What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager I or II – Hybrid position at Revel IT?
Our Tucson, AZ client has a contract opportunity for a Project Manager who is responsible for managing project information to support decision making by project teams, Life Cycle Teams (LCTs) and Life Cycle Committee (LCC).
- Hybrid position, employee should plan to come to the office 3 days a week minimum in Tucson. This may change if client decision is to come onsite full time later on.
- Manages project team information to support project team, LCT and/or LCC decision making
- Tactical coordination of timelines/budgets for all projects and functions within a LCT
- Manage execution of cross-functional plans and track of progress of activities
- Integrated resource and budget planning
- Identify gaps, potential bottlenecks or delays and challenge assumptions
- Risk management incl. critical path, risk assessment, scenario creation and analysis
- Proposes options to close gaps and get projects back on schedule
- Single point of control for project data (collect from functions/finance; owns version management and release of changes)
- Compile and communicate project reports
- Guides team processes, ensuring consistency, transparency and optimization
- Implements / pulls in best practices to project teams; fosters continuous improvement by ensuring knowledge, experience exchange
- Guides and manages preparation for project milestone reviews
- Defines, measures and reports key performance indicators for their projects, enabling teams and functions to measure and improve quality, efficiency and effectiveness
- Meeting management (sets agenda, organizes meetings, edits minutes).
- Bachelor's Degree in science, engineering or business administration – REQUIRED
- Master's Degree in Life Sciences field of study preferred
- 6 years project management and/or product development experience
- Experience in research & development preferred
- Demonstrates successful problem solving and coordination of project related activities
- Written and oral communication skills required
- Knowledge of MS Project and MPM
- Previous experience with standard project management process (PMI) desired
- Strong negotiation and meeting facilitation skills required
- Diagnostic and/or Pharmaceutical industry and relevant diagnostic area knowledge preferred
- Management of complex projects with ambitious milestones in high pressure circumstances
- Experience with projects that required activity/milestone achievement to launch the product
- Experience of challenging management in relation to data and resources
- Good understanding of the Diagnostic Design Control process preferred.
