SUMMARY
Oversees, manages and coordinates all operational aspects of ongoing department level projects having significant impact on multiple organizations. Serves as liaison between project team and organization.

FUNCTIONS
– Manage all aspects of project(s): planning, implementation, monitoring, completion, and follow-up.
– Manage competing timelines and prioritize critical tasks.
– Establish and achieves project standards for work quality and quantity.
– Assess project issues and develop solutions to meet scientific, productivity, quality and client satisfaction goals and objectives.
– Assist in technical, financial, and organizational issues by researching issues, providing recommendations and maintaining document archives.
– Manage and track project budget(s).
– Negotiate and reconcile the use of resources for the projects.
– Identify and anticipate schedule slips or changes and analyzes the costs and resource impact.
– Develop and implement tools, techniques and processes to provide or create information to enable informed decision making within the teams.
– Actively participate in directing the evolution and defining the role of the project.
– Ensure the project goals and objects are well understood by the various functional areas.
– Liaison with Management, Department Heads, Leaders, sub or satellite team leaders and members to obtain their continued input and feedback on the benefits, needs, and issues associated with the project.
– Maintain the master project plan and schedule for assigned projects.
– Recommend and develop operational or process improvements for the performance and successful functioning of the project team.
– Provide senior management and department heads with project management support on an as needed basis as well as for special projects.
– May manage and direct the activities of project support staff.
– Conduct annual performance reviews, and provides career counseling and general guidance.
– Identify or leads focus area projects within the overall function of project management or related projects.
– Generate periodic updates and prepare formal presentations for required forums.
– Generate individual and more complex reports utilizing various resources.
– Ensure project work complies with domestic (may also involve international) regulatory requirements and approved guidelines relevant to area of responsibility.
– Ensure project work complies with practices, policies and standard operating procedures.
– Participate in required meetings, activities, and related projects and relevant interdepartmental activities.
– Anticipate resource needs and communicate to management sponsors.
** Other functions that may be assigned.

EDUCATION
-Doctorate + 2 years of Project Management experience 
-Masters + 4 years of Project Management experience
-Bachelors + 6 years of Project Management experience 

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