Project Manager III- Georgia

Job Description

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate and lead various types of meetings and presentations.
• Plan and manage multiple medium to large scale projects in accordance with the Project Management department’s methodology.
• Manage the most complex and/or largest projects, including project recovery activities to include consulting or taking over projects in crisis.
• Manage programs, including relationships and dependencies between projects and business unit initiatives.
• Track data across the entire portfolio, and maintain dashboards for reporting to executive leadership. Lead project review board meetings, as needed.
• Provide consulting to assist in pre and post-project activities, including project discovery/business case development, and ROI monitoring.
• Champion quality across the project management office, and foster collaboration and project reviews among all project managers and business leads.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to more junior or associate project managers. This may include direct and indirect supervision, performance appraisals, and goal development.
• Provide project management training and coaching to project management office and project leaders in the business units.
• Identify clearly the project's scope, business requirements, approach, stakeholders, schedule, risks, acceptance criteria, and more.
• Form and lead core teams of cross-functional/cross-subsidiary subject matter experts, build accurate project schedules, track tasks and report on project progress until the product, service, and/or capability is tested and launched.
• Integrate all aspects of the project, ensure that the proper knowledge and resources are available when and where needed and ensure that the expected results are produced in a timely, cost-effective manner.
• Resolve escalations/jeopardizes identified by project teams, and escalate to management when necessary for prompt resolution.
• Perform timely and accurate project status reporting to all project stakeholders. Maintain a repository of all project-related documents for use throughout the project. Perform ongoing coordination with vendors and client organizations.
• Assist management in the development of standard Project Management methodologies based on PMBOK standards with regards to project initiation, planning, execution, control and closure.
• Participate in department strategic planning. Apply and measure department strategic goals to his/her own workload, when applicable.
• Manage vendor relationships for projects requiring an outside vendor.
• Keep project management knowledge and skills current by attending various training and professional development during the year.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• Requires a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university.

Licenses and/or Certifications

• Local Operators Driver’s License
• Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred

Experience

• Requires seven or more years of project management experience.
• Requires experience presenting and reporting to executive-level staff and project review boards.
• Prefer five or more years of engineering experience in Chemical, Mechanical or Industrial fields.
• Prefer three or more years in PMO setting experience.
• Prefer Project Management experience in a healthcare or life sciences environment.
• Prefer managing vendors and technologies experience.
• Prefer strong background in Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies.

Knowledge

• Must have an understanding of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and knowledge areas that define a managed project.
• Must have an understanding of fundamental project management methods and tools.
• Must have knowledge of business process analysis and industry/functional best practices.
• Must have an excellent understanding of Quality Control/Assurance and be familiar with regulatory requirements.

Skills

• Must have experience applying PMBOK and other best practices project management philosophies to projects as needed.
• Must be able to understand and create a profit and loss statement for the project.
• Must be cost-conscious, results-oriented, and possess basic business skills.
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Must have experience using Microsoft Office applications including Word, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Must be capable of operating motor vehicles in all types of weather conditions.
• Must be able to effectively work with individuals at all position levels in the organization to identify, understand and communicate their business requirements.
• Must be able to facilitate department project meetings and communicate effectively with internal customers throughout the organization.
• Must have excellent project management skills.
• Must have the ability to be a self-motivated and self-managed individual.
• Must possess strong organizational, customer service, and troubleshooting skills.