Job Description
Overview The Project Manager manages and oversees all aspects of a project to ensure it is completed on-time and within budget. The PM has overall responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, vendors, and contractual deliverables. Works directly with the business to define scope and then ensure deliverables fall within the agreed upon scope and budget. Develops detailed project plans. Monitors project milestones and generates periodic status reports. Evaluates and manages risk. Incorporates quality measures and standards to project deliverables. Possesses strong knowledge of technology.
Responsibilities - Manage and oversee all aspects of a project to ensure it is completed on-time and within budget.
- Manages, prepares and produces project management reports, timelines, budgets, and documentation.
- Responsible for planning the work, managing a cross-functional team comprised of employees, contractors and vendors at distributed work locations, mitigating issues and risks, and communicating status.
- Leads the planning effort, including the definition of the deliverables and the required delivery dates, resource assignment and management, creation of a logical work breakdown structure, definition of major project dependencies and milestones, and accumulation of all project cost and benefit estimates.
- Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring feasibility of delivery.
- Create and manage project financials including budgeting, forecasting, actuals tracking and calculating earned value metrics.
- Monitors project activities and resolves/escalates issues as needed.
- Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.
- Participate in developing and improving Project Management processes and standards.
Qualifications Education:
- Bachelor Degree in Business Management, or similar discipline from an accredited college or university.
- PMP Certification desirable.
Experience:
- 2 - 6 years of directly related experience
- Retail Pharmacy / Pharmacy Benefit Management desirable
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Master Project Manager (MPM), or Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) preferred
- Retail Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy, Pharmacy Benefit Management
- Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management
- Proven experience in strategic planning
- Proven experience in risk management
- Proven experience in change management
- Working knowledge of Project Management methodologies including Scrum, Waterfall, and Agile.
Job Tags
Contract work, For contractors,