Program Manager

Description

The position is a 12 month contract opportunity for a highly experienced IT Program Manager based at Kites headquarters in Santa Monica. The candidate will work with technical and business project stakeholders to define the MES EBR program and roadmap and identify the critical interdependencies with existing/planned projects as well as site specific activities.
As the global program manager, the candidate will have oversight of the program both at a global level and at the local level for individual MES site rollouts. The program manager will work closely with the local and global project teams to drive governance, structure and alignment across the program.
The candidate will be the key point of contact to ensure that interdependencies are tracked and risks escalated in a timely manner to the correct stakeholders. The candidate will report at a program level on the status of all workstreams, the interdependencies and the risks.
The candidate must be highly experienced in the delivery of largescale MES EBR programs to GxP Manufacturing Sites at a global level.
The candidate must possess excellent communication skills and must be savvy working with both technology and business partners across the organization in a collaborative way.
As an experienced IT program manager, the candidate must be comfortable with ambiguity and have a strong ability to bring order and discipline to programs/ projects that engage many stakeholders and delivery partners.
The position will require the candidate to liaise and manage teams onsite and remotely. Some international travel may be required.
Job duties include Development, maintenance and communication of MES EBR Global Roadmap, Milestones and Schedule
Development, maintenance and communication of IT Program Dashboard(s)
Development, maintenance and communication of IT Program Governance Structure, Escalation Path(s) and Communications Plan
Support the development, maintenance and communication of the Governance Structure, Escalation Path(s) and Communications Plan for individual projects within the Global Program
Facilitate scope and requirements definition at a Global and Local level
Identify program and project resource needs and facilitate the onboarding of these resources
Ensure alignment of critical milestones across all program workstreams, perform risk and schedule impact assessment for any technology or business schedule changes due to movement of any of the critical or interdependent milestones
Facilitate PM, IT, or crossfunctional meetings for discussion, issue resolution, action items, agreements
Facilitate and drive the definition and approval of vendor contracts for program/ project delivery
Manage executed vendor contracts, purchase orders and invoicing for program/ project deliverables
Stringent financial management of the program with monthly/ quarterly tracking and reporting of program financials
Provide project management guidance to the PMs working across the project workstreams
Escalate issues and risks to appropriate steering committees, IT leadership, or governance groups
Manage a diverse group of stakeholders across different geographical regions
Knowledge, Experience and Skills Professional IT Program Manager with a proven track record of delivering complex, crossfunctional MES EBR programs
Proven professional project/ program management experience
Excellent knowledge and understanding of project management methodologies, tools and techniques
Proven financial management experience of multimillion dollar program budgets
Extensive experience in stakeholder management
Extensive experience in vendor management
Extensive experience in dealing with senior management up to executive level
Ability to communicate in a precise, professional, efficient and transparent manner to all levels within an organization
Ability to work with dispersed and global teams and locations
Experience in the lifescience industry required
Experience in the delivery of GxP projects required