About ECI
ECI’s mission is to be the global leader of professional consulting services for the life sciences industry. Our clients lean on our diverse perspectives and decades of expertise to tackle their toughest challenges, and we take pride in providing them transformative solutions with distinctive, sustainable and long-term value. ECI boasts a proven track record of providing full product life cycle consulting on a variety of challenging and exciting projects. Our collaborative culture, welcoming team and flexible employment & benefit options allow us to maintain strong relationships with the most talented individuals in the life sciences industry.
About The Role: Senior Project Manager is responsible for the successful execution of product development projects. This position plans, coordinates and leads the execution of activities to ensure that the goals and objectives of the project are accomplished within the prescribed timeframe and funding parameters. The position is technical in nature, and the applicant must have an engineering background in order to manage and contribute to the development of new products. The projects that will be managed include a mix of new product development, product line extensions, and sustaining engineering releases.
What You'll Do
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Develop and standardize use of CPMO project management tools, techniques, and activities across all client sites
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Provide updates and project visibility to the executive management/leadership team
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Support CPMO policies, processes, template and tools development
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Responsible for the overall program/project management specifically focused on ensuring overall client satisfaction and quality of delivery, and performance of the engagement
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Manage dependencies across multiple projects and tracking benefits
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Manage risk to projects, ECI and its affiliates.
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Create project reporting metrics for each client/project.
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Develop and maintain a detailed Project Timeline for the activities included in the scope of the project
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Develop resource Plan, and facilitate resource loading (when, how many and necessary skills) to successfully execute the project
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Develop workflow for project optimization
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Reduce redundancy by being a central point for lessons learned, templates and best practice.
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Utilizes appropriate project management tools and techniques to drive project execution
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Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing company core values; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining project improvements; implementing change.
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Manage resources for projects by managing project staffing, providing earned value management, tracking project, delivering training and mentoring team members, and assigning roles and responsibilities.
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Identify consultant value, opportunities to increase consultant utilization, etc.
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Provides feedback regarding consultant performance.
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Regularly review resource levels against timeline elements and adjust accordingly
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Facilitate project-specific training and onboarding of team members from deployment through the completion of the project
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Manage escalation(s) of concerns, delays, observations, watch outs through agreed upon escalation process
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Facilitate mitigation, where possible, of any project delays
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Identify client grievances to be addressed immediately
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Regularly update client and company management as to the status of the project and / or project elements for which consultant is responsible
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Immediately advise client when issues impacting the project timelines and / or compliance are discovered
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Facilitate face to face project meetings as appropriate
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Ensure overall client satisfaction.
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Provides guidance to team resources in areas of R&D, Manufacturing, Quality and Regulatory Compliance.
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Collaboration on Strategy Development, Deployment and Execution
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Provide project engineering and project management support.
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Act as client council for strategic guidance including technical expertise and best practices
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Maintain traceability by providing the function for managing documentation, project history and organizational knowledge.
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Produce and deliver new industry trends, regulatory updates, techniques, etc. to resources
What We Look For
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Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent. PMP Certification is plus
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15-20 years direct experience in medical device industry. Minimum of 10 years direct project management experience.
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Problem Solving – Ability to find a solution or deal proactively with work related problems.
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Interpersonal – Ability to develop and sustain positive relationships with internal as well as external customers. Ability to manage multiple people and work streams.
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Always maintain professional comportment when communicating and collaborating with customer
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Advanced computer skills including MS Office 365 suite applications (Word / Excel / Visio / PowerPoint / Project / Teams, etc.), Smartsheet, 10000ft, Concur, etc.
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Understanding of project leadership aspects such as management of deliverables, setting of timelines, and status updates to management.
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Excellent organizational skills with demonstrated ability to complete projects on time and to the satisfaction of the customer
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills with good presentation and technical writing skills.
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Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships and partnerships with key customers/stakeholders/clients.
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Collaborative attitude with the ability to work well in a team environment.
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Strong engineering, design, and analysis skills.
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Working knowledge of tooling and manufacturing processes.
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Experience with medical devices from concept to commercialization.
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Understanding of FDA Regulations, International Regulations and Standards.
ECI is an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at ECI without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law.
