Senior Project Manager (IT PMO) - Commercial

Akkodis is seeking multiple Senior Project Managers (IT PMO) with experience working in pharmaceutical domain companies to support our client in Princeton, NJ.

Candidates would be working within a PMO environment supporting projects across multiple divisions.

We are seeking local candidates only as these are hybrid roles requiring 2 to 3 days onsite.

Rate range : $75.00 to $85.00 per hour based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors. No C2C candidates.

Responsibilities for the Senior Project Manager (IT PMO) include :

• Mastering the end-to-end business process cycles and becoming fluent with the entire IT landscape (core systems, secondary systems, interfaces, etc.)
• Reviewing business requirements and understanding business rationale and the end goal
• Comparing multiple vendor solutions against the business requirements and preparing analysis
• Presenting analysis to executive leadership and delivering recommendations for decision making
• Building detailed budgets and managing project expenses within the approved limits
• Developing project timelines, meeting the defined milestones and ensuring on time deliveries
• Identifying resource requirements and managing the assets bandwidth
• Delivering weekly status reporting for each project and reporting to project stakeholders
• Mitigating risks and providing alternative solutions and / or workarounds when needed
• Managing the communication and training requirements for project deployments
• Building and overseeing the execution of comprehensive cutover plans during Go Lives
• Managing post Go Live Hypercare and expediting resolution during production outages.
• Assisting Business Analysts (BAs) in delivering change requests
• Improving the change request process to increase the delivery capacity.
• Providing project management training, tools and materials to BAs to assist with enterprise initiatives

Required skills and experience for the Senior Project Manager (IT PMO) :

• 10+ years of proven experience managing IT projects.
• Experience working in a commercial pharma environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (Information Systems, Supply Chain, Operations Management). MBA preferred.
• PMP Certification Preferred
• Experience with Workday, Veeva, Digital Analytics, Ingenius, Omni Channel
• Experience with various distribution systems and platforms (Web, ERP, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Final Mile Delivery)
• Fluent in distribution practices and processes both upstream (Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Invoicing) and downstream (Receiving, Selection, Inventory Control)
• Interpersonal skills that nurture the development of relationships, teamwork and cross-functional collaboration
• Outstanding communication skills with ability to articulate the explanation of complex systems and processes.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with a desire for accuracy and data integrity
• Excellent time management with capability of multi-tasking competing priorities at times.
• Dynamic and agile with ability to quickly shift focus and attention based on the severity of the situation at hand.

If you are interested in this Senior Project Manager (IT PMO) job at Princeton, NJ then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis go to .

If you have questions about the position, please contact Dennis Homick at (732)-52392-2019 or [email protected].

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Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits and 401K plan.

Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law;

any other paid leave required by Federal, State or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria. Disclaimer : These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs which are direct hire to a client.

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