Senior Program and Project Management Consultant

The Senior Program and Project Management Consultant position is responsible for delivering multiple projects and establishing, growing, and maintaining client relationships. This role can be a core resource in the successful delivery of projects.

Job Description & Essential Functions:

• Collaborate with clients and software vendors to build detailed project schedules
• Prepare team meeting materials, facilitating team discussions, and publishing meeting minutes
• Conduct effective virtual meetings and workshops
• Routinely communicate with team members to ensure on time completion of project activities and action items
• Monitor project status and promptly escalate project issues to prevent project timeline slippage
• Author project documentation, such as project Charters, Change Requests, Lessons Learned, Closure Reports, and Status Reports
• Assist project teams with consolidation of team inputs into deliverables such as presentations and future-state process flow diagrams
• Other duties as assigned.

Necessary Skills and Abilities:

• Strong drive for customer satisfaction
• Highly organized and proactive in anticipating project issues
• Must enjoy working with new technologies
• Able to organize and perform work tasks independently
• Able to work effectively with local and virtual team members and other professionals, such as Pharmacovigilance specialists, software vendors, and system users.
• Proficient with Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Excellent ability to communicate in written and spoken English
• Able to work flexible hours when needed to meet the needs of clients in Europe, United States, and Japan.

Educational Requirements:

• A.S., B.S. / B.A.in the Life Sciences, Information Technology, or a related discepline
• Project Management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) helpful, but not required with sufficient project management experience

Experience Requirements:

• At least 3 years of project management experience, including:
• Management of projects for implementing computer systems and software in companies regulated by health authorities, e.g., EMA, MHRA, FDA
• Management of project tasks performed by clients and software vendors
• Experience managing projects with remote, distributed teams
• Awareness of GxP computer system validation processes
• Knowledge of pharmacovigilance processes and systems would be helpful, but is not required