Sr Project Mgr

Oversees, manages and coordinates all operational aspects of ongoing department level projects having significant impact on multiple organizations. Serves as liaison between project team and organization. FUNCTIONS
• Manage all aspects of project(s): planning, implementation, monitoring, completion, and follow-up.
• Manage competing timelines and prioritize critical tasks.
• Establish and achieves project standards for work quality and quantity.
• Assess project issues and develop solutions to meet scientific, productivity, quality and client satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Assist in technical, financial, and organizational issues by researching issues, providing recommendations and maintaining document archives.
• Manage and track project budget(s).
• Negotiate and reconcile the use of resources for the projects.
• Identify and anticipate schedule slips or changes and analyzes the costs and resource impact.
• Develop and implement tools, techniques and processes to provide or create information to enable informed decision making within the teams.
• Actively participate in directing the evolution and defining the role of the project.
• Ensure the project goals and objects are well understood by the various functional areas.
• Liaison with Management, Department Heads, Leaders, sub or satellite team leaders and members to obtain their continued input and feedback on the benefits, needs, and issues associated with the project.
• Maintain the master project plan and schedule for assigned projects.
• Recommend and develop operational or process improvements for the performance and successful functioning of the project team.
• Provide senior management and department heads with project management support on an as needed basis as well as for special projects.
• May manage and direct the activities of project support staff.
• Conduct annual performance reviews, and provides career counseling and general guidance.
• Identify or leads focus area projects within the overall function of project management or related projects.
• Generate periodic updates and prepare formal presentations for required forums.
• Generate individual and more complex reports utilizing various resources.
• Ensure project work complies with domestic (may also involve international) regulatory requirements and approved guidelines relevant to area of responsibility.
• Ensure project work complies with practices, policies and standard operating procedures.
• Participate in required meetings, activities, and related projects and relevant interdepartmental activities.
• Anticipate resource needs and communicate to management sponsors.
• Doctorate + 2 years of Project Management experience OR
• Masters + 4 years of Project Management experience OR
• Bachelors + 6 years of Project Management experience OR
• Associates + 10 years of Project Management experience OR
• High school/GED + 12 years of Project Management Preferred

Qualifications:
• Previous experience in change control management, project controls and capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading New Product Introduction (NPI), technology transfer, process development, lifecycle management, or commercialization programs.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects from business case development through execution and product launch.
• Experience developing and managing integrated project schedules, resource plans, risk registers, budgets, and governance processes.
• Process validation background will support the previous required qualifications.
• Administrative Shift
• 1
- year contract position with possible extension