The IT Project Manager (PM) leads small project teams or supports larger projects / programmes from initiation to close, to deliver or support delivery of effective solutions that meet approved customer and business needs. Project Managers are accountable for resolving and delivering solutions to approved budget and schedule commitments whilst meeting required quality and compliance standards.
Focus areas include risk management and delivery of business benefit; and follow established project management standards and contribute to continued development of the project management capability.
This role will report to a Senior PM or Programme Delivery Lead
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities :
- Agree and deliver plans for projects / programmes (or contribution to a section of a larger project), including activities, resources, costs, roles, responsibilities, and quality as defined in the IT Project Management Methodology (ADF).
- Run projects or programme budgets, forecasts, tasks, schedules, risks, organisational change, and status to support effective decisions and project reporting to customers and review boards.
- Coordinate status and delivery of project workstreams.
- Identify and lead dependencies between projects (intra-programme and across portfolio).
- Build a cohesive project team across AZ IT, including offshore and inhouse delivery teams in UK, India and US and provide the leadership vital to improve the team's success.
- Manage relationships with key business collaborators to ensure the effective capturing of business requirements and dedication to project / programme objectives.
- Responsible for steering and partner meetings, communication of status, issues and risks.
- Effectively collaborate with and lead Internal and External Suppliers to ensure delivery of agreed products and services while ensuring adherence to AZ project delivery standards
- Ensure effective risks, issue and organisational change processes are in place and effectively used.
- Resolve problems and increase as appropriate ensuring that all impacts and changes are approved and appropriately communicated to partners and review boards.
- Ensure encouraged benefits realization is consistent with project deliverables and clearly understood by partners and project team.
- Develop and assure service transition plans to ensure project delivered solutions are sustainable within a BAU operations environment, including controlled hand-over into operational support.
- Support continued development of an elite project management capability and ensure that standard methodology is adopted and reinforced.
- Typical project cost up to $20M, with an internal project team of up to 12 people plus external support where required
Education, Qualifications and Experience :
Demonstrable project and programme management skills, including :
Setting up and leading project controls, reporting, risks and issues and governanceNegotiating governance requirementsHandling and controlling project budgets and benefits deliveryExternal supplier managementProblem solvingStakeholder managementSignificant (typically 5+ years) proven experience as a PM across the whole project lifecycleTechnical or business degree or relevant equivalent experienceExperience leading and developing project teams with a diverse blend of skills and capabilitiesBroad understanding of IT systems and technology implemented within a business contextEffective communication and consulting skills to work with a diverse range of partnersExcellent eye for businessDesirable for the role :
Experience in Supply chain for clinical and manufacturing technology, traditional and agile delivery methods, including familiarity with SAFeProject / Programme Management certificationsExperience working in a global organization where collaborators and project team members are geographically dispersedPharmaceutical industry experience and / or experience of delivery in a highly-regulated environmentLean & Six Sigma SkillsMaster's degreeExperience of collaboration platforms for project delivery - e.g. Jira, PPM tools, testing tools.ref : hirist.tech)