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Sr. Project Manager - IVD & Reagent

Employer
Perkin Elmer
Location
Austin TX US
Closing date
Feb 2, 2018

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Sector
Pharmaceutical
Hours
Full Time
Organization Type
Corporate
DESCRIPTION
At Perkin Elmer, we are passionate about enabling our customers, scientists, and clinicians to improve human health and wellness by understanding and applying biology for a better world.  Our employees bring talent, creativity, collaboration, and energy to what they do.  Join us at Perkin Elmer and make a difference.
 
POSITION SUMMARY
The primary purpose of this role is to manage project activities at Perkin Elmer Austin site.  The Sr. Project Manager will be accountable for execution on project timelines and overall project goals from initial concept through successful commercialization, and project closure.  The Sr. Project Manager will also be responsible for identifying and resolving or escalating resource conflicts and gaps.
 
The position of Sr. Project Manager provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced, highly-motivated individual with strong project management experience and excellent communication skills. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate successful facilitation, organizational, and influencing skills.  This candidate must be able to demonstrate a proven track record in managing a range of complex, high-impact projects simultaneously.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES
  1. Project Planning
  2. Collaborates with team members to develop detailed strategic project plans (scope, milestones, roles and responsibilities, timing, budget, communication and interface with any external alliance or collaborator partner organizations, etc).
  3. Coordinates and contributes input to definition of functional strategies to meet the project and business objectives of the project plan.
  4. Project Management
  5. Leads project core teams.
  6. Manages projects within established scope, schedule, resources and budget.
  7. Complies with company quality management systems, policies and procedures.
  8. Coordinates and facilitates project meetings with a structure and agenda that is specifically engineered to ensure successful execution. Generates and disseminates meeting minutes which accurately capture key decisions, open issues and action items. Follows up on status of task and action item execution both within and outside of meetings and updates project documentation (project timeline, meeting minutes) accordingly.
  9. Proactively identifies any issues, concerns or challenges in regards to assigned project; develop action plans to address open issues, including escalation to key external stakeholders as necessary. Facilitates tradeoff decisions and removes obstacles.
  10. Conducts proactive risk management: communication of needs, mitigation plans, and requirements relevant to internal/external partners and stakeholders.
  11. Demonstrates an ability to adapt to changing business needs and priorities, to be flexible with respect to job assignments and both functional and cross-functional responsibilities; specifically, shows active and timely participation in revising and refining assigned projects and responsibilities based on project or business changes.
  12. Regularly reviews project team progress and uses processes, tools and other related resources to ensure effective team dynamics and decision-making, as well as effective interactions with all internal and external collaborators.
  13. Builds high morale and team commitments to goals and objectives by creating a compelling sense of common purpose and direction.
  14. Acts with a sense of urgency.
  15. Complies with company quality management systems, policies and procedures.
  16. Provides mentorship, if applicable
  17. Qualifications
  18. Proficient with project management principles (e.g. resource allocation, cost estimation, risks analysis).
  19. Proficient with project management tools and applications.
  20. Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Project).
  21. Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to effectively articulate complex concepts and ideas to broad audiences.
  22. Proven track record of effective decision-making; makes good business decisions and exercises sound judgment.
  23. Strong negotiation and influencing skills; can effectively drive discussions and decisions toward desired results, able to get things done without formal authority.
  24. Outstanding orientation to teamwork: works collaboratively, effectively and efficiently with others.
  25. Strong presentation skills; highly effective at summarizing and presenting decision points and key considerations.
 

 

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