Senior Specialist, Technical Project Management

Job Description

We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to drive technical changes and work with appropriate internal and external stakeholders to help us deliver technical solutions with the highest value, that improves the way we run our clinical trials for our patients, our partners, and our employees.

Candidate will have a strong background in managing Technical Projects, are intellectually curious, eager to learn and execute and a self-starter.

As a Technical Project Manager, candidate will play a key role within the team working closely with PMO Leads, technical leads, software engineers, architecture team, product managers, vendors, other technical project managers, and business functional area members across the organization hierarchy both within and across organization.

Candidate will join our Project Management Office (PMO) for one of our Company’s Enterprise-wide Accelerate multiyear program, that focuses on technology and process transformation, simplification and innovation to:

• Invest in data that fuel innovation

• Modernize our current state clinical technology and business processes by implementing a new unified clinical platform

• Transform the way we conduct our clinical trials.

• Improve the clinical trial experience for our patients.

• Improve efficiency, reduce cycle time and enable our business users to focus on what matters.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure technical capabilities and Business deliverables are documented, executed and released on time.

• Own, drive and provide oversight for the implementation of programs and projects within program, while being able to influence to gain alignment with stakeholders through use of data and logic.

• Support creation and management of all aspects of a given project, accountable to gather information, create and maintain deliverables in Jira project with clear dependencies for accurate reporting, support business case creation, and implementation.

• Identify and manage dependencies of varying complexity, potentially planning and feeding into overall program.

• Communicate clearly with all stakeholders to remove obstacles and tackle challenges that arise in complex technology projects.

• Create and maintain PMO Risk, Issue, Decision logs, Jira advance roadmap and confluence.

• Tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate. Monitor costs, times, quality and resources used, take action where these exceed agreed tolerances.

• Gain understanding of the problems or issues, manage resolutions, document impact, lessons learned, and clearly articulate those to stakeholders.

• Maintain MS Project plan with relationship diagram and create timelines slides with dependency for reporting.

• Schedule and facilitate project meetings, ensuring agendas are set and pre-work for workshops is prepared and effectively lead discussions to ensure groups don’t lose focus on real priorities.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, life science, business administration, or related fields.

• 3+ years in Project and/or Program Management supporting Information Technology, or Pharmaceutical Research or Clinical Trial Operations or Business Management

• 3+ Experience working with agile methodologies and managing agile teams (scrum, kanban, etc.).

• Hands on experience with Jira, Confluence, MS Office Suite, MS Project, and other project planning & Reporting tools.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, storytelling skills – listening with empathy, able to influence and effectively communicate complex concepts in simple ways for technical and business audiences.

• Experience working within a team supporting regulated applications deployments and change control processes (GxP, SDLC).

• A genuine interest in learning and development, self-motivated, embraces innovative ideas and fosters a collaborative atmosphere in a global organization.

• Proficiency in written and spoken English.

Preferred Experience and Skills:  

• PMP or equivalent or Scrum Master or Product Owner certification

• Prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry or Clinical Trial Operations or Information Technology.

• Basic understanding of the Clinical Trials domain from the data collection and management perspective.

• Project management experience working with stakeholders developing, testing and deploying GxP application, System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) or working with SaaS and COTS vendors.

• Good understanding of Information Technology (IT) or experience as a project manager, business analyst, scrum master, orchestrator, or solutions delivery work with IT stakeholders.

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Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

The Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job in certain states and cities within the United States. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and education.

Expected US salary range:

$111,400.00 - $175,300.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listed here.

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Required Skills:

Measurement Analysis, Portfolio, Programme, and Project Support, Program Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Waterfall Model

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

01/29/2025

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