Senior Project Manager

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Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2023 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee and simultaneously manage multiple strategic projects, which vary in size and complexity. This role will focus on the implementation of small, medium, and large projects including key digital systems, such as CRM platforms, websites, Product Information Management (PIM) & Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems, CIC, and customer consent solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects or large projects in a global environment.
• Manage budgets, reporting actuals, planned and forecasted costs to the sponsors, budget line holder on a monthly basis.
• Manage the people resource strategy for the projects, mindful of Convatec’s ambition to increase in-house knowledge and expertise.
• Facilitate the budgeting process, providing a clear rationale for expenditure and the expected benefits/value that will be realized in projects.
• Create and track project planning and the value to be delivered for the business.
• Monitor and report on progress, utilizing industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout project execution.
• Manage the project status reporting structure and cadence.
• Monitor and measure projects ongoing impact/effectiveness against the declared value.
• Establish and continuously review ways of working between workstreams that enhance and motivate the teams to deliver the project’s objectives.
• Work with Convatec’s Project Management Office (PMO) to track and report the project’s progress throughout the StageGate Process.
• Manage and harmonize communication plans to wider stakeholder groups, ensuring the communications reflect the needs of the different stakeholder groups.
• Carry out mid-year reviews of projects to identify improved ways of working and whether the objectives of the programmes and projects remain relevant.
• Act as an escalation point for the project teams to unblock issues.
• Maintain up-to-date information for projects in the project management tools.
• Maintain project documentation and reporting to senior leadership (RAID logs, plans, trackers, presentations, etc.).
• Documentation and adherence to processes and procedures.
• Management of project financials in collaboration with the PMO/IT Financial Controller.
• Coordinate and lead project meetings.

Key Requirements

• Customer-first mindset.
• Ability to bridge communications between business and technical teams.
• Very good in written and spoken English.
• Excellent listening, questioning, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to self-organize.
• Capacity to balance priorities and workloads.
• Flexible and agile mindset with the ability to work across different team functions and projects.
• Experience of working in a global business environment.
• Experience in the Medical Devices/Pharmaceutical Industry strongly valued.

Education/Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master Degree.
• Internationally recognized Project Management Certifications (PMI/PMP).
• Up to 10 years of IT experience, proven track record in planning and execution of IT projects and digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong experience leading end-to-end, larger IT/Technology projects globally.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Project Management experience in Scrum, Agile, and Waterfall.
• Experience working in a complex global organization in a project management role.
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, quality, budget, and timelines.
• Knowledge of hosting, network, and end-user compute technologies beneficial.
• Ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams globally.

Expertise in one of these domains within Medical Devices/Pharmaceutical Industry preferred:

• SAP (Fin, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Supply Chain) (ECC, S/4HANA).
• (QMS) Quality Management Systems (CC, QA).
• (PLM) Product Life Cycle Management Systems (Product Data, Product Development, Standards).
• (MES) Manufacturing Execution Systems and Processes.
• Sales and Marketing (CRM Systems).

Travel Requirements

• Position may involve travel 5% of the time. Most trips will include overnight travel.

Languages

• English (reading, writing, speaking).
• Additional languages as required or nice to have.

Working Conditions

• Remote working.

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