Senior IT Programme/Project Manager

The R&D IT E2E R&D Project Management Director is responsible for leading a series of interrelated global projects and programs with a total value of up to $10M. This role ensures project accountability from initiation through to closure, delivering effective IT solutions that meet the prioritized needs of the E2E R&D sector. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Oversee the determination and delivery of solutions within approved budget and schedule constraints, ensuring compliance with required quality standards. 

• Focus on stakeholder management, risk management, and the realization of business benefits. 

• Adhere to established project management standards and contribute to the continuous development of project/program management capabilities. 

• Build and nurture relationships with business and IT leaders to support planning and project prioritization, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals.  

• Apply robust knowledge of portfolio management to improve practices, standards, reporting, and tools. 

• Act as a leader and advocate, working collaboratively within a business-facing R&D IT E2E R&D team. 

• This position requires strong leadership and advocacy skills to effectively support the team and drive central initiatives in line with the organization’s objectives. 

Typical Accountabilities:

• Oversee, drive, and approve plans for projects/programs, including activities, resources, costs, roles, responsibilities, and quality as defined in the IT Project Management Methodology (ADF). 

• Manage and coordinate project/program budgets, forecasts, tasks, schedules, risks, change management, and status to support effective decisions and project reporting to collaborators and review boards. 

• Manage and coordinate interdependencies between projects and program workstreams (both intra-program and across the portfolio). 

• Manage relationships with senior business partners to ensure effective capturing of business requirements and dedication to project/program objectives. Responsible for steering/collaborator meetings and communication of status, issues, and risks. 

• Drive effective risk and issue management, ensuring processes are in place and effectively used. Ensure problems are resolved and advance as appropriate. 

• Build a cohesive project/program team and provide the leadership necessary to improve the team’s success. 

• Own project/program improvement plans and coordinate the execution of remediation plans. 

• Manage changes to project/program scope, ensuring that all impacts and changes are approved and appropriately communicated to partners and review boards. 

• Assure/develop service transition plans to ensure project-delivered solutions are sustainable within a BAU operations environment, including controlled hand-over into operational support. 

• Ensure the project team adheres to all standards, including ADF, quality, and compliance, as well as processes, defined technical capabilities, and guidelines. Establish program governance and lead Decision Point reviews; attend Steering Committee meetings. 

• Ensure encouraged benefits realization is consistent with project deliverables and clearly understood by customers and the project team. 

• Support/lead the development of a world-class center of excellence for project management capabilities and ensure tha