Project Manager

Brooksource; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management firm is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support customer implementations of medical device products. This role involves developing project plans, leading project initiatives, and ensuring successful outcomes with approximately 30% remote travel required. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree and five years of project management experience, with strong communication and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Five years of project management experience with the ability to lead projects independently.
• Experience with IT and/or diagnostic laboratory implementations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the project schedule; assist in project budgeting.
• Ensure project management practices are aligned with organizational goals.
• Manage and resolve project conflicts and issues.
• Track project success measures and monitor budget variances.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Negotiation skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a closely related business area

Tools

Computer software applications

Job description

Senior Engineering Consulting Partner | Indiana University Alumni

Job Title: Project Manager

Overview

The Project Management position supports our client’s external customer implementations by developing, creating, documenting, and facilitating professional project plans for implementing medical device products, for end customers. The focus of this position which resides in our client’s customer support network 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. While most of the work can be completed remotely, this position may require approximately 30% overnight travel across the US.

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 improvements initiatives, knowledge sharing, and best practices

Who You Are

You are professional who seeks to learn, develop, and hone project management skills for projects of high complexity, medium to high risk, and long-term duration. You are an effective communicator who is able to negotiate with and influence various internal and external stakeholders. You are very organized, detail-oriented, and have some experience with IT and/or diagnostic laboratory implementations. You seek to grow your career in project management, related diagnostic support, and/or leadership roles over time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a closely related business area
• Five (5) years of related business, project management, and/or project support experience with the demonstrated ability to lead and manage a project independently

Preferred Qualifications

• Able to travel approximately 30%, including overnight travel across the US
• Reside within 50 miles of a major metropolitan airport in the US
• Currently possess legal work authorization for full-time work in the US and will not require future sponsorship for employment visa status
• Health care or lab/diagnostics experience
• LIS/middleware experience
• Experience partnering directly with external facing customers
• Excellent leadership, communication, influence and negotiation skills
• Strong computer software applications skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills

Job Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Project Management and Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting and Biotechnology Research