Associate Director, Program Management

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Director, Innovation Evaluation, as the Associate Director, Program Management, you will overall responsibility for leading an integrated set of projects including initiating, defining, planning, implementing and closing out assigned projects. You will be responsibie for ensuring that the overall project structure and management processes enable the component teams to successfully complete their work and that the components’ deliverables can be integrated into the overall product, service, results and/or benefits.

You will have the authority and responsibility for leading and directing highly complex, global, cross-functional high value projects. You will lead diverse project teams and/or interact with key stakeholders to deliver intended value and benefits, aligned with CSL strategic and operational priorities, on time, within budget and according to performance specifications. You will provide support and guidance to workstream and/or team leads and members.

Responsible for the execution of the program roadmap for plasma process innovations through collaboration with business and technology partners. This is a hybrid role, which offers a combination of an onsite and remote work schedule.

Leads and directs highly complex, large‑scale, global, cross‑functional high value projects with diverse CSL Plasma project teams, in alignment with CSL Plasma strategic and operational priorities. Directs and motivates work stream leads and teams to achieve project objectives and desired project results. Assures effective prioritization of interdependent project activities. Creates temporary performance (matrix) environments with effective governance frameworks enabling peak performance and team results.

Arbitrates and resolves complex issues, conflict, and interface problems between diverse project teams, senior level functional partners and stakeholders. Works closely with Sponsors, Steering Committees, and senior process and functional leaders to overcome obstacles to project success. Highly effective project management for process, technology, and experience related initiatives with a keen understanding of interdependencies. Strong oversight of vendor and procurement management.

Strong oversight of process and technology integrations. Business processes and interdependencies. Design, specification, testing and delivery of technology solutions. Data conversion and migration including interface identification. Documentation: technical and end‑user documentation. Assures that documentation is kept current, clear and transparent and is communicated as appropriate. Responsible for an integrated view of projects or initiatives within a program, including time, cost, performance (scope) milestones, resources and issue, risk and opportunity dependencies that could impact the delivery of a project.

Assures effective measurement and reporting processes in part so that critical variances to the integrated plan can be quickly and successfully addressed. Adheres to the governance and project methodology in place and assures that the projects follow the stated project requirements and established standards. Assists project managers in collaborating with external partners where the integration of services, technologies and capabilities across projects is required.

Assures that lessons are applied from previous projects and programs. Implements effective business transformation processes, including training and user adoption of related process and technology solutions. Assures access to subject matter experts and leading practice with the requisite capabilities to support program development and project definition and planning as required to successfully complete the project work. Assures that required project resources are identified and secured to complete the work of the project.

Assures effective team and internal/external stakeholder communication, keeping stakeholders informed of progress and issues to manage expectations on all requirements and deliverables. Collaboration with functional teams (I&T, TL&D, QSystems, etc) to plan and coordinate delivery of project…