Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, is seeking an IT Project Manager to oversee IT supported initiatives. The role involves managing projects from initiation to completion, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring successful execution of various IT initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Direct all phases of projects from inception through completion
- Work closely with project sponsor and cross-functional teams to develop the scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new initiatives
- The project manager will also collaborate with other members of the PMO team to implement tools and processes to enable a high functioning, high impact, analytically driven IT organization
- Responsible for the cost, schedule, quality, and technical performance of the assigned project(s)
- Establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
- Lead and drive multi-disciplinary and cross functional teams, including engineering, operations, vendor management, logistics and services to ensure successful project execution
- Provide regular updates to team, management, and PMO on work performed, plans, budget, and overall status
- Identify project problems and obtain solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications
- Work with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects within the department
- Analyze, evaluate, and overcome program risks, and produce program reports for managers and stakeholders
Skills
- Experience in managing IT projects, specifically in Active Directory Migration
- Strong coordination skills and ability to manage competing priorities
- Ability to lead a portfolio of IT initiatives
- Experience working in a matrix style organization
- Ability to organize inter-disciplinary teams (business & IT)
- Experience in managing complex business and technical risks
- Ability to support multi-functional teams in identifying and solving complex data and system dependencies
- Experience in directing all phases of projects from inception through completion
- Ability to work closely with project sponsors and cross-functional teams
- Experience in developing project scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing
- Experience collaborating with PMO teams to implement tools and processes
- Responsible for cost, schedule, quality, and technical performance of assigned projects
- Ability to establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules
- Effective communication skills for project expectations to team members and stakeholders
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams
- Ability to provide regular updates on work performed, plans, budget, and overall status
- Experience in identifying project problems and obtaining solutions
- Ability to work with program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects
- Experience in analyzing, evaluating, and overcoming program risks
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