| Title: Project/Program Management
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| Location: New York, NY
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| Job Type: Contract
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| Compensation: per Hour
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| Reference Code: 951227-AQG
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Description: Our client is seeking a Project/Program Manager. This person will work with a cross-disciplinary team of resources to provide end-to-end technical project management of all aspects of the solution design and development lifecycle for a campaign management solution that is part of a larger closed loop marketing strategy.
Scope of Work:
- Provides all aspects of technical project management, including management of detailed project requirement definition, budgeting, project planning, metrics tracking, and timely deliverables
- Develops project estimates, evaluating vendor for implementation
- Works with architects to ensure project solution complies with CUE Architecture (CUE is a program under which this project will be sponsored)
- Works with other program workstreams to understand and manage integration points and dependencies
- Establishes project scope, clear decision gates, vendor SOWs, and entrance/exit criteria across phases of implementation
- Creates and maintains project plans and manages all project activities against these plans, including vendor plans
- Manages day-to-day performance and deliverables of project team members, both internal to the Client as well as external resources
- Clearly communicates and manages expectations with clients, project team members and related workstreams
- Effectively leads meetings with clients, vendors, and stakeholders, and conducts productive technology project team status/review meetings
- Identifies and brings to resolution project risks and issues, escalates major project risks to scope or budget or timeline to appropriate escalation points
- Plans for the smooth transition of production applications to support and maintenance structures working with the Services Delivery team
- Works within the project management framework, standards and methodologies defined to ensure consistency and efficiency in delivery to the US pharmaceuticals business
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Requirements: Qualifications Include:
- Type of Industry/Organizations: Consulting, Information Services/ Technology, Pharmaceutical
- Demonstrated experience managing projects including determining project viability, developing rigorous project estimates, developing and establishing a project plan, budget, and identifying resource requirements
- Experience using project management methodologies and standards
- PMP certification is desired, but is not required
- Highly motivated and skilled collaborator with strong business acumen
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Extensive experience in delivering complex solutions
- Excels at critical thinking and planning
- Performance driven, big picture thinking and highly focused
In addition to the above:
- Manages vendor resources for the Campaign management System implementation
- Manages the Campaign management System project through the project life cycle and ensures effective transition of project to sustainable service delivery
- Candidates must have a minimum of at least 6+ years of experience managing cross-disciplinary teams including experience managing multiple programs with $1MM annual spend as well as 6+ years of vendor management experience
- Experience with Campaign management programs/systems and Data Driven Marketing Systems is preferred but not required
- Experience with Siebel is required
In addition to the above:
- Candidates are required to have program management experience, overseeing 2 or more parallel, integrated projects
- Experience with QualityCenter as a testing tool is a plus
- Experience with deployment activities, including integration testing and user acceptance testing, of large programs
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