Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities of the Project Manager include, but are not limited to:

• Independently manages and completes Medical projects, including liaising with cross-functional stakeholders and external vendors, meeting facilitation, agenda development, and follow-up to ensure that actions are completed.
• Ensures all operational deliverables are achieved on or ahead of schedule, within budget target, and with quality that meets or exceeds the business needs.
• Assesses and regularly manages risks and works to implement and monitor mitigation strategies with project leads and appropriately escalates items to leadership should a deliverable be running off-track.
• As appropriate, develops and maintains an integrated program level budget.
• Designs, recommends and implements new processes, approaches or tools to manage team needs.
• Ensures effective, accurate and timely communication of project status (e.g. agendas, meeting minutes, and presentations) to meet the needs of the team.
• Utilizes negotiation, facilitation, meeting management and conflict resolution skills to enhance cross-functional team performance.
• Mentors and helps new team members get up to speed on projects/processes/systems and ensures all team members have access to project information necessary to be successful.
• Ensures all appropriate team members’ views have been raised and incorporated into team decisions as appropriate.

Financial Responsibilities (as appropriate):

• Responsible, with minimal oversight, for all aspects related to financial set-up, approval, and management of financial projects (e.g. Purchase Orders) in support of RDMA projects.
• Act as a single point of contact for issue resolution related to management of vendor-related purchase orders including creation of new vendors, resolution of invoice payment delays and duplications
• Serve as business process owner for providing training and guidance on financial systems/processes to members of the RDMA team.
• Identify best practices and opportunities for improvements in financial processes.
• Partner with Project Owners to ensure receipt of deliverables prior to ensuring financial obligations are met.

Requirements:

·       University graduate (BA/BS degree required)

·       5-7 years of relevant professional experience (e.g. Project management)

·       Strong technical skills including experience/knowledge of advanced Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point) and underlying financial systems (e.g. SAP, Business Objects)

·       Proven ability to work independently with minimal oversight

·       Well-organized, analytical, self-motivated individual with strong written and oral communication skills

·       Ability to anticipate needs, prioritize responsibilities, manage multiple projects simultaneously

·       Excellent attention to detail to ensure work is thorough and accurate

Ability to demonstrate flexibility in dealing with change and diversity.

·       Advanced degree preferred (especially in a health science discipline)

·       PMP certification preferred

·       Knowledge of Pfizer financial reporting and project management systems

·       Proven ability to cultivate relationships of trust and credibility with colleagues internal and external to the RDMA team and to be seen as a partner with deep understanding of financial processes and project management.

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