[Hiring] Project Manager @Advarra

Role Description

The purpose of this role is to lead the company’s customer-facing product implementations as well as support internal organizational initiatives. The Project Manager is responsible for the direction, coordination, and completion of all projects/implementations while remaining aligned with overarching goals and priorities.

• Orchestrate and drive the successful and timely completion of tasks to achieve customer organizational goals, including the identification and mitigation of risks and issues which may impact the project.
• Work with the customer to understand their current state processes, goals, and priorities in order to provide implementation strategy, scope, rollout, and staffing recommendations.
• Communicate effectively and build strong relationships with all project stakeholders, including project sponsors, subject matter experts, and project team members in a timely and consistent manner.
• Review and monitor project work to ensure forward progress is made and work is completed on time and within budget.
• Identify, monitor, and communicate project-related risks or issues and mitigation plans including scope changes that may arise during the implementation.
• Facilitate, coordinate, and arbitrate cross-functional discussions and decisions with subject matter experts within key functional areas.
• Ability to understand the organization’s strategic priorities and adapt project timelines and tasks accordingly.
• Lead onsite and offsite meetings and training events.
• Work with customers to review and validate application configuration options and lead workflow and process development conversations.
• Drive data migration activities, including data mapping, validation, and issue resolution.
• Drive internal projects and process improvement initiatives to completion, ensuring team members stay on track, risks are identified, and issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Share and encourage others to share and use the lessons learned from project work in order to identify and implement process improvements.
• Contribute to our implementation and software documentation.
• Act as expert resource for Product Support Specialists, Business Analysis, and other departments in all functional and content areas associated with a project.
• Contribute project experience to the knowledge library.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant experience
• 5-8 years of experience managing medium to large-scale implementation projects using a standard project management methodology
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements
• Ability to present and lead customer-facing group discussions with confidence and conciseness
• Ability to effectively negotiate and build consensus with various audiences and manage project activities

Requirements

• Project Management Certification (PMP)
• 2 years of experience in the clinical research industry
• Prior managerial experience
• Proven organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Experience using MS Project and MS Access
• Business analysis experience in process definition, gap analysis, and workflow design
• Data migration experience including data mapping and validation

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Sit or stand for extended periods of time at stationary workstation
• Regularly carry, raise, and lower objects of up to 10 Lbs.
• Learn and comprehend basic instructions
• Focus and attention to tasks and responsibilities
• Verbal communication; listening and understanding, responding, and speaking

Benefits

• Base salary range for this role is $77,000 - $131,000
• Salary may vary based on location, skills, and experience
• Position may be eligible for a variable bonus in addition to base salary
• Health coverage, paid holidays, and other benefits