Associate Director of Integration and Project Management
About The Position
The Integration Manager’s responsibilities are to manage integration projects through developing, coordinating, and evaluating integration project plans, organize and track project plan documents, perform scope preparation/writing, understand technical requirements, manage projects and teams. This role involves managing integration development processes, acting as a liaison between departments, performing user acceptance testing, creating technical documentation, and developing SOPs. The position also assists in developing training materials, resolving problems, participating in the design and rollout of solutions, and implementing standards for production, productivity, quality, and customer service. Daily activities include process design, implementation lifecycle support, and project reviews. The role collaborates with leadership to establish relevant metrics, creates schedules and timelines, and manages resources across integration teams. Quality control is performed throughout development, and schedules are adjusted as needed. The Associate Director prepares status reports, identifies findings with solutions for senior management, and chairs monthly meetings such as the MDL managers’ meeting and Key Indicators of Quality meetings. They also serve on committees like the Specimen Flow and New Test Release Committees. Additional responsibilities include providing on-call coverage for the lab, preparing for and assisting in regulatory inspections, and performing other related duties. The role requires meeting with team members to resolve issues, submitting quality-adhered deliverables, participating as a team member, assuring timely and understandable information delivery, proactively diagnosing and resolving problems, and maintaining productive work habits with accuracy and quality. The ability to guide and mentor staff at all levels is also essential.
Requirements
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Very strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Well-developed multi-tasking skills
- Ability to learn quickly and work with best practices
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Critical thinking
- Project and process management
- Effective time management skills
- Bachelor Degree in Biology, Chemistry, or related science field
- 7 years laboratory experience
Responsibilities
- Building the project plan and coordinating the plan to completion
- Perform business analysis and scope preparation/writing
- Manage integration development process which requires interaction with resources across multiple departments/locations; serve as the liaison between R&D and Clinical to facilitate new test releases
- Work with end-user to determine needs and requirements
- Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
- Act as the liaison between departments for implementing and maintaining integrations; serve as a point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy
- Perform user acceptance testing of new rollouts
- Create and maintain technical documentations
- Develop, create and implement SOPs
- Assist in the development of training materials, user manuals and other documents as needed to enable successful implementation
- Resolves problems, completes audits, identifies trends, determines system improvements, and implements change
- Participate and lead aspects of the design, development and rollout of solutions for multiple divisions across the company
- Implements production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards
- Execute the day-to-day activities including process design, implementation lifecycle support and project reviews; provide support as needed, including analysis, design, training, specification, implementation, and go-live
- Collaborate with leadership to establish and implement relevant metrics for monitoring
- Create schedule and project timelines
- Organize and track project plan documents
- Assist with resource management across all integration teams
- Perform quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the expected standards
- Adjust schedules and targets on the project as needed
- Prepare status reports by gathering, analyzing and summarizing relevant information
- Identify and communicate findings with viable solutions to senior management
- Act as chairperson for respective areas in monthly MDL managers’ meeting
- Prepare reports and act as chairperson for respective areas within the monthly Key Indicators of Quality meetings
- Serve on the Specimen Flow and New Test Release Committees
- Assist with providing on-call coverage (supervision) of the lab during non-working hours
- Prepare the laboratory and assist in any regulatory inspection
- Performs other related duties as required or requested
- Meet with team members to identify and resolve issues
- Submit project deliverables and ensure they adhere to quality standards
- Participates as a team member and is accountable for own work responsibilities
- Assures information is delivered in a manner that is supportive, timely and understandable
- Initiative is demonstrated to proactively diagnose and resolve problems
- Productive work habits are consistently displayed
- Accuracy and quality are maintained for all activities
- Ability to guide and mentor staff at all levels
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
- Voluntary Policies (Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness & Supplemental STD)
- Legal Plan & Identity Theft Protection
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid Vacation & Holiday
- Business Casual Environment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
