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Project Manager I or PM II

Oro Valley, AZ 85755

Posted: 01/27/2025 Employment Type: Contract Industry: Medical Affairs Job Number: 12017 Pay Rate: $39.00 - $40.00 Remote Friendly: Onsite

Job Description

Our client develops, manufactures, and supplies a wide array of innovative medical diagnostic products, services, tests, platforms, and technologies.

Role Overview:

Manages project information to support decision making by project teams, Life Cycle Teams (LCTs) and Life Cycle Committee (LCC).

Responsibilities:
  • Manages project information to support project teams, LCTs and LCC decision making.
  • Tactical coordination of timelines/budgets for all projects and functions within a LCT
  • Manage execution of cross-functional plans and track of progress of activities
  • Integrated resource and budget planning
  • Identify gaps, potential bottlenecks or delays and challenge assumptions
  • Risk management incl. critical path, risk assessment, scenario creation and analysis
  • Proposes options to close gaps and get projects back on schedule
  • Single point of control for project data (collect from functions/finance; owns version management and release of changes)
  • Compile and communicate project reports.
  • Guides team processes, ensuring consistency, transparency and optimization.
  • Implements / pulls in best practices to project teams; fosters continuous improvement by ensuring knowledge, experience exchange.
  • Guides and manages preparation for project milestone reviews.
  • Defines, measures and reports key performance indicators for their projects, enabling teams and functions to measure and improve quality, efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Meeting management (sets agenda, organizes meetings, edits minutes).

Job Requirements

Qualifications:
  • BS/BA in science, engineering or business administration or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
  • MS in Life Sciences field of study with specific project management training and/or certification.
  • Demonstrates successful problem solving and coordination of project related activities.
  • Written and oral communication skills required.
  • Knowledge of MS Project and MPM.
  • Previous experience with standard project management process (PMI) desired.
  • Strong negotiation and meeting facilitation skills required.
  • Diagnostic and/or Pharmaceutical industry and relevant diagnostic area knowledge preferred.
  • Management of complex projects with ambitious milestones in high pressure circumstances.
  • Experience with projects that required activity/milestone achievement to launch the product.
  • Experience of challenging management in relation to data and resources.
  • Good understanding of the Diagnostic Design Control process preferred.

Meet Your Recruiter

Jay Hite
Recruiter, Account Manager

As a Recruiter at Compass, Jay enjoys meeting job seekers and helping them to find new and exciting opportunities. He enjoys the process of getting to know candidates and learning all about their experience and what their future goals are. Jay feels the excitement of his candidates and is passionate about helping to find a fit both culturally and professionally. 

When Jay isn’t working, he enjoys bike rides, trying out new foods, tequila tasting and watching movies.  

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