Strategic Project Manager

Labcorp is a leader in diagnostics, drug development and healthcare innovation. Across every role, we harness data and AI to work smarter, move faster and create breakthrough solutions that improve health outcomes for people. With our global scale and deep expertise, you'll do meaningful work, grow your career and make a real impact. Together, we're improving health and improving lives.

Labcorp is seeking a Strategic Project Manager to join our team at 8211 Scicor Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana with the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule!

Labcorp is a global leader in diagnostic testing and drug development solutions, helping healthcare providers, researchers, and patients make informed decisions that advance care. Join us in our mission to improve health and improve lives.

Work Schedule

Monday – Friday, day shift

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional senior stakeholders to define scope, prioritize, and deliver strategic projects.
• Develop and oversee integrated strategic projects plan, dependencies, and financials across the full lifecycle, ensuring effective governance, resource alignment, and delivery of intended business value.
• Proactively identify risks and interdependencies, implement mitigation strategies, and facilitate resolution of complex challenges to ensure successful delivery aligned to scope, timeline, budget, and expected outcomes.
• Communicate project vision, progress, risks, and outcomes effectively to stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, to drive alignment and informed decision-making.
• Hold formal project reviews with management and key stakeholders to ensure successful project execution and customer satisfaction.
• Records actual labor utilization on the project and creates resource utilization forecasts.

• Manage the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of projects assigned.
• Manage the relationship within project teams, executive sponsors, and all identified stakeholders.
• Motivate teams by presenting a vision and strategy for delivery.
• Negotiate on behalf of all project team members to ensure service delivery and team satisfaction.
• Effectively work with a diverse group of stakeholders in the organization
• Communicates effectively with all levels of staff and management.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Life Science, Project Management, or IT
• 5 or more years’ experience of full-time Project Management

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Life Science, Project Management, or IT
• Project Management certification

Additional Job Standards

• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project) and the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience utilizing data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI) to support project tracking, performance reporting, and data-driven decision-making.
• Proven success managing end-to-end operational, product/service development, or IT projects, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closeout.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, global, cross-functional strategic initiatives within regulated, laboratory, healthcare, or similarly controlled environments.
• Strong leadership capabilities with a track record of motivating cross-functional teams and aligning stakeholders around shared goals and project objectives.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence, negotiate, and build effective relationships with senior leaders, business partners, and external clients.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, concise, and impactful updates through presentations, reports, and executive-level communications.
• Strong customer-focused mindset with a commitment to meeting and exceeding internal and external client expectations.
• Advanced problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills, with the ability to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Highly organized with exceptional planning, prioritization, analytical, and critical-thinking abilities.
• Self-motivated and results-oriented, with the ability to work independently while effectively collaborating across diverse teams.
• Proven ability to thrive in complex, fast-paced, and highly matrixed organizations.
• Demonstrated history of delivering projects on time, within scope, and on or below budget.
• Experience managing project financials, resource allocation, capacity planning, and utilization forecasting.
• Experience working with global, multicultural teams across multiple geographies and time zones.
• Track record of driving continuous improvement, process optimization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Experience operating within a Project Management Office (PMO) framework, with strong adherence to project governance, reporting standards, change control, and compliance requirements.

About Labcorp

At Labcorp, we are a global leader of innovative and comprehensive laboratory services that help doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, researchers, and patients make clear and confident decisions.

Through our unparalleled diagnostics and drug development laboratory capabilities, our 70,000 employees combine innovative innovation, science and technology to solve some of today’s biggest health challenges, accelerate life-changing healthcare breakthroughs and impact lives around the world.

Here, you are empowered to own your career journey and create a personalized development plan with the support of your team.

Relocation assistance can be provided.

Benefits:  Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. For more detailed information, please  click here . 

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

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