Description
Key Features -- Manages project information to support Product Development project teams decision making
- Tactical coordination of timelines/budgets for all projects and functions within Product Development
- 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
- Works with other project engineers/managers in the control of project data
- Compile and communicate project reports
- Guide team processes, ensuring consistency, transparency and optimization
- Implement / pull in best practices to project teams; foster continuous improvement by ensuring knowledge, experience exchange
- Guides and manages preparation for project milestone reviews
- Define, measure and report key performance indicators for their projects, enabling teams and functions to measure and improve quality, efficiency and effectiveness
- Meeting management (set agenda, organize meetings, edit minutes)
Skills and Experience -
- BS in engineering, science or business administration/project management or related
- Demonstrates successful problem solving and coordination of project related activities.
- Written and oral communication skills required.
- Knowledge of MS Project.
- Previous experience with standard project management processes.
- PMI PMP and knowledge of SCRUM/Agile methods desired.
- Strong negotiation and meeting facilitation skills required.
- Diagnostic and/or Pharma 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.
- 5 years project management or product development experience or 3 years project management or product development experience with a related Masters degree. Experience in managing research & development projects in a regulated industry