IT Principal Project Manager, Global

Working

Location:

Pennsylvania, Center Valley;
Massachusetts, Westborough

Workplace Flexibility:

Hybrid

For more than 100 years,Olympus has focused on making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling.

Every day, we live by our philosophy,True to Life, by advancing medical technologies and elevating the standard ofpatient care so people everywhere can fulfill their desires, dreams, and lives.

Our five Core Values empower us to achieve Our

Purpose:

Patient Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Impact and Empathy.

The Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of tech-enabled change projects within the organization, managing and coordinating the full project lifecycle from initial analysis and requirement capture to deployment and transition into business-as-usual.

The Project Manager is responsible for delivering an agreed scope on time and within budget, through driving value-based outcomes and managing risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies. The Project Manager will work with delivery teams (may include 3rd parties) and keep sponsors updated through robust governance and regular reporting.

“The job is conducted in line with our Core Values which are: agility, empathy, long-term view, unity and integrity. Olympus is an equal opportunities employer championing a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion embedded throughout the organization and workforce.”

• Project Management
  • 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
• Project Governance and Communications
  • 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
• Program/Project Management Community
  • 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.
• People Management
  • 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.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT, Computer Science or Business Management.
• 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,…