Senior Project Manager, IT

Senior Project Manager, IT - India, Chennai- Hybrid, Office-Based

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

The Role:

The Senior Project Manager role in the IT PMO is responsible for the assessment and successful implementation of large complex IT and Business Change projects

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all projects are delivered to timelines, budget and scope.  Strong delivery focus is key.
• Ensure that the appropriate structures, governance, roles and communication are in place and managed.
• Develop and update project plans, budgets and resource plans for project execution and for business case submissions.  Responsible for managing and pro-actively reporting on plan, budget, scope, resources, project decisions, risks, issues and dependencies.  Maintain and present project metrics to senior management.
• Manage the relationship and overall engagement with implementation partners and vendors, as well as all stakeholders.
• Provide input on overall project business value, using experience and knowledge to enable the team to achieve stated objectives, benefits and ROI.  Advise on change management and adoption and assist in tracking post implementation benefits as appropriate.
• Manage full handover to operational support and maintenance teams.
• Be actively involved in process improvement activities within the Project Management group.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and personal development of others as required.
• Manage projects of all sizes (including portfolios or programmes if required), across all service lines.

To succeed you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree or local equivalent or equivalent work experience
• PM certification an advantage
• Prior relevant experience managing and successfully delivering large complex projects (including large, cross functional, geographically dispersed project teams) within a large company.
• Strong delivery and accountability ethos.
• Strong relationship management skills across all organizational levels.  Ability to work with senior level stakeholders, clients, vendors and external auditors.
• To provide added value by challenging assumptions, being proactive, solution orientated and managing expectations.
• Understanding and experience in delivering organizational change as part of IT projects.  Ability to quickly understand a business area and/or a problem. 
• Experience in managing custom developed (internal and external) solutions as well as off-the-shelf or configured solutions, including dealing with challenging vendors.
• Experience in managing projects with multiple workstreams.  Ability to manage and contribute to the creation of business cases, including vendor selection.  Experience in negotiating vendor contracts.
• Expertise in risk management and test strategy.
• Excellent leadership, documentation and communication skills.
• Good negotiation, influencing , conflict Resolution and problem solving skills.
• Agile, waterfall, hybrid and other methodologies.
• CRO / Pharma / Regulatory (including 21 CRF Part 11, SOX) experience an advantage

What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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