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Description

8Am-5pm M-F

Hybrid/Onsite Role: 3 days per week required in office. Likely will be Mon, Tues, Wednes. on site.

• Temp contract with possibility to extend based on business need
• Travel is involved with the position
• Experience in Quality and Regulatory affairs, especially within a Lab or Pharma setting is preferred

 

Summary

• This position will lead or support a variety of large to medium size projects within Quality and Regulatory Affairs function.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

 

Leads projects and working teams to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and close projects

Leads projects

• Leads projects through issues, roadblocks, and problems
• Acts as a change agent to drive teams toward success
• Guides team members to perform through issues and constraints

 

Owns projects

• Owns the timeline, budget, resource constraints, and deliverables/results
• Shifts between the "big picture" and the small-but-crucial details
• Is prepared to roll up their sleeves and work through detailed issues

 

Manages projects

• Ensures all appropriate tools are completed and used effectively (e.g., charter, Gantt chart, status updates)

 

Communicates

• Actively communicates with project sponsors and stakeholders
• Establishes regular points of communication
• Manages sponsor and stakeholders expectations

 

Delivers the expected results

• Performs root cause analysis on project shortfalls and takes corrective action as necessary
• Applies project management tools and techniques toward a variety of large, and likely inter-related, projects
• Establishes and leads programs comprised of multiple projects, including designing how information is rolled up and cascaded down, operating rhythms and mechanisms, and tracking against the integrated set of milestones and deliverables

 

Job Qualifications (Work Experience, Physical & Mental Requirements, Knowledge, Skills) Physical and Mental Requirements:

 

• The normal performance of duties may require lifting and carrying objects
• Walking and/or standing

 

Knowledge: 

• Demonstrated experience leading large or complex projects with multiple workstreams from initiation to completion (7-10 years experience)
• Demonstrated experience facilitating discussions or workshops
• Demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships with others
• Demonstrated experience leading changes
• Demonstrated ability to influence business leaders
• Some experience with process management
• Basic knowledge of VOC tools
• General knowledge of Hoshin and breakthrough planning

 

Skills: 

• Demonstrated data analysis skills
• Problem solving skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills across multiple formats: formal presentations, meetings, conference calls, e-mails, and memos
• Skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
• Skilled in SmartSheet
• Interpersonal skills
• Decision making skills
• Planning and organization skills
• Negotiation skills
• Results-oriented
• Creative
• Persistent
• Composed
• Able to learn new concepts rapidly
• Able to work independently with little supervision 

 

Work Environment:

• Up to 25% Travel, Domestically

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree - Required
• Formal training in project management or continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, Lean, Theory of Constraints) - Preferred
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) - required