Overview
The Senior Project Coordinator assists in the planning and execution of projects from initiation through delivery. They organize cross-functional activities, ensuring completion of the project while adhering to budget, scope, and schedule requirements.
They serve as an in-house project consultant for evaluating needs and requests for proposals.
The Senior Project Coordinator provides support to project management functions within established practices and procedures and works on problems of moderate scope.
They support routine project tasks to ensure consistency throughout the project lifecycle. Prior repository experience or experience in biotech highly preferred.
Responsibilities
Monitor small to medium size projects or phases of a larger project from initiation through delivery, applying organizational policies and procedures including planning, directing, scheduling, and monitoring of budget and spending.
Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor the progress of the project.
- Prepare and assess project plans, document project progress, and prepare reports for internal and external project stakeholders and Senior Management.
- Review project requirements, identify interdependencies with internal and external departments or service providers, delegate responsibilities, and ensure that work is completed.
Elevate delays or concerns to project management team.
- Examine project proposals, ensure projects adhere to the contract language, and deliver and track project amendment documentation.
- Provide technical support including project scheduling and planning, earned value management, budget review / cost analysis, and change of scope impact analysis.
- Organize and prepare for departmental or cross-functional meetings, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products and services.
- Organize and determine tasks and provide professional administrative support to one or more project teams.
- Maintain documentation such as contracts, invoices, or payment records.
- Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
Qualifications
Education and Experience :
Bachelor's degree and 2-5 years' experience or equivalent experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :
- Organization and developmental skills.
- Ability to understand process flows and operational systems to meet the defined requirements of the business.
- Leadership qualities.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent team skills.
- Ability to resolve conflicting situations.
- Computer or technical knowledge.
- Effective problem solving skills.
- Ability to explore data, discover patterns, and find meaningful relationships, anomalies as well as trends.
- Project Management and Microsoft Project experience.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.