Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Exact Sciences is a company focused on changing how the world prevents, detects, and guides treatment for cancer. The Project Manager is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating activities for cross-functional strategic initiatives, ensuring projects meet business objectives and are completed on time and within budget.
Responsibilities
- Support Program Manager and leadership to plan, track, and manage projects to support the needs of the business
- Act as a business partner to directly or indirectly lead cross-functional teams to execute on project tasks to include effective creation and management of timelines, budgets, resources, risks, interdependencies, and project objectives
- Follow established project management practices, including management of scope, requirements, issues, and risks
- Consult with project sponsors and reviews project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding, allotment of resources and procedures for accomplishing projects
- Direct and coordinate responsibilities and scope of authority to team members
- Troubleshoot problems associated with coordination, development, or design of projects
- Escalate issues when critical risks arise and maintain pulse with project activities to ensure progress
- Monitor and prepare status reports on project deliverables and any deviation from project plan
- Advises on the right level of governance by project and program
- Coach and facilitate teams on project management processes, tools and techniques, such as process maps, value stream maps and root cause analyses
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders and team members
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and balance multiple competing priorities within and across multiple projects at the same time
- Demonstrated success with oral and written communications/presentations, influence and persuasion, results orientation, facilitation, and teamwork skills across multiple audiences
- Ability to work within a matrix management organization
- Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork
- Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures
- Regular and reliable attendance
- Ability to work designated schedule
- Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day
- Ability and means to travel between local Exact Sciences locations
- Ability to travel 10% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or High School Degree/General Education Degree and 4 additional years of experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor's Degree
- 5+ years of progressive, broad-based project experience
- 3+ years leading projects or teams
- Ability to effectively collaborate as a part of a team and operate independently across projects based on project complexity and needs
- Proficiency with MS Project, MS Visio, Excel and PowerPoint
- Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation
- PMI Project Management Certification
- Experience working in human resources
Benefits
- Paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time)
- Paid leave for parents and caregivers
- A retirement savings plan
- Wellness support
- Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
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