Title: Sr. Project Manager Legal Application
Location: Mahwah NJ (Hybrid)
Type: Contract
- In this role the Sr IT Project Manager will be responsible for a legal and document application system implementation. A successful candidate would leverage effective project management practices working collaboratively with various divisions and cross functional teams globally while delivering costeffective implementation exceeding stakeholder expectations.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Independently Lead the detailed planning and management of the project from inception to project completion
- Ability to understand Legal terminology within a document and knowledge system
- Experience with working in validated systems
- Experience managing large project involving multiple IT teams and systems
- Working closely with the IT and legal department
- Stakeholder communication and presentation experience
- Manage scope budget and schedule for project success.
- Create maintain and share all project related documents like charter plan risk register issue list presentations etc.
- Establish and maintain the project information in PPM tool
- Meet budgetary objectives and adjust project constraints based on financial analysis
- Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as other staff members
- Use and continually develop leadership skills
- Establish cadence and project status communications with stakeholders
- Manage the Change Control process for assigned projects
- Ensure project milestones and targets are met by actively managing project on a day to day basis through appropriate resource issue and risk management
- Successfully deliver assigned projects to targets (on time on budget and in scope)
- Lead crossfunctional team meetings and ensure capture of discussion points and action items
- Lead and participate in testing of system requirements as needed
- Work with business managers to propose and justify new technologybased business improvements
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum 15 years of experience as IT project manager
- 5 years work experience in Pharma/healthcare (e.g. Biotech Pharma Medical Equipment etc.)
- Bachelors Degree in computer science or relevant field
- Experience with Legal project implementations
- Certified in PMP/Agile/Scrum framework
Preferred Experience and Skills:
- Experience implementing Legal and Document knowledge systems
- Strong project management skills required including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
- Life Science Pharma validation experience
- Demonstrates selfdiscipline and motivation in all aspects of job performance
- Strong organizational Skills
- Project Management experience with vendor management/ risk/ Issue/Performance Management
- Strong Soft Skills/ flexible thinking
- Strong verbal written and presentation skills.
- Understanding of business processes related to pharmaceutical regulations
- Able to complete assignment with minimal direction
- Self starter Independent mindset to drive from initiation to completion work with Sr Leadership/global stakeholders
- Must be able to work in a highpressure team environment handle multiple tasks and react quickly to networking problems and issues
- Familiarity with Planview is a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group executives managers and subject matter experts
- In this role the Sr IT Project Manager will be responsible for a legal and document application system implementation. A successful candidate would leverage effective project management practices working collaboratively with various divisions and cross functional teams globally while delivering costeffective implementation exceeding stakeholder expectations.