IT Help Wanted: [itroundtable] Fwd: PM with Pharma Experience

Please self-screen and contact the recruiter below if you are a fit and let her know that I referred you.

Best of luck.

Peter Lutz

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From: Capuano, Rebecca <RebeccaCapuano@technisource.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Subject: PM with Pharma Experience
To: "lutzpf@gmail.com" <lutzpf@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Here is the Merck position in case you know of anyone.. one-year contract in Rahway, NJ. Thanks!

Our client, a Fortune 500 firm in Rahway, NJ, is seeking a Project Manager with pharmaceutical experience for a 1-year contract.

The candidate is responsible for creating and maintaining integrated project plans for program activities including, but not limited to, design, build, testing, and cutover. This entails working with task owners to create resource loaded plans, working with resource owners to identify and resolve capacity issues, facilitation of issue and risk management, critical path analysis, meeting facilitation, and progress reporting.

The candidate must deliver in accordance with the program work plan and methodology, and to that end, must be comfortable controlling the timely delivery of program deliverables. The candidate works very closely with one or more of the project work streams and/or specialized workstreams and needs to perform in a matrixed role.

Primary Activities Primary activities include, but are not limited to:
Facilitate creation of detailed resource loaded Master Program and Project Schedule
Maintenance of detailed resource loaded Master Program and Project Schedule
Gather, validate and update scheduling information from multiple sources and tracking mechanisms
Monitor deliverable progress and escalate schedule risks including resource capacity and delivery progress issues
Facilitate regular reviews of team performance against plan and provide appropriate feedback
Ensure risks and issues are quickly addressed, documented and resolved
Prepare project progress reports for the Global PMO, team leads and other key stakeholders
Run standard reports for schedule tracking and resource leveling on a weekly basis.
Conduct critical path analysis

job Requirements

Skills (include specific skill levels required to apply Leadership Principles)
Bachelors degree required, and a minimum of seven (7) years relevant work experience
Working knowledge of project planning, management, and control methods
Advanced proficiency with MS-Project or comparable project management software
Proven ability to effectively build, lead and manage team in a highly matrixed environment
Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation and influencing skills
Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities
Knowledge of Pharmaceutical industry and validated software environments desired

Rebecca Capuano

Sr. Recruiter

Information Technology and Engineering

TECHNISOURCE

100 Wood Ave. South, Suite 208, Iselin, New Jersey 08830

Direct 732-623-5933 | fax 732-549-1453

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