Sr IT Project Manager -Financial Integration

Sr IT Project Manager –Financial Integration

Duration is 6 months Remote working

Our Project Management practice group is currently seeking a Sr. IT Project Manager who has strong experience with Financial Implementations, to support one of our global Healthcare devices/Life Science clients, based out of Mahwah, NJ. (Remote with 20% travel onsite) In this role, the IT Senior Project Manager will be responsible for initiation and managing "finance" projects that require Financial integrations for a global business in a dynamic environment. A successful candidate would leverage effective project management practices working collaboratively with various divisions and cross functional teams globally while delivering cost-effective implementation exceeding stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Define project charter, project scope, assess impact, determine implementation approach determine schedule, budget, resource needs working with various global stakeholders.
• Experience working on Financial Project implementation
• GxP validation process
• Actively collaborate with the stakeholders in a consultative role eliciting business and technical requirements and help prioritize implementation aligning to IT strategies.
• Align to business and IT priorities by effectively leveraging waterfall, iterative and Agile methodologies, while coaching and mentoring team members.
• Effectively utilize the PM Framework, leveraging the tools like Planview, JIRA and other collaboration tools for increased productivity.
• Effective communicator, who is flexible and adaptable to work with global teams in adjusting to different time zones and cultures, in a dynamic and evolving environment.
• Build and execute operational and technical project plans, facilitate all project gate reviews, and effectively escalate issues to meet the project milestones/goals.
• Actively manage scope and change aligning to business priorities, identify risks and issues, prioritize conflicting needs, handle matters expeditiously and proactively, follow-through on projects to successful completion with minimal guidance, often with deadline pressures.
• Provide regular status update to the Leadership and Management team with constant drive to make improvements to the outcomes.
• Demonstrate high adaptability and flexibility to take responsibility to support new projects that has priority and as communicated.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience as IT project manager with minimum 3 years' experience in Financial Integrations
• Minimum of 5 years in Pharma/Medical devices
• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, Information Technology or 10 years' experience in Information Technology projects.
• Certified in PMP a plus

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Experience working on Financial Project implementations, feature enhancements, upgrades, release, and life cycle management supporting business transformation.
• Stakeholder Management
• GxP Validation experience
• Strong communicator with effective presentation skills delivering formal presentations to various levels of management articulating project status, risk mitigations, benefits & financial realizations.
• Self-motivated and independent critical thinker who can visualize and guide team during conflicting situations to stay focused on business goals & priorities
• Has strong experience in PM Framework, following estimation guidelines, resource management, gate reviews, Quality audits, process improvements, provide training and usage of PPM tools & dashboard.
• Effective conflict management in a fast-paced environment, take higher responsibilities working with cross functional team who are working on multiple priorities
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills with ability to influence stakeholders and team members with variety of personal styles to focus on right priorities under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills is a must.