Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Our Project Management Consultants are insanely talented and are personally motivated to exceed expectations. As a Project Management Consultant, you will participate and lead efforts to define, plan, and complete important business and IT projects to achieve client objectives. You will:

• Participate in project initiation activities to confirm project purpose, determine overall goals/objectives, project and product scope, assess resourcing needs and options, identify high level risks and alternatives, complete high-level scheduling, and estimate financial costs.
• Lead project planning efforts to develop detailed project schedules, prepare detailed project resource plans and financial estimates, participate in vendor selection and contracting as needed, create kickoff decks, and lead kickoff meetings to set expectations with project stakeholders.
• Manage project team members to ensure successful delivery of scope, maintain the project schedule, managing risks, actions, issues, and decisions via a central RAID Log, lead weekly checkpoints with project team members to discuss progress and resolve risks and issues, capture and distribute meeting notes, prepare and publish weekly dashboards to summarize current status, progress, planned activities, and critical risks, issues, and decisions.
• Effectively close projects by ensuring that all deliverables have been produced and accepted, SOWs have been completed, lessons learned have been documented, project artifacts have been archived, and project resources have been released.

EXPECTATIONS:

You will work directly with project team members and client personnel and often interact with people from other organizations. You communicate well with executives, project team members, vendor personnel, and technical resources. You can blend in with any team but always standout through consistent delivery of high quality work products and exceptional communication skills. You thrive in challenging environments, where the path forward is not always clear at the outset. You are grounded in solid project management methodology and set and manage expectations extremely well. You work effectively with others and on your own. You You are a problem solver and a life-long learner. You continually develop yourself to be the best you can possibly be!

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Must possess a degree from an accredited, four-year college or university; advanced degrees and certificates/certifications are highly desirable (e.g. CAPM, PMP)
• Must possess at least three years of relevant work experience as a project manager or project-based consultant working on business transformation and/or IT implementation projects; experience in biotech/pharmaceuticals is highly desirable
• Must be able to accurately identify problems, determine options to address problems, identify pros and cons of potential options, recommend a solution
• Communicate clearly (free of jargon), including communicating with remote stakeholders
• Be thorough in your approach to your work, deliverables, and documentation of your work activities
• Keep stakeholders sufficiently informed on your progress with initiatives or deliverables
• Prioritize effectively by keeping your promises on your deadlines and offering fast turnaround when requested
• Must possess mastery skill using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Must possess foundational skill using Microsoft Project with a willingness to develop mastery skill
• Should be familiar with Microsoft Office 365, Visio, SharePoint, OneNote, and Skype
• May live anywhere within the United States but strong preference will be given to those located in the San Diego, CA area or in one of the pharma/biotech hot spots: Greater San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, New Jersey, Philadelphia, or North Carolina
• Must be willing to travel as needed (typically one week per month and primarily within the United States but also internationally)
• Travel to the UK may be required

Company Description

Project Outlier is a boutique management consulting firm that helps biotechs and pharmaceuticals complete important business transformation initiatives. We help our clients via core service offerings including: project management, program management, portfolio management, and process improvement. On average, our team members have worked with more than a dozen pharma/biotech organizations. We have helped startups launch their first FDA-approved therapies. We have helped clients extend their marketing and service presence to the Internet. We have also helped globally-recognized brands complete monumental business transformations. While each client and situation are unique, no problem is too big or too small when you have the right strategy and the right team. Our Core Values: • Personal Responsibility. We are as strong as our weakest link so we individually strive to be the best we can be. We lead ourselves well, are self-disciplined, take responsibility for our own growth and development, are organized, maintain the highest ethical standards, and bring a positive outlook to work every day. We work hard even when nobody is watching. • Expertise. We don’t know everything but do know how to define, lead, and execute projects that achieve desired results. We continually expand our current knowledge, deepen and develop new skills, obtain marketable credentials, and build valuable experiences. • Productivity. Actions speak louder than words. Results speak louder still! We focus on substantial improvement and deliver it with the right quality and in a timely fashion. We solve problems, create positive change, and deliver lasting improvements for ourselves and our clients. Simply put, we get stuff done! • Teamwork. All for one and one for all, we succeed or fail as a team. We listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully. We communicate effectively, collaborate, foster trust and cohesion, and promote healthy competition that pushes ourselves to be our individual and collective best. • Client Success. We work relentlessly to help our clients achieve their objectives. We emphasize high quality service delivery, maintain a “how can I help?” posture, execute their projects as if they were our own, and celebrate their achievements.