Boston Scientific Project Manager 

Ireland, Cork 

882929992

Key Responsibilities:

• Project/Program Management: Manages key initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing processes; develops and implements project plan; builds team ownership and commitment to project plan.

• Estimates project levels of effort and resource requirements by using standard estimating techniques and tools, and by working with appropriate staff to understand scope of effort.
• Prepares project plans, schedules and budgets by using project management tools such as Microsoft Project and by working with appropriate staff to understand tasks necessary to complete project.
• Directs project execution by assigning tasks, tracking project schedules, identifying risks, and developing and executing contingency plans.
• Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path items while ensuring project quality and utilizing and following appropriate methodologies (e.g. GSM).
• Assures project quality by using standard development methodologies.
• Communicates project status by preparing standard status reports, and by participating in departmental and customer project status update meetings.
• Resolves project issues by working with team members, project customers, and others as appropriate.
• Consults with internal project groups by sharing project management knowledge.
• Conducts project post mortems and communicates lessons learned in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Participates in external project management organizations, conferences and seminars to keep current with industry best practices in project management by joining professional associations and implementing a professional development plan with focus on project management.

• People Management: Manages medium-sized (occasionally multi-site) cross-functional development teams; leads teams effectively; provides input to functional managers on team and team member performance.
• Site PMO/Project Portfolio management: Oversees development, prioritization, resourcing, and status/tracking of site cross functional programs. Acts as liaison with other functions/sties for projects site is a contributor or stakeholder in.
• Communications and Reviews: Responsible for team and cross-functional communications; liaison between the team and the PIB; leads phase and business reviews, project meeting minutes, issues log, metrics, and other key communications.

Preferred Education & Experience:

• Level 8 Qualification required in a relevant discipline.
• Ideally 3/4 years experience in a regulated environment.
• Demonstrated experience of leading/working with large scale projects. Responsible for delivering key elements of the project.
• Ability to work with and influence all functions and key stakeholders within the organisation.
• Proven experience of leading a project team.
• Excellent communication skills both internal and external to the organisation.
• Team performer with proven ability to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Works independently within functional / divisional policies, Guides others in resolving and preventing complex problems in specialized area; takes a new perspective on existing solutions or solves problems where precedent does not exist.

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