Project Manager

Niowave • Lansing, MI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Niowave is an engineering playground where you will be engaged in supporting processes across multiple major programs that have a direct impact on cancer patient survival. The Project Manager successfully plans, executes, and controls cross-functional projects across business units to ensure projects are efficiently completed on schedule, within budget, and delivered per defined business requirements, specifications, and success criteria. Manages all assigned projects to successful completion while ensuring that project governance, portfolio management, and financial management standards are met Measures projects success against approved business cases to ensure projected benefits are realized, prior to project closure Leverages familiarity and experience with Lean and A3 concepts in problem definition. Provides concise, effective project storytelling in progress updates Participates in PMO Process and Tooling improvement efforts while being a PMO champion of change

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM related field. Equivalent combination of applicable education, training, certification, or experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 3+ years of Project Management experience.
• High proficiency and proven successful delivery of project management and/or agile methodologies (PMI, Scrum, Waterfall, Hybrid, Agile development, Scaled Agile and lean techniques and methodologies (Disciplined Agile, SAFe, etc.).
• Collaborating with and managing cross-functional teams including business subject matter experts, technical experts, and compliance teams for project execution.
• Training/exposure to applying change management concepts to project execution, including assessing stakeholder readiness, building awareness and understanding, supporting adoption, and reinforcing sustained change.
• Senior Project Manager requirements include: Bachelor’s degree in STEM related field. Equivalent combination of applicable education, training, certification, or experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 8+ years of Project Management experience of progressive complexity.
• High proficiency and proven successful delivery of project management and/or agile methodologies (PMI, Scrum, Waterfall, Hybrid, Agile development, Scaled Agile and lean techniques and methodologies (Disciplined Agile, SAFe, etc.).
• Collaborating with and managing cross-functional teams including business subject matter experts, technical experts, and compliance teams for project execution.
• Launching new business operations in new locations/facilities and all steps required for successful launch of new business operations.
• Exceptional technology skills – you find working with any software very comfortable and you easily adapt to new products; Highly efficient with MS Office products, and AI; Expert skill with project tracking such as MS Project and Smartsheet.
• Project Stages and Gate reviews for alignment, sponsorship, and effective change control.
• Application of change management concepts to project execution, including assessing stakeholder readiness, building awareness and understanding, supporting adoption, and reinforcing sustained change; experience with the Prosci ADKAR model preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced engineering or scientific degree and experience.
• 10+ years of Project Management experience of progressive complexity.
• Advanced engineering or scientific degree and experience.
• Understanding of commercial business process.
• cGMP Experience.
• Pharmaceutical Industry experience.
• Project Management Professions (PMP) Certification.
• Prosci Change Management Certification.
• Agile Training/Certification, e.g., Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
• Experience managing projects in scaling companies (start-up to mid-size organizations).

Responsibilities

• Plans, executes, and controls cross-functional projects across business units to ensure projects are efficiently completed on schedule, within budget, and delivered per defined business requirements, specifications, and success criteria.
• Manages all assigned projects to successful completion while ensuring that project governance, portfolio management, and financial management standards are met.
• Measures projects success against approved business cases to ensure projected benefits are realized, prior to project closure.
• Leverages familiarity and experience with Lean and A3 concepts in problem definition.
• Provides concise, effective project storytelling in progress updates.
• Participates in PMO Process and Tooling improvement efforts while being a PMO champion of change.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level