Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Olympus Corporation is a global medical technology company dedicated to improving patient outcomes through innovative solutions. The IT Principal Project Manager will oversee the delivery of tech-enabled change projects, managing the full project lifecycle and ensuring alignment with the company's core values.
Responsibilities
- Deliver an agreed technology scope on time and within budget
- Drive value-based outcomes through the full project lifecycle from initial analysis to post-deployment
- Own (create and maintain) the project plan of key activities, outputs, and dependencies
- Own the project financials (forecasting, budgeting) and resource model
- Identify and onboard resources required to deliver the project scope, oversee and coordinate day to day team activities aligned to the project plan
- Track and mitigate risks and issues, document and manage assumptions and dependencies, escalating where required
- Effectively manage relationships with delivery teams, including 3rd parties where required
- Manage expectations of sponsors and other stakeholders through timely, well-structured communications on progress and project health
- Drive robust project governance, taking into consideration delivery, architecture, and change management requirements
- Establish the regular meeting cadence required to effectively manage and govern project delivery
- Actively participate in a program/project management community to share good practice and lessons learnt from a global and regional perspective as well as to hone skills and master core capabilities
- Provide input and support to establish good practice project guidelines and a clear project framework to be adhered to by all programs and projects; continuously update with good practices
- Lead, motivate, develop, and appraise team members so that their individual and collective performance is of the required standard and meets the current and future needs of the business
- Other responsibilities / duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher in IT, Computer Science or Business Management (or equivalent and related experience preferred)
- Minimum of 3-5 years of working experience as a Project Manager in the IT sector
- Proven track record of successfully driving and delivering end-to-end large complex scaled IT solutions/ projects or system implementations projects
- Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software and system development
- Experience of negotiation and working with project and process management
- Experience in stakeholder management
- Experience working with Microsoft Office suite (Project, Word, Excel)
- Good planning and organization skills with key attention to budget and resource management
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills
- Demonstrable organizational skills
- Project Management qualifications desirable e.g., PMP/ Prince II certifications or equivalent
Benefits
- Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k)* with company match
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage effective on start date
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Free live and on-demand Wellbeing Programs
- Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time
- Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance*
- 12 Paid Holidays
- On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center**
- Work-life integrated culture that supports an employee centric mindset
- Offers onsite, hybrid and field work environments
- Paid volunteering and charitable donation/match programs
- Employee Resource Groups
- Dedicated Training Resources and Learning & Development Programs
- Paid Educational Assistance
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