Information Technology Project Manager I

Summary

Advarra is a clinical research technology and ethical review services company focused on advancing human health. The Information Technology Project Manager I manages complex, cross-functional IT projects, coordinating stakeholders and subject matter experts to deliver new services, systems, and capabilities. The role also provides leadership to allocated team members and oversees project schedules, risks, communication, and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Understand a project’s overall context and value to the organization
• Work with subject matter experts to decompose a project into individual components allocated team members can act on
• Work with subject matter experts to estimate effort for all portions of a project
• Lead on-site and virtual meetings related to ongoing projects
• Deliver regular status reports to project stakeholders
• Facilitate cross-functional conversations with project stakeholders, project sponsors, subject matter experts, decision makers, and leadership as required
• Evaluate project impact to individuals, teams, and the overall organization and make recommendations to stakeholders for how to manage
• Ensure projects are managed in a transparent way ensuring all interested parties can be apprised of progress
• Track and document key decisions made during a project
• Work with project stakeholders to establish project success criteria. Ensure success criteria is met during project implementation
• Convert project tasks to units of assignable work within a ticket tracking system
• Clearly communicate emergent risks, challenges, and schedule changes to project stakeholders in a timely manner
• Maintain a current project schedule from estimates from SMEs and committed time from allocated team members
• Adjust schedules and re-task allocated team members to respond to business priorities and objectives
• Capture lessons learned and process improvement recommendations for leadership once a project is complete
• Effectively manage allocated team members without being a direct manager
• Provide clear communication to allocated team members about progress and performance
• Establish alignment with allocated team members to complete needed tasks
• Understand challenges that team members encounter with assigned tasks and determine how to escalate or resolve
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and collaborate with stakeholders to implement

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Project Management, related discipline, or relevant work experience
• Experience managing small, medium, and/or large projects impacting individual teams to entire organizations
• Experience or exposure to Information Technology operations within an organization
• Experience with a regulatory or information security framework and how it applies to projects
• Demonstrated knowledge of at least one Project Management tool or program (Microsoft Project, Smartsheets, Monday, etc)
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office suite tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or similar
• Demonstrated accountability in project participation and solution-oriented work
• Demonstrated knowledge of ticket tracking systems (Jira, ServiceNow, etc)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Planning, organizing, setting objectives, and managing time to meet deadlines

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Project Management, related discipline, or relevant work experience
• Experience managing small, medium, and/or large projects impacting individual teams to entire organizations
• Experience or exposure to Information Technology operations within an organization

Nice to Haves

• Experience with a regulatory or information security framework and how it applies to projects
• Demonstrated knowledge of at least one Project Management tool or program (Microsoft Project, Smartsheets, Monday, etc)
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office suite tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or similar
• Demonstrated accountability in project participation and solution-oriented work
• Demonstrated knowledge of ticket tracking systems (Jira, ServiceNow, etc)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Planning, organizing, setting objectives, and managing time to meet deadlines

Benefits

• Remote work in the United States
• Variable bonus in addition to base salary
• Health coverage
• Paid holidays