Laboratory Diagnostics Implementation Project Manager (remote + travel)

The Fountain Group; Indianapolis (IN); Remote; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

All travel expenses covered

Job summary

The Fountain Group is seeking a project manager to support external customer implementations of laboratory diagnostic products. You will develop, document, and facilitate professional project plans through from contract to implementation, including installations, upgrades, and analyzer conversions.

The role requires guiding customers along a predefined project management journey, frequent collaboration with cross-functional teams, and travel up to 30% across the US.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3-5 years of project management experience required.
• Experience supporting customer installations of laboratory diagnostics equipment required.
• Ability to travel ~30% including overnight travel across the US and reside within 50 miles of a major metropolitan airport in the US preferred.
• CAPM or PMP qualification preferred.
• Healthcare or lab/diagnostics experience required.
• Experience partnering directly with external facing customers required.
• Strong leadership, communication, influence and negotiation skills required.

Responsibilities

• Initiates and leads development of the project schedule and assists in budget/forecasting.
• Ensures PM approaches and tools support process development and align with business practices.
• Assist Project Leads to ensure projects meet policies, objectives, and timelines.
• Set up and maintain tools to track schedules, budgets, and risk reporting; assist in reporting systems.
• Identify and help resolve project conflicts; manage projects in best interest of team, stakeholders and customers.
• Track and report project success measures; monitor timeline and budget variances and propose contingencies.
• Troubleshoot, negotiate, and facilitate communication among all project parties; provide status updates.
• Present updates to leadership; drive continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Influence

Education

Bachelor's degree

CAPM or PMP

Tools

LIS/middleware

Job description

This is a remote position with travel to customer sites ~30% of the time

Duration:1 year with extension/conversion based on performance and headcount approval

Pay Rate: $50-$60/hour based on experience

This Project Management position supports our external customer implementations by developing, creating, documenting, and facilitating professional project plans for implementing laboratory diagnostic products for our customers.

The focus of this position is to lead customers through a predefined project management journey from contract through the end of implementation. Initial projects include installations, large upgrades, and legacy conversions of analyzers in customer laboratories.

Key Responsibilities

• Initiates and leads the development of the project schedule; assists in the development of project budgets and forecasts
• Ensures project management approaches and tools support process development and are aligned with other business practices
• Assists Project Leads to ensure the projects are managed in accordance with policies and stated objectives and timelines are achieved
• Sets up and maintains tools, mechanisms to track project schedules, budgets, and risk/contingency reporting; may assist in the development of project and financial reporting systems
• Identifies and helps resolve project conflicts; manages projects in the best interest of team members, stakeholders, and customers in order to ensure project objectives and business goals are achieved
• Manages the tracking and reporting of project success measures; monitors, addresses, and reports project timeline and budget variances, and recommends contingency options
• Troubleshoots, negotiates, and facilitates communication between all parties involved in the development/implementation of projects, including status updates on active projects
• Presents updates to leadership as requested. Drives and implements continuous improves initiatives, knowledge sharing, and best practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required
• 3-5 years of related project management experience is required.
• Prior experience supporting customer installations of laboratory diagnostics equipment is required.
• Must be able to travel approximately 30%, including overnight travel across the US and reside within 50 miles of a major metropolitan airport in the US
• Project management education or qualification (CAPM, PMP) is strongly preferred
• Health care or lab/diagnostics experience is required
• LIS/middleware experience is preferred
• Experience partnering directly with external facing customers is required.
• Should possess excellent leadership, communication, influence and negotiation skills

Benefits

• All travel expenses covered