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Project Manager (Remote)

Cambridge, MA 02139

Posted: 05/25/2023 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Project Management Job Number: 568177 Is job remote?: Yes Country: United States

Job Description


Major accountabilities & key activities
  • Serve as Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of the assigned project in a dynamic environment that embraces change
  • Manage the project lifecycle according to the NOX project management approach while meeting all governance requirements
  • Effectively manage a cross-organizational project team
  • Facilitate collaborative decision making while focusing on project.
  • Follow internal processes for project approval, delivery, tracking and reporting
  • Actively manage risks, issues, and other conflicts, promptly escalating as needed

Key success criteria
  • Commitments to outcomes with confidence
  • Project delivery to expected outcomes within given constraints
  • Effective and productive relationships with all stakeholders and the ability to influence without authority

Required core skills and capabilities:

The ideal candidate demonstrates the following skills and capabilities:
  • Results-focus and passion for disciplined delivery
  • Focuses on people over process and outcomes over artifacts
  • Understands and effectively uses different project management approaches
  • Understands adaptive and agile project management concepts and has a record of successfully applying the approaches in project delivery
  • Has strong communication, team building, influencing and collaboration skills at all levels
  • Successfully anticipates, mitigates, and resolves risks and conflict, escalating promptly when necessary
  • Basic leadership skills and demonstrated ability to motivate a global, intra-discipline project team
  • Uses collaboration-style decision making
  • Effectively uses project management tools to facilitate decision making and enhance communication, and has a proactive approach to project delivery
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully work with vendors

Qualifications:
  • University Degree
  • 5+ years of experience in a project delivery role accountable for business outcomes
  • 2+ years managing database-related projects in a technical environment
  • Formal training in project management methodologies
  • Professional certification strongly preferred (PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master)
  • Experience with use of agile and adaptive project management approaches
  • Basic skills in the use of project execution software (e.g., Jira, MS Planner, Planview, etc.)
  • Experience leading project teams of technical, scientific and business associates
  • Experience implementing scientific applications in the pharmaceuticals industry
  • Experience implementing IT solutions, platforms, and infrastructure

*Co and NYC candidates may not be considered 
Pay rate: $78.68 - 104.23

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Planet Pharma and The Planet Group of Companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at The Planet Group, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at The Planet Group.

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