PMO Project Manager

Qualifications:
Strong verbal and written communication skills, excellent organizational skills. Consensus building skills. MS Project or other project management tools.

Responsibilities:
Planning, coordinating, implementing and finalizing projects according to the specifications and deadlines, all while keeping the project within budget. Defines project governance policies and manages the financial concerns. Creates and reports project status and allocates resources as needed. Communicates and interfaces with all levels and across organizational lines. Minimal work direction needed, highly skilled and knowledgeable to the position.

Role
• Ensures site Project Sponsors and Project Leads adheres to the Company’s best practices for Project Management and Portfolio Governance in their delivery of diverse multi-disciplinary projects.
• Ongoing support of Project Leads in their delivery of projects in line with schedule, scope, cost and resource requirements and constraints.
• Facilitation of the monthly Site Portfolio Governance process for their allocated departments.
• Becomes a subject matter expert on the new PPM digital tool (OnePMO) in order to support the implementation across the site.
• Ensures the PMO PPM digital tool (OnePMO) is used consistently by the community of Project Leads and Sponsors and supports where necessary.
• Supports the Site Leadership Team in their use of PowerBI dashboards in order to have oversight and governance on their projects.
• Supports the analysis of portfolio data for trending, identifying lessons learned and disseminating findings as system or process improvements.
• Ensure highest Quality & Compliance standards. Participate and Comply with the Company’s Quality Management System.
• Contributes to the ongoing development of the PMO process, tools and templates and Portfolio Governance process.
• Responsible for training Project Sponsors and Leads in PMO best practices, OnePMO and PowerBI as required.

Requirements
• Relevant 3rd level qualification in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• Qualification in project management such as PMP desirable.
• 8+ years experience in Pharma industry preferable, in a PMO or project-related environment.
• Proficiency in MS Project scheduling tool required and knowledge of PowerBI advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of project and program management methodologies and industry best practice.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development essential.
• Excellent communication skills.