Project Manager (Life Science)

10 - 15 years

12 - 20 Lacs

Posted:1 week ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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Job Description

Sikich is seeking a candidate with strong leadership skills who can effectively lead teams, deliver projects on time, and drive project success in a challenging environment. The Project Manager leads highly visible client implementation projects supporting the planning, development and implementation of project efforts that utilize information technology solutions in a fast-paced environment. Projects are typically client implementation projects that span a degree of size and complexity and allow the Project Manager to work with a variety of clients within the Life Science, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries. The ideal candidate will have the ability to work with a team of resources across the company to deliver assigned initiatives on time and within budget.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Lead the day-to-day activities for one or more delivery teams, ensure alignment to software delivery processes/best practices. Work with management to develop, establish and maintain project management standards and procedures.
  • Prepare for and facilitate project related meetings including project kickoff presentations, discovery session(s), client status meetings, In-Flight Review meetings/PMO meetings, and support transitions
  • Develop and manage all project artifacts: kickoff and discovery slides, implementation plans (including risks), project financials, project notebooks, change/enhancement requests, meeting minutes, project health, client -facing project status and financial reports
  • Contribute to the development of detailed project plans; identifying resource needs to support delivery efforts and coordinating the daily activities of the development teams in alignment with project plans.
  • Lead technical delivery teams across multiple projects of various complexities.
  • Other responsibilities include the refinement of requirements, project coordination, development of plans and schedules, resource planning and estimation, and project maintenance.
  • Once a project is set in motion, communicate major milestones, identify potential project risks, provide continuing direction to the delivery teams and communicate project status regularly.
  • Throughout the project lifecycle, obtain feedback to ensure that project efforts meet customer expectations for contracted time, cost and performance.
  • Provide subject matter expert (SME) consultation on complex projects.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in related field
  • PMP certification preferred
  • CSM or ACP certification preferred
  • 7+ years of IT work experience (software implementation), including 5+ years of project management experience within the Life Science, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries
  • Knowledge of project management methodologies (SDLC, Waterfall, Iterative, Agile)
  • Implementation and maintenance of large-scale integrated web-based systems (i.e. Web Based, Client/Server, Integration)
  • In-depth understanding of software engineering and application development, managing validated systems, and software lifecycle
  • Recent client-facing experience
  • Ability to quickly learn technologies and product functionality
  • Experience with Smartsheet a plus
  • Ability to work as a team player
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced team environment with competing demands

Benefits of being a part of the team

  • Family Health Insurance including parents
  • Life & Accident Insurance
  • Maternity/paternity leave
  • Performance-based incentives
  • Referral Bonus program
  • Exam Fee Reimbursement Policy
  • Indian festival holidays
  • 5 days working week
  • Doctor's Consultation

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