Project Manager

Canada - Mississauga
Posted: 24/05/2024

Salary: £90K to £110K per Year
ID: 34214_BH

Job Title: Project Manager - Global Business Services
Location: Mississauga, Canada
Salary: CAD $160,000
The Opportunity
Join a global leader in pioneering healthcare solutions, celebrated for its ground breaking research and development efforts. This dynamic organization is at the forefront of medical advancements, committed to elevating global healthcare standards. We are currently seeking a highly motivated and skilled Project Manager to join Global Business Services tea in Lisbon, Portugal. As a Project Manager within GBS, you will play a pivotal role in the budget and resource planning, roadmap management, and successful delivery of the insourcing program. Collaborate closely with stakeholders across various departments and countries, analyse business needs, translate them into clear requirements, and ensure efficient, effective delivery aligning with overall business objectives.
As a Project Manager, you will assume a crucial position in enhancing our client's internal consulting expertise within the Global Business Services (GBS) group. Your primary goal will be to deliver top-notch project management services to the enterprise organization, necessitating a candidate who surpasses conventional plan management. In this role, you will offer project leadership and valuable insights to our business customers, actively contributing to the realization of our vision to establish a comprehensive global enterprise project management service.
Key Responsibilities:

• Spearhead the management of functional projects with medium complexity and risk within a supportive stakeholder organization, ensuring the successful delivery of high-value benefits exceeding $500k.
• Oversee and guide a project team consisting of 10-20 stakeholders, fostering a customer-centric approach that encourages teamwork and collaboration.
• Actively engage in Communities of Practice, promoting knowledge-sharing and upholding quality standards among Project Managers and Leads within the wider team.
• Define, implement, and drive robust project governance across a mature and supportive stakeholder landscape.
• Champion a change management mindset from project inception, leading strategic conversations and ensuring decisions align with organizational objectives.
• Develop and execute detailed project plans, adapting them to evolving needs and requirements, and guaranteeing the effective and efficient achievement of milestones.
• Identify actionable items to advance plans, assign individual responsibilities, and drive accountability for timely completion.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with key business stakeholders, ensuring effective capture of business requirements and understanding the project's impact on the business.
• Adhere to the GBS Project Services delivery methodology, maintaining alignment with best practices and quality standards.

Requirements:

• Possess a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance, Business, or a relevant Healthcare-related field.
• Bring to the role a solid background with 5+ years of experience in program/project management, demonstrating expertise in handling medium-complexity projects.
• Showcase a track record of managing projects in a global organizational setting, highlighting your ability to navigate complexities within diverse, global teams.
• Demonstrate strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a proven history of collaborating and sharing knowledge effectively across teams.
• Exhibit comfort and skill in operating within a complex operational matrix organization.
• Illustrate experience in risk assessment, evaluating alternatives, and encouraging diverse input to make effective decisions while planning mitigation tactics.
• Possess the ability to articulate complex concepts clearly, ensuring understanding and alignment among stakeholders.
• Demonstrate proficiency in interpreting unstructured information into well-defined business requirements.
• Showcase expertise in relationship management, encompassing development, maintenance, and an understanding of internal political influence.
• Display excellent business engagement and acumen, showcasing sensitivity to the internal and external political and economic environment.
• Proven experience in managing and controlling project budgets, ensuring financial stewardship throughout.
• Exhibit significant experience and skill in presenting in front of leadership-level clients through written and verbal channels.
• Hold a Project Management and/or Program Management Certification (preferred but not essential).
• Bring valuable experience from the field of Management Consulting (preferred but not essential.
• Possess experience within the pharmaceutical or equivalent global and complex organizational settings, showcasing exposure to quality and compliance environments, and the application of policies, procedures, and guidelines (preferred but not essential).

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