Project Management Office Manager

Harvey Nash is looking for an IT Project Management Office Manager for a 4 + month project in Switzerland.

You are responsible for.
Assisting and advising leaders, managers, and teams to the best use of program and project management approaches and standards within a dynamic business environment.. Acting as a reference point for PMO queries and information and as advocate for best practices for processes in scope for all transformation programs.. Ensuring consistent documentation of best practices for processes in scope in collaboration with the Transformation Enablement Office and facilitates related education of program managers and program teams.. Developing positive relationships with program managers to support the successful delivery of programs through effective facilitation, tracking and reporting.. Overseeing monitoring of value generation and financial tracking in collaboration with the Head of Benefits Realization and Productivity. Maintaining overall resource plan for all programs. Ensuring program execution meets or exceeds internal and external quality standards.. Assisting program managers with establishing stakeholder management plan and implementation of a communication plans.. Maintaining overall program risk register and tracks risk mitigation activities. Pro-actively managing integration of running programs and projects in close collaboration with other Commercial IT functions. Providing central scope and change management capabilities. Supporting the continuous improvement of applied processes and tools in collaboration with the Transformation Enablement Office.. Building relationships with stakeholders and program teams at all levels to permanently collect feedback about applied processes and tools in collaboration with the Transformation Enablement Office.. Sharing lessons learned and best practices across programs for assigned processes. Supporting implementation of knowledge management approach to establish library of program management expertise (templates, role definitions, best practice samples). Leading program management process implementation and decides on adjustments required based on specific program needs. Providing supervision of internal and external contributors to assigned project management processes

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE.
University degree in Information Technology and/or relevant business domain. 5+ years of experience in a similar role with a proven track record in project and program management. 5+ years of proven leadership experience in global Matrix organization with cultural diversity. The role requires excellent project management skills and the ability to define and implement processes. Performance driven, problem-solver and results oriented. Excellent communication, presentation & interpersonal skills. Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines in a changing environment. Certification in Project and Program Management preferred.

Languages: Fluent English written and spoken

Are you available immediately, have experience working within a Life Science company? Please send your complete CV (Word documents preferred) to (see below) For further details feel free to call me. I am looking forward to receiving your application.