Project Manager

Harvey Nash is looking for a Project Manager for a 6 month project in Switzerland.

Managing programs and projects. Ensuring performance in terms of costs, quality and deadlines.

You are responsible for
- Analyse and distill the initial project ideas. Assess project ideas in terms of implementation, ROI, risk and success factors in co-ordination with the portfolio manager
- Creation of project plans with goals, resources, milestones, costs, spend, approach, project structure, risk management within the project organization. Distribution of the project contracts in collaboration and approval of the project sponsor.
- Division of a project or program into sub projects and work packages and creating the corresponding contracts. Evaluation of suppliers and evaluation of proposals.Planning of personnel (definition of roles and responsibilities) for the program and associated projects. Recruiting, leanding and assessing (qualifying) the project team members
- Definition of the project marketing strategy and communications plan. Ensuring project information is available and distributed. Inclusion of the project sponsor in relevant project activities (managing the relationship).
- Establishing the project relevant quality management procedures and implementing same. Ensuring that the quality of the project output and their acceptance and approval is performed to plan.
- Application of controlling mechanisms to influence the behaviour of the project team and the external suppliers.
- Monitoring risk and implementing corrective actions. Ensuring that corrective actions are effective.

Requirements

- 5 years of relevant work experience
- Fully fluent English language (both written and verbal)
- Ability to work in a virtual team environment, with members from various locations and departments
- Ability to work with external suppliers as members of a project, keeping to timelines
- Microsoft Project knowledge
- Good follow up and coordination skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to work in a distributed global team environment effectively
- Experience with project management methodologies and with working on project deliverables
- Self-motivated and focused to work several smaller projects in parallel

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