Level III IT Project Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• This is a senior-level IT PM/ Business analyst position.
• The Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for leading and managing the deliverables and project team
• Define the overall project timeline including vendor deliverables and timeline
• Learn the business partners processes, structure and requirements
• Partner with system owner, business and vendor to shape and deliver the overall solutions
• This role will be part of the R&D IT team, supporting the Regulatory Affairs, Global Patient Safety, Medical Affairs and Clinical Affairs portfolio of projects
• Experience with Advertising and Promotions business process and or solutions is preferred
  
   

The ideal candidate will have the following experience:

Project Management

• Implemented a new validated SaaS software vendor solution from beginning to end, including system integrations
• Led the work effort of other business analysts on a large project
• Track record of leading successful projects from start to finish as the lead Project Manager with full project and SDLC lifecycle implementation
• Understanding and appreciation of processes/procedures and governance required to lead projects
• Led teams in a matrix environment consisting of various types of roles and skill sets
• Ability to facilitate and coordinate meetings in an effective manner
• Ability to deal with tight timelines, limited resources and still deliver on time and within scope
• Communicate status, solutions and concerns
• Disseminate information in a timely manner within the team and across functions
• Maintains project schedule, logs of issues, risks, decisions and advises leadership team and business lead on deviations
  
   

Business Analysis

• Strong business analysis skills, background in business analysis required
• Lead requirements gathering across multiple global functional teams for configure workflows, reports and dashboards
• Assist business and vendor with defining the plan to transfer existing files to the new system and the verification procedure
• Review and update documented processes where required to reflect changes in processes based on requirement updates and or tool features and functions
• Collaborate with the software vendor (i.e., understanding the capabilities of the software vendor solution and identifying gaps/mitigations, resolving test defects, etc.)
• Design and lead the testing effort for a new software solution including validation testing as needed
• Work with a Junior Business Analyst and vendor to review and update requirements, process documentation, define configurations, reports, manage UAT and data transfer and verification from current solution
   

Qualifications:

• Experience level: Entry Level
• Education: Bachelors (required)

Skills:

• Business Analysis
• Project Manager