Project Manager II

Do you want to contribute to a larger purpose to save the lives of infants in the NICU? This is Prolacta Bioscience's mission! Take a look at this opportunity with our Project Management Office, which is seeking a structured and process driven individual, to fill the role of Senior Project Manager.

The Project Manager II will collaborate across functional areas to ensure the successful execution of business initiatives. We are looking for a responsible, articulate, and motivated Project Manager II who is viewed as a practitioner in project management with demonstrated success in delivering significant business value. This position will ensure assigned projects are implemented with rigor, integrity, and transparency; driving project work streams and managing critical processes that are aligned with the company's commercial goals and objectives.

Who Is Prolacta Bioscience? We give babies a brighter future by unlocking the biological power of human milk. Established in 1999, Prolacta Bioscience is a privately held life sciences company that has touched the lives of more than 90,000 premature infants globally. Prolacta is the world's leading hospital provider of 100% human milk-based nutritional products. Based in Southern California, we employ more than 300 people globally, many of whom have dedicated their lives to neonatal care.

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This position will ensure assigned projects are implemented structure and transparency; driving project workstreams and managing critical processes that are aligned with the company's commercial goals and objectives. This position reports to the Project Management Office Senior Manager, and is based in Duarte, CA.

* Apply critical thinking and best practice principles of project management to successfully manage complex initiatives that profoundly impact operations and influence strategic goal achievement

* Ensure assigned projects are implemented with structure, and transparency; and continuously drive teams towards benefits realization

* Successfully manage concurrent projects that are at various stages in the project life cycle with an eye on stakeholder satisfaction, anticipating the needs of the project sponsors and delivering on those needs proactively and with a high degree of quality

* Apply full lifecycle project management processes and tools using Prolacta PMO's standardized tools from project initiation and planning, through execution and closure

* Make presentations to management on project updates, project cycle, and expected results

* Manage/Control Project Timelines and Resources: can forecast variances and trends throughout the project lifecycle to ensure project resources are met and be able to ensure a seamless transition from project implementation to business

* Manage project quality: ensure that all project deliverables are in compliance with all applicable standards and regulations and able to conduct analysis on project outcomes to make appropriate recommendations to improve project

* Proactively communicate issues and concerns, providing transparency with executive management, project stakeholders and key customers

* Manage project issues and risks to acceptable resolution, in a timely manner

* Additional duties as assigned

* Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business, or similar discipline, required

* Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, preferred

* 5 years' experience in driving high priority cross-functional enterprise projects or component phases of larger programs, required

* Must be comfortable operating in an environment where scope, deliverables, responsibilities, and expectations are not always clearly defined at the assignment of a project manager; requiring the project manager to work diligently with project owners and sponsors

* Strong ability to translate strategy into action and influence results without authority

* Adaptive interpersonal and leadership skills to effectively communicate and build relationships with a broad spectrum of audiences at all organizational levels

* Able to work in an environment of rapid pace and ambiguity; ability to work under pressure, create and manage deadlines and be flexible while working on multiple projects simultaneously

* Must follow appropriate project management methodologies and processes, including managing and driving project schedule, risk and issue management and scope change management

* Experience with business process analysis, documentation, and ability to implement process improvements

* Willingness to coach, demonstrate, and teach basic project management and process improvement techniques to others

* Basic to strong understanding of other functions such as: Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Validation, Clinical Research and Development, Manufacturing, and Marketing

* Proficiency with project management practices, tools, software, and methodology

* Strong application skills (MS Project, MS Office, SharePoint, Visio, etc.) and understanding of systems for sharing and collaboration

How Prolacta benefits you

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we're committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From up to 100% healthcare coverage beginning on your first day, to discretionary stock options and 401(k) match, we value our employees' health and financial wellbeing. We offer four weeks PTO during your first year of employment and support our new parents with a generous time-off program. We encourage employees to participate in our employee affinity groups, take volunteer time off, and provide access to different educational opportunities.

What else do you need to know

Location: Duarte, CA

Schedule: M-F, 8am - 5pm

Travel: 5%-10%

FLSA: Exempt

In an effort to minimize the spread of the coronavirus and to protect our employees, all new hires in the U.S. will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by their hire date with Prolacta Bioscience unless eligible for an accommodation as provided by law.

Depending on your residential location certain laws might regulate the way Prolacta manages applicant data. California Residents, please review our Privacy Notice for California Employees and Job Applicants for further information, this can be found on Prolacta.com on www.prolacta.com . By submitting your application, you are agreeing and acknowledging that you have read and understand the above notice.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to effectively communicate (e.g., talking/ hearing), walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle, feel and reach things. The employee is occasionally required to taste, smell, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Employee will frequently lift and/or move up to ten pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Sedentary to light work; repetitive motions; pushing; pulling; visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal.

EEO Statement

"Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer." Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is committed to a proactive program of affirmative action and diversity development. The Company will continue to recruit, hire, train, and promote into all job levels without regard to race, religion, gender, marital status, familial status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, or veteran status.