Senior Project Manager - Business Transformation

Are you interested in making a real scientific impact through your everyday work? Would you enjoy working in a team-focused environment as you explore unique career opportunities?

If you are looking for a company where you can personally advance healthcare and make a difference in peoples’ lives with your bold ideas and unique point of view, consider working at Labcorp as a Senior Project Manager – Business Transformation.

In this role, you will work within the Labcorp Clinical Trial Testing Solutions (CTTS) – Business Transformation (BT) team. The Project Manager (PM) routinely manages large, multifaceted, global projects under the supervision and guidance of management &/or a mentor. In this role, the PM will act as a central point of contact for internal and/or external Clients for BT. The individual is accountable for leading the Program/Project teams to ensure that Client requirements and deliverables are met. This involves end-to-end management of a program/project, encompassing effective management of communications and use of the appropriate tools to ensure the successful initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and completion of projects. In support of a program/project, a PM will assist with study costing and contract requests and is accountable for financial tracking and reconciliation of projects.

The PM will be required to utilize excellent communication skills to liaise and motivate internal and external program/project teams, and departmental management by presenting a vision and strategy for delivery, ensuring effective progress throughout the life cycle of a project. Excellent interpersonal skills are required as is the ability to negotiate with both internal and external stakeholders. The ability to identify specific program/project requirements and engage the appropriate subject matter experts / resource in accordance with the program/project milestones is a key aspect of this role.

The individual will identify and following approval, initiate the introduction of new processes within the BT and wider organization and contribute to development and delivery of internal projects within BT. The PM will participate in the review and resolution of project issues escalated within CTTS-BT.

The post holder will ensure adherence to the CTTS- BT Controlled documents and will be responsible for completion of all relevant documentation.

This role will be home based in the United States and will require ability to travel 10-15% of the time.

In more details, you will be impactful in your role with us through…

Initiation

• Oversee and participate in the on-boarding process of new BT efforts.
• Contribute to the generation of Project specific proposals, support of associated conference calls, focusing on large, multifaceted and global projects as assigned.
• Where appropriate, request Confidentiality Agreements (CDAs). Ensure the documents are in place in a timely manner for the initiation of the project.

Planning

• With support and guidance from management/mentor define program/project requirements fully and document using the appropriate project tools. Include any secondary objectives that may affect the planning or execution of the work. Ensure these are communicated to the project team.
• During the planning of new projects liaise with appropriate internal organizations to coordinate the production of contracts, using the appropriate project tool, to ensure that these are in place in a timely manner. Track contract progress and review as appropriate.
• Where necessary, with support and guidance from management/mentor, identify appropriate sub-contractors and liaise with QA to ensure their audit.
• Using the appropriate tool, set up Gantt charts/study trackers for each Program/Project, ensure that they are maintained and the Project team, and all Stakeholders are provided with regular updates.
• Selecting the appropriate program/project tool, prepare short or long communication plans as directed by the scope of the program/project. Circulate communication plans for all projects.

Execution

• Conduct interim meetings to monitor and control program/project progression with respect to compliance with agreed schedules, scope change, and additional charges and implement any necessary actions. Provide early warning for potential slippages. With support and guidance from management/mentor escalate / Feedback to Departmental Management on identified issues.
• Work across all operational sections of the division and other departments / sub-contractors associated with a specific project to achieve overall agreed upon milestones.
• In line with the communication plan, set up conference calls and program/project meetings. Ensure minutes an