Project Manager, Infrastructure Program Delivery

Must have skills:

• He/she will initially commission a PoC to prove the capability, migrate legacy Nutanix/VMWare sites to the Edge and then scale it out.
• Experience of delivering Cloud Transformation programmes at the IaaS/PaaS level in a multi-cloud/hybrid environment is highly desirable.
• Exposure to solutions such as Dell Apex, Azure Arc and Client Greenlake would be an advantage.
• Resource should be from US East Coast only because they may have occasional travel to customer location

Basic Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience with the following:

• Project management standards and procedures; including development of project proposals and management of all aspects of project delivery including schedules, finances, risks and issues
• Project management of technical infrastructure projects, preferably within large multifaceted programs
• Strong planning and deliverable tracking of complex global projects across multiple departments with the ability to drive alignment and rapid decision making
• Sound organizational skills with experience in maintaining project governance artefacts and reporting across a global program and matrixed organization
• Broad knowledge of and practical experience working in a highly regulated environment, preferably pharmaceutical
• Effective management of matrixed teams
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, written and oral communication skills; strong presentation skills
• Ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of technical architects, engineers, product managers, product owners and various subject matter experts
• Aptitude to quickly grasp technical topics in sufficient detail to effectively communicate with customers and Tech delivery teams.
• Effective business and end-user change management
• Ability to apply Agile, Scrum, Kanban practices and related tools as required
• Experience working with MS Project, JIRA, Confluence

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in the pharmaceutical industry
• Working knowledge and understanding of current Best Practices
• Experience coordinating large scale initiatives which include tech and non tech related business stakeholders across the organization

Role Description:

This role is responsible for the project management of one or more infrastructure work-packages delivering technical infrastructure. Project management responsibilities may include leading a single project, a project work-package, or working as part of a larger team or program of work. Specifically, this role is responsible for the following deliverables:

• Lead project planning, resourcing, reporting, and troubleshooting to ensure delivery of committed plans and value to our customers within scope, schedule, and budget
• Define the deployment strategy and prepare and execute the detailed project plan; including project tasks, target completion dates, milestones, resources, and dependencies
• Manage a matrixed team to deliver solutions and processes in support of project objectives and requirements
• Provide executive level reporting on project progress, budget, and other metrics as required
• Cooperate with project sponsors and maintain relationships with stakeholders, ensuring proper stakeholder updates and communications
• Provide appropriate escalation of information which enables visibility and decision-making
• Ensure proper technical, and end-user, change management
• Negotiate solutions and address emergent issues, continuously monitoring, mitigating, and reporting on risks and issues