Beschreibung
This Senior Project Support Management position will be responsible for co-managing the main activities of the Global Template definition in the A&R space and supporting the integration of this project with other program initiatives. You will be also accountable for the successful definition and implementation of template thought the different rollouts and affiliates. The Senior Project Support Management will be responsible for coordinating the assigned resources, effectively tracking activities and aligning these with the other work stream leads and Senior LT for the Global Template, effectively leading and facilitating project meetings as well as proactively controlling project scope, risks and issues. Together with this, the position will be very focused on the End-to-End integration of the overall solution across the different work streams and for that reason the appropriate candidate must have excellent communication and socialization skills to build a strong network in. This position is also expected to provide timely status reports to all stakeholders and escalate issues to the appropriate management level. Additionally, this position must effectively manage the projects across global locations and time zones and be able to travel internationally as needed.General Information:
Start date: 16.08.2021
Latest start date: 01.09.2021
End date: 30.04.2022
Extension: to max. 12 months
Workload: 100%
Work location: Kaiseraugst
Remote/ Home Office: currently due to Corona yes
Travel: no
Team: work with Hiring Manager very close, 20+ people
Tasks & Responsibilities:
• Execution of multiple A&R initiatives across the Global Template project and beyond, including interaction with other multidisciplinary teams
• Coordinate the project activities with 3rd party software vendor and/or System Integrator resources as needed to ensure project delivery and the different work streams when required
• Manage relationships with various technology and business communities to achieve
• project objectives
• Facilitate project management activities across the entire project management methodology
• Track progress of activities against baseline schedule
• Conduct risk management planning, identification, analysis and monitoring on projects, formulating risk mitigation strategies and recommend solutions
• Manage the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information and documentation necessary for successful communications across all stakeholders and any required updates to living system documents for validated systems
• Actively seek opportunities to and mentor to other project managers
• Promote and hold multidisciplinary conversations/discussion between different work streams and teams
• Support the definition and implementation of Data Governance around thr program and group wise
• Support the implementation of an integrated view of the business through E2E scenarios following the business guidelines
• Suggest improvements where necessary / appropriate to improve operational efficiencies
• Engage with interested parties within the company, verify business use cases and provide expert consultancy. Guide new projects and help our internal customers to understand how they benefit the most
• Partner actively with Business as well as IT Business Partners
Must Haves:
• Min. Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences, Life Sciences, Business, Analytics and Reporting; or equivalent work experience or any other higher certification (*)
• 10+ years of experience as a successful Information Technology Project Manager with a strong IT Background (*)
• Experience in using structured project management processes with deep understanding of various SDLCs (Waterfall, Agile, iterative, etc.), SAP A&R technology and solutions and new Analytics implementation challenges (*)
• Experience in Change Management is needed (*)
• Proven leadership abilities, experience in leading multifunctional teams ()
• Excellent oral and written communication skills English fluent (C1), German is a plus
• Ability to manage relationships with various technology and business communities to achieve project objectives
• Very experience communicator which is used to talk with different stakeholders on different levels and feels confident in project setups
• Proven ability to obtain results in a global, matrix environment
• Demonstrated success communicating across a variety of audiences, including business people and technologists (both up and down the organization)
• Exceptional listening, problem solving, negotiation, and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated success handling initiatives of significant complexity and risk