity to working in a political environment and to interacting with senior leadership
• Strong problem resolution, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Experience preparing and presenting on Project proposals, progress, benefits and risks
• Expertise in setting and managing customer expectations
• Distinctive blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills. This blend is vital because this is a highly visible position with substantial impact
• Effective influencing and negotiating skills in an environment where this role may not directly control resources
• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence
• Ability to develop and execute a project resource plan that ensures that the right people are in the right place doing the right things at the right time
• 3 years' of experience in related industry - Clinical Trials/ Logistics
• Knowledge of Clinical Trial Systems (EDC, IRT, CTMS), Good Clinical Practice and related industry regulations