Job Description
Job Title : Project Manager – Cell Therapy
Location : Madison NJ
Pay range : $80 - $90/HR
Job Title: Cell Therapy Project Manager
This is a Hybrid role (Tues/Thurs onsite, next week Tues/Wed/Thurs onsite)
Reporting to either the Giralda Farms, NJ or Devens, MA site
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, Business Hours
SCOPE
Lead Continuous Improvement projects within Cell Therapy Global Quality team.
RESPONSIBLILTIES/DELIVERABLES:
• Schedule, manage meetings and issue notes from meetings
• Update project dashboard monthly (or as required) and draft/update charter, project for milestones, log any risk, etc.
• Manage internal steering meetings
• Coordinate activities with the team to address any related topics
• Coordinate internal teams supporting program/project as and when required
• Coordinate Subject Matter Experts into change management / process impact discussions
• Project manager to support project from initiation to closure as per contract obligations and the project charter
• Project manager to ensure project is closed in project management tool once all activities have been closed as per deliverables and project charter
Project Manager Position Description
The Project Manager will be primarily responsible for managing at least one and likely multiple business transformation implementation projects. The Project Manager is the primary point of contact for the project and manages all project activities including project kickoff meetings, recurring status meetings, executive sponsor meetings, reporting, and risk tracking. The Project Manager will work to manage resources to attain project deliverables and coordinate project communication for all stakeholders. The Project Manager will serve as a pro-active problem solver and help identify, document, resolve or escalate major risks and issues. Experience working with in a regulated/validated environment is a significant plus.
The PM will deliver the following activities for this project:
• Leads to planning, executing, controlling, and closing the Project to ensure the Project is delivered to scope and meets time, cost, and quality objectives
• Utilizes GPS standards and methodologies to verify scope, schedule, budget, monitor and control
• Ensures business objectives and project benefits are identifiable, measurable, and realized
• Manages and tracks project progress, and leads project team to successful on-time and on-budget delivery of project
• Change management strategy, planning and delivery
- Support execution of change management strategy and plan and work breakdown
- Define change metrics for the project and measure change effectiveness
• Stakeholder identification and management
- Collaborates with the Project Leader and internal stakeholders to manage expectations and mitigate risk
- Identify and analyze key stakeholders (influence/impact/support)
- Develop and implement stakeholder engagement activities
- Facilitate leadership alignment and develop leadership action plans
• Communications Delivery
- Develop project communications strategy, approach, and plan
- Develop communications messaging and launch via pre-defined channels
- Deliver pulse checks/other surveys to measure awareness and effectiveness
Competencies:
• Organization Ability to manage multiple priorities and resources in a dynamic environment across various departments and organize complex information.
• Judgment and Decision Making Considers the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Critical Thinking Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. Must possess initiative with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attitude & Teamwork Projects confidence tempered with humility. Must be a team player willing both to steer the team towards success and to fully support the team when others are steering.
• Problem Sensitivity Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. Recognizes there is a problem and escalates or informs the resources who can address the problem.
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Requirements
Education: A bachelors degree in arts or sciences or engineering is required.
Certifications: PMP certification is preferred.
Project Management Experience: At least 3 years of project management experience.
Working Conditions: Office environment
Exposure to hazards or disagreeable conditions: N/A
Travel required: N/A
Physical Demands: N/A
Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian's platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. Dexian's brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more. Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.