Project Management Specialist

Project Manager Location: Newark, DE 19711 Duration: 12 months (extendable) Pay: $35/hr on W2 without benefits Shift: 7am-3:30pm (flex) Mon to Fri Job Summary The Project Management Specialist supports the Project Excellence Team Leader at the Mammalian Toxicology Center to oversee timely delivery of high‑quality mammalian toxicology work product to support Corteva molecule stage advancement decisions and regulatory submissions working with both internal and external stakeholders. The Project Management Specialist has primary responsibilities for ensuring study timelines, managing resources, defining, enhancing, implementing, and communicating effective project management workflow processes for study initiation and oversight of milestone deliverables. Responsibilities Establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate successful study initiation outcomes. Monitor and address requests that are provided via the shared Haskell Project Management inbox, including test material/CoA availability, shipment details, prioritization requests and results of tier one studies if tier two studies are triggered. Act on requests for study initiation that are submitted via the MamTox portal. Assign project IDs, assemble internal project teams, and communicate project timelines. Build relevant internal teams for each program and create entries in the multiple project planning tools that drive the work at the lab organized by molecule. Notify the relevant planning/scheduling staff and test material coordination teams to clarify planning for specific testing needs. Work directly with Group Leaders, SMEs, Study Monitors and Strategic Outsourcing to initiate studies to be placed at contract labs, ensuring timeline deliverables are met. Maintain a master list of studies and update study initiation statuses with relevant milestones. Enter each study milestone date into the Milestone‑Tracking SmartSheet to enable teams to anticipate demand and prioritize across programs. Ensure consistency and accuracy of information in wider Regulatory and Stewardship planning tools as details are translated and maintained in the local project management tools. Maintain internal study costing data across multiple disciplines. Demonstrate qualities that set a high standard for interpersonal interactions, organizational skills, initiative, team spirit, conflict resolution, decision‑making and work ethic. Job Requirements B.A. or B.S. degree or equivalent relevant experience. Demonstrate expertise in project management in a laboratory setting. Design and implement process/workflow upgrades which impact project or competency objectives. Excel at conceptual/strategic thinking. Demonstrate innovation and problem‑solving skills. Possess strong interpersonal skills. Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills. Ability to work with multiple electronic databases. #J-18808-Ljbffr Mary Dickson