Seagen

Senior Manager IT PMO

Description

Summary:

The Senior Manager, IT Project Management Organization (PMO) is responsible for guiding a team of project managers, ensuring excellent project health and delivery through a combination of project management best practices, process improvement, and widespread optics into project health. Through natural leadership strengths, the Senior Manager, IT PMO will contribute purposefully to a high-achieving IT PMO team and department culture that goes above and beyond to deliver excellent results.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, vision, and direction to the IT Project Management Organization
• In collaboration with the IT Business Management Organization, contribute to the development of a transformative roadmap to mature, expand, and scale the services offered
• Drive continuous improvement in service quality for PMO service offerings
• Recruit, hire, coach, and develop a high performing team of program and project managers
• Create, maintain, and improve onboarding process and materials for the team
• Build process and manage project management resource allocation to support business needs
• Monitor and support day-to-day project team operations and team performance for all PMO-led projects
• Support escalations of project risks and work to resolve issues
• Ensure deployment, maintenance, execution, and continuous improvement of project performance monitoring and control capabilities via variance reporting, risk and issues management, and change control
• Integrate the development of project standards, procedures and quality objectives across multiple project(s)/ program(s) and organizations. Ensure adherence to required key metrics, governance and process for all PM staff members on their projects
• Develop a roadmap of project management capabilities to drive and accelerate the maturity of the project management processes and methodologies
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for project management systems, ensuring staff receive proper training and ongoing support. Track staff usage and understand adoption

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in Project Management in an IT environment, with at least 3 years in a related technology leadership role
• 5+ years experience building, leading, and motivating teams of project managers, including contract and vendor resources
• Able to recognize, acknowledge, and build upon the abilities and contributions of team members and direct reports
• 4 + years experience leading projects involving GxP validation/qualifications of systems or relevant experience working in a biotechnology/pharmaceutical company
• Proven ability to be a change agent in a complex, rapid growth environment
• Deep understanding of Waterfall and Agile methodologies and the ability to efficiently apply the appropriate method as the situation demands
• Budget and vendor management experience, including but not limited to, leading through RFP initiatives, negotiations, and professional service engagements
• Ability to effectively communicate to all levels of leadership throughout the organization
• Strong written and oral presentation and communication skills
• Exceptional planning, coordination, and analytical skills
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong working knowledge of various software programs to manage Project & Portfolio Management (PPM), including but not limited to, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Microsoft Project and SmartSheet
• Bachelor’s degree in computer or business-related discipline or equivalent job experience required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or MBA
• Project Management Professional certifications
• Six Sigma certification
• Certified Scrum Master certification

As the leading employer in our industry in the Pacific Northwest, Seagen is proud to offer a competitive total compensation package as well as a comprehensive benefits program designed to support the whole lives of our employees and their families. Benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage, group and supplemental life insurance, 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, relocation assistance and much more. To learn more about Seagen, please visit www.seagen.com.

Seagen is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Seagen is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Submitted: 04/02/2021