Project Manager - Pharmaceutical Solutions Job
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Our client is an provider of online solutions for pharmaceutical companies to reach their target market. Reporting directly to the Director of Operations, this experienced Project Manager will direct a small team and provide updates to the Director of Operations and other key stakeholders in the project(s).
Job Description in Summary:
The Project Manager oversees all aspects of the project using planning, monitoring and controlling processes and has the authority to run the project on a day-to-day basis (on behalf of the employer and/or client). The Project Manager is responsible for co-ordination and completion of the project and to this end will perform a variety of tasks including setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, monitoring and summarising progress of the
project.
Detailed Job Description:
Planning and problem-solving tasks
• Responsible for planning the project in order to accomplish its goals or produce the products required within constraints such as time, cost and agreed quality standards.
• Continuously monitor progress in terms of the status of the plan and the budget and report back to the team and client via weekly or other progress reporting and by organising and managing status meetings.
• Anticipate and catch deviations from a plan or schedule early and keep all participants and stakeholders informed.
• Identify, log, analyse and manage potential and actual issues and risks, taking corrective action by tackling day-to-day issues head on and reviewing how more serious issues and risks might impact on scope, schedule, quality and cost.
• Recognize where and when management of issues and risks or accommodating altered requirements will involve extra time or extra resources and where efficiencies can be made.
Communicating tasks
• Articulate and negotiate consensus on a final vision of the product and/or the core project goals from scoping the requirements of all stakeholders.
• Define acceptance criteria or working with specialists to define acceptance criteria for project deliverables and will works towards achieving stakeholder acceptance of deliverables.
• Courteous and polite in written and oral communication, and be able to get ideas across in a non-confrontational manner in one-to-one situations, small groups, and before large audiences.
Team management tasks
• Identify the need for resource, and should subsequently take on team management responsibilities in relation to the resource available to the project.
• Work directly with the team members or with their team leaders to estimate effort, plan activities and negotiate consensus among individual team members on their appointed tasks.
• Exercise good judgement in whether tasks should be broken down into smaller detail or not.
• Create and use Gantt charts, spreadsheets or other appropriate tools to manage people and tasks and keep up-to-date.
• Responsible for bringing the project to a close, which may include creating an end-of-project report or evaluation document and capturing and using relevant lessons learned.
Technical and quality tasks
• Without necessarily being an expert, the Project Manager will need to make an effort to understand the technology being used in order to comprehend and question requests coming from the customer and/or technical staff in order to evaluate what is reasonable or possible.
• Responsible for the project’s commitment to quality level, and may need to call on specialists to assist in creating or assessing quality standards.
Organising tasks
• Generate many types of document, including requirement specifications, project plans, timelines, project reports, communication (email) records, design specifications, meeting agendas, minutes and status reports.
• Create a structure for project documentation and remain conscientious in using it and ensuring that the rest of the team understands and uses it.
• Create a structure for project assets, including digital assets and remain conscientious in using it and ensuring that the rest of the team understands and uses it.
Qualifications & Requirements:
• Minimum 3-5 years of project management experience (preferably in an agency type setting)
• Highly self motivated with excellent organizational skills
• Strong sense of responsibility
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong negotiating skills and collaborative conflict resolution skills
• Ability to motivate others
• Ability to build and maintain client relationships
• Skilled in balancing customer needs and setting expectations
• Ability to analyze, assess, and document a project throughout the full life cycle
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and timelines
• Bilingual
• Highly meticulous, detail oriented, flexible
• Quick learner
• Takes initiative
• Not afraid to think outside the box
Technical Skills:
• Highly proficient in MS Project and MS Office applications
• Good knowledge of the web environment and web based programs
Bonus Skills:
• Knowledge of bug tracking software
• Experience dealing with the pharmaceutical US based clientele
• Familiar with web software developing technologies
• Strong technical aptitude
Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
