We are looking for a strong traditional project manager who can drive deliverables while supporting our clients' external vendors!
Pharmaceutical or Medical Device experience a huge plus but not required.
PST time zone but prefer candidates who are in the Los Angeles area for potential onsite meetings.
Compensation: The estimated pay range for this position is USD $75.00/Hr. - USD $85.00/Hr. and is an Exempt role.
Job Description:
Milestone is seeking a tactical Sr. Program/Project Manager Consultant to support executive leadership for a global system platform upgrade initiative.
This role requires traditional Program/Project Management skills and experience working in a Hybrid/Agile environment. Must have experience creating project plans; risk management, communication plans, executive reporting; planning and organizing multiple workshops; vendor liaison and deliverables management.
A key action expected for this role will be to manage an end-to-end workstream within this large initiative. Requires the ability to quickly ascertain the scope, resources and key stakeholders and drive precise clarity into the initiative on all items. This includes streamlining, following up and closing monitoring action items; ensure workshops are scheduled and calendared, facilitate workshops as needed.
Additionally, this role must act with a sense of urgency, be proactive in timeline constraints by escalating sooner rather than later. Drive clarity into all things with all product teams and possess executive level organization skills.
Areas of responsibility include:
Schedule meetings; agenda for multiple workshops
Project workplan creation and maintenance, including interdependency identification and tracking
Communication Plans
Create high level presentations and graphics to align stakeholders
Compile Weekly Program Dashboards, Key Metrics, and issues
Risks, Actions, Issues, Decision tracking
Escalate problems and issues to management as appropriate
Schedule and lead meetings and publish meeting minutes.
Skills Required: Sr Project/Program Management experience; PMP
Strong organizational skills
Attention to detail
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
Quick learner
Experience managing large IS programs/projects with multiple workstreams
Budget Awareness
Experience with executive status reporting
Jira for Project Management
MS Office; MS Teams; PowerPoint Advanced Excel, SAP
This role is primarily remote supporting PST. Consultants may be required to attend some onsite meetings at client's campus in Thousand Oaks, CA
Contract length: ASAP through April 2025 with possible extension Partial Remote. Preferred candidates in PST.
Compensation: The estimated pay range for this position is USD $75.00/Hr. - USD $80.00/Hr. and is an Exempt role.
Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on the circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.