Senior Project Manager- Rochester, NY or Raritan, NJ

The Career Potential Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is committed to improving and saving lives with diagnostics. To do this we hire people who share this dream and are ready for new adventures. As a valued team member, you will carve your own career path and be part of building this company stronger and better than ever before. There is no limit to the experiences, opportunities and new directions you will have access to here at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics. More importantly, you will be driving the surge of a whole new direction in important medicine. That’s something we can all take pride in as we take this journey together. Ortho is known in the industry as a leader in customer service and support. Deeply understanding and exceeding the needs of our clinical lab, hospital and blood bank customers is what we do. It’s who we are. If you join Ortho, no matter what your role, you will be expected to keep that Customer Excellence focus in your work. The Opportunity The Senior Project Manager is a strategic business leader responsible for the oversight and management of end-to-end activities on complex medical diagnostic equipment, assays, and business improvement projects with an emphasis on driving quality execution. Anticipates, identifies, and addresses critical inter-dependencies and delivers insights through issue identification, resolution and contingency planning, ultimately guiding teams towards milestone achievement. A Senior Project Manager must be able to work independently and have strong critical thinking and decision-making skills and the ability to influence without authority, infusing the project teams with a sense of urgency, ownership and accountability and culture of high performance. Capable of managing highly complex projects and/or leading low and moderate complexity projects with minimal direction of senior leadership. This position can be based in Rochester, NY, or Raritan, NY. Remote work options may be considered. Qualified candidates requiring H1B and TN sponsorship will be considered. The Responsibilities Delivers fundamental project management tools and composes project plans including schedule, budget and product features, incorporating input across multiple functions and outside partners. Outlines and tracks dependencies between functional areas. Proactively influences and makes timely decisions and takes actions reflective of business objectives on delivery and alternative courses of action to ensure project/product are on time, on specification, and on budget. Runs regularly scheduled team meetings, providing transparency around project progress (schedule, budget, resources and scope). Sets agenda and documents meeting outcomes. Identifies key issues and potential challenges and proactively facilitates scenario planning to identify the best choice among alternatives. Recognizes conflict and applies strategies to overcome it. Identifies and drives for resolution on issues related to project plan (schedule, budget, resources and scope), facilitating discussions between stakeholders. Escalates issues when appropriate. Drives the team from concept through completion using defined policies and procedures. Assures all deliverables are completed and documented properly in each phase. Ability to keep the project moving toward successful completion leveraging aggressive schedules and overcoming unanticipated developments. Provides information and negotiates alignment regarding tasks, plans, schedules, and strategies to stakeholders partnering to capture and document requirements and specifications. Proactively follows up and holds team members accountable to ensure project deliverables and interim milestones are met. Builds relationships and effectively communicates status and opportunities for improvement throughout the team and across multiple levels of the business. Provides candid and constructive feedback to functional leaders relative to individual performance. Motivates the team to exceed expectations. Ability to encourage and enable people to work together as a team to accomplish the project Promotes cross-team knowledge transfer of lessons learned. Delivers informative, well-organized presentations on project status and selected project topics. Authors promote and implement process improvements and project management best practice methodologies and tools. Expected to manage multiple highly complex projects simultaneously. Keeps track of lessons learned and shares those lessons with team members. May lead projects of low and moderate complexity with minimal leadership oversight. Creates a positive environment; Drives sense of urgency and motivates the team. Perform other work-related duties as assigned. The Individual • Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree in Biotechnology/Biomedical Engineering or related discipline strongly preferred. • Minimum 7 years of project management including schedule development, execution, and project delivery required • Minimum 8 years of experience working in R&D or manufacturing environments. • Diagnostics or medical device industry preferred • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Agile Certified Practitioner or Scrum Master required is strongly preferred • Familiar with Medical Regulatory practices is a strong plus. • Detailed understanding of new product development process with the ability to adapt project management processes to Ortho's product life cycle. • Demonstrated management role of complex cross-functional projects. • Demonstrated leadership role of low and moderately complex cross-functional projects. • Expertise using Microsoft Project or equivalent project management software required including best practices for creating schedules, updating schedules, and critical path analysis of highly complex schedules • Familiarity with the latest project management methodology (e.g. Agile) is preferred • Strong interpersonal, communication (written and oral), and presentation skills required. • Ability to take calculated risks and demonstrated ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment required • Ability to influence and present information to all levels of the organization including senior management required • Able to identify problems and lead proactive problem-solving efforts to achieve project goals. • Must be willing and able to travel: 20% Domestically/15% Internationally • Key Working Relationships- Internal: Subject Matter Experts, Functional Leaders, Strategic Business Unit Leadership, Executive Leadership. External- Technical, Operational and Project Management Contract partners, Regulatory Agencies, Funding Agencies Colorado State Posting Details: This position’s starting salary is between $99,000 and $198,000 per year, and it is bonus eligible. Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the candidate, in addition to internal equity and alignment with market data. Ortho offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, along with a 401(k) plan, employee assistance program, paid time off (including paid sick time), and paid holidays. All benefits are non-contractual, and Ortho may amend, terminate, or enhance the benefits provided, as it deems appropriate. EOE/AA Disability/Veteran #LI-Remote