RD Project Leader II Hybrid

Meghna

Title: R&D Project Leader II (Hybrid)

Location: Round Lake IL

Duration: 12 Months

Hybrid 23 days a week in office

Schedule 9 to 5

Description:

Hybrid in RL

Summary:

Project Leader II role works with the Sr. Director R&D Spearation and corporate wide crossfunctional collaborators in the planning and execution of multiple R&D separation workstreams. The Project Leader II role will interact with R&D and crossfunctional leadership as initiatives are scoped and project status is communicated.

The person in this role must demonstrate independence and developing leadership potential as they lead projects of varying complexity. There is a high level of interaction and influence with global colleagues to ensure teams keep on scope and within schedule commitments.

While embodying our culture of rapid execution and with a strong sense of urgency the Project Leader II will take a handson approach in driving progress across multiple projects and initiatives. The Project Leader II must work effectively in a collaboration with internal and external teams to achieve organizational goals in a highly matrixed environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Working with R&D and crossfunctional team members from across the corporation the Project Leader II defines scope and drives project team performance project schedule and execution while tracking budget commitments.
Key point of communication and alignment: The Project Leader II interacts through program updates reviews (written and verbal) and other datadriven mechanisms to ensure effective ongoing communications across teams and stakeholders.
Ensures effective project risk management by proper identification prioritization and management of crossfunctional risks. Works with team to propose solutions to mitigate risk impacts.
The Project Leader II owns the development and maintenance of several simultaneous project schedules and related data (risks issues etc). Responsible for tracking project progress milestones and deliverables to ensure deadlines are met.
With support from the finance team the PLII is responsible for tracking project budget from proposal/approval trough receipt/payment
Responsible for maintaining project data records and other documentation

Qualifications:

Experience with scheduling and resource management software (Project or similar); Experience in data analysis (Excel based); Business acumen (strong or developing)
Able to effectively communicate (multiple modes) at the leadership level. Tailors both oral and written communication to audience. Able to convey complex ideas and concepts to management.
Strong attention to detail: Ability to track multiple parts of different projects to remain up to speed with the latest developments
Strong leadership potential: Ability to positively influence lead and manage a diverse team of internal and external stakeholders
Experience working with global teams

Education and/or Experience:

Minimum Bachelor level degree or equivalent experience with 35 years of relevant project management experience. Other relevant experiences may be considered. Demonstrated success working with and leading crossfunctional teams is required.

Preferred:

Project Management Institute (PMI) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications

Candidate has to work with design and manufacturing teams to improve product quality.

Looking for an aggressive Project leader who can participate in spinal activities join the core team and several tasks in the manufacturing and design team ensure the security of the supply support current project leads and keep patients safety and supply person will spend time with other project leads and will contribute them and reporting them back.

Skillset clear communications an understanding of the development process familiarity with various functions inside manufacturing and design types also some understanding of technical terms3 to 5 years in pm training in PMP preferred clear communication and accountability needs to be very well versed and help formulate and document decisions and can interact crossfunctionally and can take a decision needs to be open as well to identify the next step coming up and can make right escalations. close guidance will be provided to this person.

Must have the ability to use pm software like Microsoft software PowerPoint and Excel and an understanding of budgeting and budget control they will assign a budget to this person.

Background with some manufacturing medical device manufacturing is preferred and engineering is preferred R&D background.

Interview video interviews if needed they can do onsite interview at Round Lake. 2 rounds.