Project Manager

Project Manager

Location: Hybrid/Remote: The successful candidate can work on a Hybrid/Remote basis, reporting into one of our offices located in Pennsylvania or North Carolina.

Status: Permanent

Package: Competitive Salary, Remote/Home Working (with one-off allowance), Flexible Working, (2 Days in the office for our Hybrid workers) Development & Opportunity (Personal & Technical), Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Long Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance, Generous 401K (matching) Plan, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, 15 Days'' Vacation + Plus Public Holidays + Buy and Sell Scheme.

d-wise, an Instem company, designs, deploys, and supports validated cloud infrastructure for life-sciences and clinical trial organizations. Our flagship product, Accel, is a turn-key, validated Statistical Computing Environment (SCE) built on AWS and pre-loaded with SAS, R, Python, and Posit tools; giving biostatisticians and clinical programmers a secure, compliant, and high-performance environment for clinical data analysis and regulatory submission. Behind every client environment is an infrastructure-as-code foundation that lets our team provision, replicate, and scale qualified cloud environments quickly and consistently.

The Project Manager is a highly valued role where collaboration and a superior team player mindset is non-negotiable. As a Project Manager (PM) your mission is to be the primary liaison for our customers and to provide leadership on projects to ensure success throughout the project life cycle. The PM will have overall operational responsibilities for leading the projects where the criteria for success includes managing scope, leading teams, tracking and reporting project status, and completing deliverables to execute the projects on time and within budget.

You'll be part of a friendly, solutions-focused environment within a global business of over 400 people. Here, you'll experience a high-performance culture balanced with genuine flexibility - we trust you to take ownership, deliver meaningful results, and work in a way that suits you.

You'll be encouraged to grow, share your ideas, and make a real impact. We're passionate about creating a place where you can develop your skills, contribute confidently, and succeed in your career.

Why join us as a Project Manager?

In this role you will lead complex, customer-facing technology projects that make a real impact in life sciences, owning delivery from initial handover through to successful completion while working with cross-functional teams in a highly regulated environment.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Determine project scope, budgets and timelines with the input and support from cross-functional team members. Track, identify, and resolve scope changes as well as communicate changes to the internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify, assess and manage project risks, developing mitigation strategies to minimize impact.
• Creation and maintenance of comprehensive project plans to be shared with the customers.
• Responsibility for conformance to quality procedures and end of month procedures, within the projects including the production of relevant documentation.
• Organize and facilitate internal and external project meetings, including agendas and action items. Influence requisite follow-up and actions necessary as determined in meetings to include incorporating lessons learned into future planning.
• Proactive in identifying and promoting process improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness when running projects
• Provide project updates to internal management and customers.
• Participate in the strategic planning for long range projects, including business impact.
• Review project hours monthly to ensure accurate time reporting and adherence to budgets.
• Measure project performance against departmental KPIs
• Communication and reporting - maintain clear communication with stakeholders. Report and escalate to management as needed.
• Produce top-notch written communications and deliver high quality and effective presentations.
• Interact with Sales staff for order review and handoff of projects.
• Liaise with the Service Delivery team on allocation of work and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner.
• Entering weekly timesheets that enable and ensure the accuracy of the revenue recognition function.
• Light travel may be required (< 10%).
• Adherence to the Company's Quality Management System to ensure that all work is handled Securely, Professionally and Diligently

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree with proven related experience. PMP preferred
• Proven experience in project management, with a track record of successful project delivery.
• Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies
• Proficiency with project management software and tools.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast paced environment.
• IT Project Management experience within the life sciences industry strongly preferred
• Thorough understanding of SDLC within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industries, including familiarity with 21CFRPart11 and Computer System Validation
• Experience with professional AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT Enterprise, etc…) for process automation and increased efficiency
• Creative self-starter and learner open to new ideas and able to work with minimal supervision in a challenging, fast-paced technical environment.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage pressure effectively.
• Ability to lead multi disciplined project teams of various sizes
• Good project and people management skills
• Knowledge of the Development Lifecycle
• Awareness of ISO9001
• Awareness of GxP standards

Ready to Make a Difference?

Join a team that values your perspective and supports your growth, while helping shape the future of life sciences. Apply now - we'd love to hear from you, and our Talent team will be in touch.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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