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Job title

Project Manager with Pharmaceutical Experience

Company Ajilon
Wage between $0.00 - $0.00 Annually
Location United States, North Carolina, Durham
Employment type 6-9 Month Contract
Education Not Specified
Year Experience 4 - 5 Years of Practical Experience
Travel Not Specified
Published on 9/30/2008
Description
Ajilon Consulting is a premier provider of information technology (IT) business solutions. With over 50 offices in North America and 12,000 employees worldwide, Ajilon Consulting is a company full of great opportunities and exciting new challenges.

We are currently seeking an individual to perform the following job duties for one of our largest clients in the Pharmaceutical industry:
Looking for a Project Manager, familiar with the various web technologies, mainly Microsoft, to manage the Data Center Move Project for Procurement IT. This is mainly a project manager position, but there will be instances where they will be involved in some tech writing, investigation of applications that may lack documentation and what it takes to move them, identification of risks, etc...
High Level Job Description
. Our client's IT is migrating applications to a new datacenter and requires a hybrid BA/PM to plan the migration of applications that support the following business function: Procurement.
. The role will also require the BA/PM to plan and project manage various application and architecture upgrades.
. BA/PM will be assigned a group of applications that cover the Procurement business function.
. Applicants must be well experienced BA/PM's in this field and be able to work effectively under their own initiative with minimum supervision.

Objectives of role
. To perform all activities involved in planning the migration of applications to new data center.
. To develop the detailed project plan to migrate applications from target data centers to new tier 3 data center in Upper Providence PA
. To perform and coordinate analysis of applications necessary to provide migration documentation.
. To lead and participate in testing of applications identified as having potential latency impact.
. To lead and participate in migration pilots of identified applications.

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Experience/Skills
Knowledge & Experience Required
. In depth knowledge and experience with IT Business Analysis and IT Project Management for business application environments in the following area - Procurement.
. Prior experience migrating applications from one datacentre to another.
. Proven ability to provide effective IT solutions to a large, complex organization
. Strong understanding of the application project lifecycle.
. Strong technical knowledge of application / database / hosting environments.
. Strong technical knowledge of application development.
. Strong technical understanding of application interfaces.
. Strong technical knowledge of the "tech refresh" cycle.
. Operational understanding of the relationship between the technical and functional environment.
. Strong knowledge and rigor using structured IT change management practice.
. Strong knowledge / experience using IT asset / inventory systems - preferably Chameleon.
. Experience managing onshore / offshore software vendors.
. Proven knowledge of testing methodologies and testing tools.
. Knowledge / experience of ITIL and IT QMS methodologies.
. Knowledge / experience of IT compliance, e.g. Sarbanes Oxley
. Knowledge / experience of IT regulatory constraints, e.g. GxP, PII & Data Privacy
. Experienced in preparing and presenting project proposals / costs.
. Experienced in tracking project budget, project reporting and metrics.
. Ability to track / manage / resolve project risks and issues.
. Experience managing a range of local and international project team resources and to interact effectively across boundaries with other global functions.

Training and Education years
. Education to degree level.
. Minimum of 7+ years of Business Analysis/Project Management or significant experience.
. Qualification in project management - preferably PMI or Prince2.

Interpersonal Skills/Capabilities:
. Effective written and oral communications skills.
. Teamwork - Interacts effectively across boundaries with other functions using influencing and relationship building skills
. Innovation and entrepreneurship - Track record of developing, evaluating and implementing innovative solutions to IT problems
. Leadership - Ability to communicate vision and direction
. Communication & influencing - Communicates effectively at all levels and can motivate customers with or without direct authority
. Agility - Avoids bureaucracy and facilitates rapid, flexible, innovative working and decision making within a complex organization
. Judgment and Integrity - Provides thoughtful counsel to senior management by operating from the big picture, impartially evaluating, and clearly communicating the business and organizational consequences of decisions and plans
. Systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving
. Experienced in dealing with pressure and ambiguity
. Ability and willingness to understand new technologies and applications
. Ability to adapt quickly to changes in procedures and processes.
. Work independently with minimum direction/supervision efficiently and effectively.
. Ability to build relationships, influence and gain the support of others.
. Must be customer focused and ensure that project delivers the highest level of business benefit and minimizes disruption.
. Ability to craft and present concise communications regarding project status to a wide variety of audiences including technical, business customers, and management.
. Avoid bureaucracy and facilitates rapid, flexible, innovative working and decision making within a complex organization

Feel free to call Amy Buck at 919-941-0001 or 888-296-7575 with any questions. Thank you for your interest in Ajilon.




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Project Manager with Pharmaceutical Experience
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