Project Manager

JOB SUMMARY

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for masterminding, outlining, and developing internal and external project plans. You will design project goals and success markers that will be clearly communicated to all project team members while motivating each respectively to hit their individual and project team goals.

You will act as a liaison between the project team and upper-level management (and at the customers’ organization). You will prepare and present frequent progress reports to all levels of the organization.

You will work closely with all project team members to ensure that all projects are delivered on time and within the established budgets.

You must be able to work in a multi-cultural organization covering a diverse set of education and experiences from junior to the senior most level in and outside the organization.

Under the supervision of the Chief Operating Officer and according to company objectives this position is responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

Essential Functions

• Build and develop the project team to ensure maximum performance, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation
• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation
• Meet with clients (or internal resources) to take detailed information and clarify specific requirements for each project
• Assign, coordinate and monitor internal and external projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget to ensure project efficiency and maximize deliverables
• Responsible for tracking individual project performance as well as the overall Precision Global Schedule (PGS) which contains all projects in our enterprise portfolio
• Analyze project status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or budget to ensure that project requirements can be met
• Solely responsible for resource and task ‘collision detection’ across all enterprise projects
• Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner
• Resolve problems, identify trends, determine and propose system or process improvements, along with implementation plan
• Develop comprehensive detailed project plans to be shared internally or externally
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement
• Utilize visual tools or applications to clarify a point or message along with tracking and performance indicators
• Prepare project status reports, meeting minutes and action plans
• Special projects as assigned by the Chief Operating Officer

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
• 6-8 years relevant project management, FDA 820 Design Control Methodologies experience preferred
• Experience with process improvement and/or root cause analysis methodologies
• Individual who is self-motivated, professional, organized and detail-oriented, with excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proven ability to solve problems creatively
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
• Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
• Advanced time management and analytical skills are required
• Commitment to superior quality and professional service.
• Ability to professionally manage confidential information.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment to effectively prioritize multiple tasks.
• Individual should be proficient in the following applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Project.
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline
• Experience working in the animal health/pharmaceutical industry is preferred
• Experience working in a GMP, FDA regulated or ISO 9000 certified facility is a plus