Project Manager Data Science

The Project Manager (PM) leads the Technology programs for EVERSANA Data and Analytics business unit and ensures that the programs projects and operational components deliver the business benefits and meet EVERSANAs strategic objectives. The PM will join a team that works on advanced data and analytical  challenges and delivers exceptional services for external and internal clients. The PM oversees the efficient management of projects workflow finances and resources of assigned teams and aligns with project sponsor on the overall project scope and timeline. The position is responsible for senior executive engagement and reporting on the state and performance of initiatives. Additionally the position is responsible for oversight of the budget and financial management of the program portfolio.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Essential Functions:

• Align with business clinical and technology stakeholders on analytics strategies and partner with strategic leaders to identify initiatives which can drive significant business value.
• Manage the intake of such initiatives & client requests to develop proposals with detailed timeline and budget for internal and external clients.  Facilitate the subsequent scoring prioritizing and conversion of such proposals to projects.
• Drive program delivery by managing programs/projects in accordance with the applicable program and project governance guidelines policies and practices.
• Lead and/or colead crossfunctional teams to launch and execute the portfolio of various programs / projects in accordance with the applicable program and project governance guidelines policies and practices.
• Prepare program level analysis and reporting of financial control resource utilization risk change management unplanned work etc. Track cost and schedule status/performance and trend analysis. Highlight issues conflicts slippages key milestone movements etc. Compare planned versus actual/forecasted. Hold self and other deliverable owners accountable to the program targets.
• Lead review sessions with key stakeholders on program status value delivery risk and proposal pipeline. Partner with stakeholders on business benefit definition and track benefit generation and measurement.
• Participate in strategic planning for the program portfolio. Translate strategic goals and priorities into technical strategies and objectives for the department.
• Support PMO activities. Establish refine share and extend project management best practices and tools usage. Collaborate with business functions and other IT teams for adoption and monitor usage.
• Drive adoption of agile principles to enable teams to deliver exceptional analytic solutions to meet clients business and research needs.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs.

Job Complexities:

• Work on a diverse range of critical and complex problems of significant scope where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors an indepth understanding of current business and technological trends organizational objectives and political dynamics.
• Exercise judgment as a seasoned professional and manager with a full understanding of industry best practices and established policies and procedures. Make decisions that require integrating knowledge of best practices digital strategy business imperatives and financial information.
• Work in a fastpaced environment where critical thinking and proactive teamwork is essential for success.
• Apply empathy lifelong learning resilience relentless passion and an open mind.
• Supervision Received or Extended.
• Work under minimal direction from functional executive.
• Provide operational and project direction to department managers and monitors performance against agreed upon objectives.
   

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:

• Travel (10%)
• Hours (40 Hours per week 5 days of the week)

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the expectations of the position and shall not be construed as the only expectations that may be assigned for the position.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the expectations listed above.

Qualifications :

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

The requirements listed below are representative of the experience education knowledge skill and/or abilities required.

• Skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to productively interact and negotiate with all levels of customers and company personnel.  Continuous (over 75%)
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and embodies a collaborative work style.  Frequent (5075%)
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to: perform detailoriented work accurately handle several assignments simultaneously maintain confidential information and produce reports in a timely manner.  Continuous (over 75%)
  • Ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.  Frequent (5075%)
  • The ability to work independently as well as working collaboratively with team members and leadership on project delivery.  Frequent (5075%)
• Education
  • Bachelors degree in a technical discipline
• Experience and/or Training
  • 5 years of progressive project and program management experience in a global organization
  • 3 years of experience in data analytics and modeling preferably around healthcare claims data and commercial analytics in the life science industry.
  • Experience with waterfall and Agile project/program management processes
  • Wellversed in Agile framework and rolling our Agile to an organization (some projects will be hybrid)
  • Experience with managing largescale crossfunctional and global project teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• • Masters in business administration or similar
  • PMP Certification through PMI organization or willingness to pursue certification as part of this role
  • Agile certification
  • Health sciences industry experience a plus
  • Experience working with Big Data and Analytics projects Enterprise Data Warehouse and Data Integration platforms
  • Experience with Business Intelligence platforms (Tableau Power BI etc)
  • High level knowledge of statistics machine learning algorithms and real world data sources (e.g. EHR/EMR data RWD healthcare prescription / claims databases) desirable.
  • Proficiency using the following software/hardware: Jira Confluence Microsoft Project Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word Microsoft Outlook Visio SQL queries. 
  • The ability to learn and become proficient in company software packages 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

The physical and mental requirements along with the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.

Office: While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is frequently required to reach grasp stand and/or sit for long periods of time (up to 90% of the shift) walk talk and hear; occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet with frequent interruptions and multiple demands.

Additional Information :

OUR CULTURAL BELIEFS

Patient Minded I act with the patients best interest in mind.

Client Delight I own every client experience and its impact on results.

Take Action I am empowered and empower others to act now.

Grow Talent I own my development and invest in the development of others. 

Win Together I passionately connect with anyone anywhere anytime to achieve results.

Communication Matters I speak up to create transparent thoughtful and timely dialogue.

Embrace Diversity I create an environment of awareness and respect.

Always Innovate I am bold and creative in everything I do.

EVERSANA is committed to providing competitive salaries and benefits for all employees. The anticipated base salary range for this position is $80000 to $11000 and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S.  The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position.Compensation will be determined based on relevant experience other jobrelated qualifications/skills and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). More information about EVERSANAs benefits package can be found at eversana.com/careers. EVERSANA reserves the right to modify this base salary range and benefits at any time.

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From EVERSANAs inception Diversity Equity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for improving the lives of patients and leading innovation within the healthcare industry. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity but also age disability status veteran status sexual orientation religion and many other parts of ones identity. All of our employees points of view are key to our success and inclusion is everyones responsibility.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws it is the policy of EVERSANA to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or candidate with a disability unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship for EVERSANA. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodations applies to all aspects of the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the interview and hiring process please contact us at .

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