Sr Technical Project Manager

Description

Sr Technical Project Manager

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life®.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know.

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.
  
  

Job Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage end to end execution of complex technical projects, ensuring adherence to project plans, scope, risk management/mitigation, and issue resolution.
• Serves as the delivery leader by overseeing development teams. Leads groups of technical resources for complex projects.
• Facilitates team building and communication. Acts as a liaison and facilitator between other departments within the Company for project related tasks and/or issues as required.
• Develops, plans, and schedules development sprints, tracks and manages defects and generates change control documentation.
• Proactively monitors technical resources and works with functional lead/management to ensure project requirements are met. Engages daily with the PM lead and other team members to establish aligned project delivery for areas of responsibility.
• Coordinate various managers and technical personnel during all project phases, from initial development through implementation.
• Responsible for leading and directing project sprints. Establish and implement training processes and strategies for all projects.
• Provides senior level oversight and review of work carried out by junior staff members along with mentoring and training as needed.
• Accountable for project objectives and key results by monitoring development progress continuously and provide detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables on a weekly/monthly basis.
• Understand the goals of the project and means of achieving them while providing the leadership needed to accomplish them.
• Review proposed modifications on project plans, including meeting with interested parties to approve and implement beneficial changes.
• Oversee acquisition of resources and materials as needed before and during projects by talking with customers, team members, managers, and vendors.
• Analyze and plan based on requirements for scheduled projects work.
• Hold regular technical team meetings to determine progress and address any questions, provide guidance, and assist in resolving challenges regarding projects.
• Determine and define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for staff members required for specific projects or initiatives.
  
  

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 8+ years of technical project management working on large scale matrix projects.
• Implementing and enforcing agile methodologies, Scrum or other project management procedures for efficient workflow.
• Experience with JIRA
• Software Development Lifecycle experience
• Ability to work in areas outside of their usual comfort zone and love to learn new technologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong understanding of story sizing and resourcing to accommodate sprint timelines
• Ability to work in a high paced environment and demonstrate strong collaboration skills with Lead PM/Product Manager/Program Manager and other technical resources
• Extremely proficient with facilitating communication with internal teams
• Highly organized. Love to work with and refine existing processes as well as develop new ones.
• Ability to multitask and work in a cross-functional team environment.
• PMP or equivalent courses is preferred
• Experience with CRO, Pharma or Finance applications is preferred
  
  

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

http://www.syneoshealth.com

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Summary

Syneos Technology Services consists of investments in SaaS, homegrown products & applications, actively participates in new M&A and partnership activities, delivers critical insights as part of our integrated strategy for customers, and drives enterprise-wide adoption and change management for innovative tech & data solutions. Our work supports getting meaningful new medicines to patients faster, with greater positive impact. The Senior Technical Project Manager supports our business goals by providing Technical Lead responsibilities working closely with development and product teams to deliver customized product experiences to our clients.