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Project Manager - Horsham, PA

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the planning, definition, design, and delivery of consulting-based projects to the client. When applicable, the Senior Project Manager will lead a team of technical, application and/or regulatory consultants in fulfilling the service requirements of the CSO contract(s). Furthermore, the Senior Project Manager will serve as a focal point for all communication with the client on matters pertaining to the assigned service contract. This position may also serve as a Program Manager on large client engagements, overseeing the activities of other Project Managers within CSO.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Working with LIQUENT Sales to define and finalize client contracts (prior to engagement).
• Conducting and documenting early planning and definition of projects (with client).
• Determining project resource requirements.
• Developing and adhering to project plan and schedules.
• Scheduling of appropriate resources throughout the duration of the project (maintenance, support, and publishing resources).
• Managing of project budget.
• Providing knowledge of applicable LIQUENT methodology and product expertise to CSO teams.
• Facilitating and documenting regular team status meetings (with monthly report to CSO Director).
• Escalating and resolving project critical issues (as documented by team and/or client).
• Collecting and archiving all project deliverables.
• Authoring 'project closedown' report.
• Other duties and responsibilities:
• Ensuring contractual change control procedures are instituted
• Promoting and ensuring the use of quality processes per validation and SOP documentation
• Identifying and communicating potential new business opportunities
• Authoring and delivering feedback/reviews for CSO project consultants
• Managing internal LIQUENT projects for outstanding needed task completion
• Supervisory responsibilities:
• Providing leadership and mentoring to CSO Project Managers.
• Providing project team leadership for CSO projects.
• Providing support for CSO Global Director.
• Ensuring project task entry for CSO resource time-tracking.
• Serving as an advocate to CSO consultants during reviews and when assigning project resources.

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


• The following educational background and/or work experience is required:
• 4-year college degree in life sciences or technology-related discipline.
• One to two years CoreDossier publishing and/or implementation experience.
• End-to-end regulatory submission publishing experience required.
• Knowledge of regulatory submission content and formats.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to articulate procedures and solutions to multi-level team.
• Strong interpersonal skills to conduct successful client interactions.
• Extensive and successful project management (or team leader) experience in delivering large budget, highly visible, mission critical system implementation projects on time, on budget, and within the agreed upon scope
• Proficiency working in Microsoft Windows environment and with Windows-based applications including, but not limited to, Microsoft Office products (including MS Project), Adobe Acrobat, desktop publishing and graphics packages.
• Experience with CoreDossier and other LIQUENT products.
• Ability to work well independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to multi-task in a complex environment.
• Ability to learn new technology and to apply to business needs.
• Experience with document/content management systems.
• Experience with software implementations.
• Understanding of software validation concepts and the ability to execute against defined plans.
• Understanding of pharmaceutical industry and drug submission process.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills with a customer service focus.
• Detail-oriented.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Problem formulation and solution-oriented reasoning is critical.
• Ability to articulate and document procedural or product related issues under time pressures imposed by business-critical deadlines.
• PMP Certification is desirable.

LIQUENT is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting a diverse workplace.