Revel IT

Our Tucson, AZ client has a contract opportunity for a Project Manager who is responsible for managing project information to support decision making by project teams, Life Cycle Teams (LCTs) and Life Cycle Committee (LCC).

 

  • Hybrid position, employee should plan to come to the office 3+ days a week minimum in Tucson. This may change if client decision is to come onsite full time later on.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Manages project team information to support project team, LCT and/or LCC decision making
  • Tactical coordination of timelines/budgets for all projects and functions within a LCT
  • Manage execution of cross-functional plans and track of progress of activities
  • Integrated resource and budget planning
  • Identify gaps, potential bottlenecks or delays and challenge assumptions
  • Risk management incl. critical path, risk assessment, scenario creation and analysis
  • Proposes options to close gaps and get projects back on schedule
  • Single point of control for project data (collect from functions/finance; owns version management and release of changes)
  • Compile and communicate project reports
  • Guides team processes, ensuring consistency, transparency and optimization
  • Implements / pulls in best practices to project teams; fosters continuous improvement by ensuring knowledge, experience exchange
  • Guides and manages preparation for project milestone reviews
  • Defines, measures and reports key performance indicators for their projects, enabling teams and functions to measure and improve quality, efficiency and effectiveness
  • Meeting management (sets agenda, organizes meetings, edits minutes).

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in science, engineering or business administration – REQUIRED
  • Master’s Degree in Life Sciences field of study preferred
  • 6 years project management and/or product development experience
  • Experience in research & development preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Demonstrates successful problem solving and coordination of project related activities
  • Written and oral communication skills required
  • Knowledge of MS Project and MPM
  • Previous experience with standard project management process (PMI) desired
  • Strong negotiation and meeting facilitation skills required
  • Diagnostic and/or Pharmaceutical industry and relevant diagnostic area knowledge preferred
  • Management of complex projects with ambitious milestones in high pressure circumstances
  • Experience with projects that required activity/milestone achievement to launch the product
  • Experience of challenging management in relation to data and resources
  • Good understanding of the Diagnostic Design Control process preferred.

To apply for this job please visit www.revelit.com.