Global Project Manager Role – East Bay Area

Great Opportunity for Global Project Managers

 

We are looking for Global Project Managers for an exciting opportunity in the East Bay Area. Our client develops, manufactures and supplies a wide array of innovative medical diagnostic products, services, tests, platforms and technologies. They have a broad portfolio of oncology, virology, microbiology and blood screening tests. Their clients include researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals, laboratories and blood banks around the world. Contact us today at resume@compasscgroup.com to apply!

 

Duties:

  • Project Manager to support LCT Projects (HPV/Micro, G&O and BS or other LCTs as needed).
  • Providing support in maintaining budgets, schedules, and addressing reporting needs for existing projects – Providing project management support for new near-term projects.

Job Description:

  • Leads in the creation of the Life Cycle Team (LCT) project plan, ensuring that the plan is aligned with the approved development goals and appropriately balances time, quality and costs.
  • Takes accountability for and ownership of the project plan. Regularly monitors and updates the plan to ensure up-to-date information is available.
  • Tracks progress of key project tasks and milestones / activities and develop corrective-action in case of deviation.
  • Ensures that content and timing of inter-departmental deliverables is clear to those involved.
  • Ensures that necessary decisions are reached in a timely fashion and based on the clear business goal of the project.
  • Works with project managers to resolve inter-project conflicts.
  • Regularly performs a cost-exception analysis; identifies factors driving changes in forecast.
  • Develops and in some cases implements corrective-action.
  • Challenges assumptions regarding time, cost and quality matters.
  • Identifies potential project risks and develops contingency plans.
  • Develops and proposes to the LCT scenario plans to exploit new options and / or improve the existing plan.
  • Assist team members to develop detailed activity plans consistent with the key project milestones.
  • Collates analysis and disseminates to the LCT of project management information and updates relevant documents and electronic systems.
  • Prepares and submits project documentation for the Lifecycle Committee via the LCT.
  • Leads LCT Sub-teams.
  • Guides and manages and tracks the creation of project documentation according to Design Control Guidelines as well as preparation and conduction of project milestone reviews

Skills:

  • 5 years experience in the diagnostics industry (IVD) with 3 years demonstrated successful cross functional project management experience.
  • Would prefer candidate from a Product Development background rather than an operations background Experience in medical device design, development, and manufacturing in an FDA regulated environment.
  • High-level coordination and planning of transfer to manufacturing and product launch activities for systems comprised of instruments and accompanying diagnostic tests.
  • General project management skills including a working knowledge of: MS Project, MS Excel, One–Pager Pro and similar project management tools Development and management of project plans, timelines and milestone tracking Resource and PVC planning; development and management of project budgets.
  • Risk management.
  • Mature communication and people skills.
  • Working with global teams across multiple sites.

Education        

  • Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering.
  • Master’s degree in relevant area of study preferred.