About Life Science Connect
Life Science Connect is dedicated to uniting life sciences professionals and suppliers to accelerate research development and manufacturing. We play a pivotal role in helping professionals discover market opportunities by facilitating mutually beneficial connections between audiences and strategic partners. This ultimately accelerates the advancement of life-improving life-extending and life-saving therapies and devices.We serve a loyal satisfied readership that demands original compelling content with utility. Our comprehensive suite of capabilities for B2B sales and marketing enablement contributes significantly to the creation and maintenance of robust business development pipelines for our partners.
Reporting Structure
This role will report to the CTO. The Senior Agile Project Manager will be a key contributor to our product development lifecycle working closely with engineering product and content teams to ensure efficient and effective project delivery. This role may also provide mentorship to more junior project management roles.
How Youll Contribute
As our Senior Agile Project Manager you wont just manage projects; youll be instrumental in building our delivery excellence from the ground up within a dynamic greenfield environment. Youll be the linchpin ensuring our ambitious future state architecture translates into tangible high-impact solutions. Your contributions will include:- Pioneering Project Delivery Frameworks: Take the lead in designing implementing and optimizing our project delivery frameworks from a greenfield starting point. This means establishing robust processes for requirements gathering meticulous backlog grooming iterative sprint planning and seamless release management that align with our vision for scalability and resilience.
- Driving End-to-End Project Success: Own the entire lifecycle of multiple complex technical projects concurrently ensuring they are delivered on time within scope and to the highest quality standards. Youll navigate challenges and ensure our strategic initiatives become successful realities.
- Mastering Agile Facilitation: Expertly facilitate all core Agile ceremonies (sprint planning daily stand-ups sprint reviews retrospectives) ensuring rigorous adherence to Agile principles and best practices. Youll cultivate a culture of continuous improvement accountability and high performance within the development teams.
- Strategic External Partner Management: Act as a primary liaison and orchestrator for our collaborations with external agencies and vendors. Youll manage their deliverables ensure seamless integration with internal efforts and hold them accountable to our exacting standards and timelines.
- Proactive Impediment Removal & Risk Leadership: Systematically identify analyze and swiftly remove complex impediments that hinder team progress. Youll proactively identify assess and mitigate project risks at an advanced level developing robust contingency plans to maintain momentum.
- Elevated Communication & Stakeholder Alignment: Foster exemplary transparent communication and collaboration within and across development teams product content and executive leadership. Youll expertly manage expectations and information flow ensuring all stakeholders are not just informed but fully aligned with project goals and progress.
- Key Metric Definition & Insight Generation: Define track and report on critical project metrics including team performance velocity predictability and overall project health. Youll go beyond reporting data providing actionable insights for strategic decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Strategic Sprint & Release Forecasting: Play a significant role in forecasting future sprints and releases contributing valuable insights to long-term product road mapping and strategic planning efforts ensuring our delivery pipeline supports sustained growth.
What It Takes to Succeed
A successful candidate will likely demonstrate:- Experience: 6-9 years of progressive experience in an Agile Project Manager or Scrum Master role with a strong focus on leading and owning project delivery for complex software development or digital product initiatives. Demonstrable experience in establishing and maturing delivery processes in a greenfield or rapidly evolving environment is highly desirable.
- Certifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent advanced Agile certification (e.g. PSM I/II SAFe Scrum Master) is required. Additional certifications (e.g. PMP PMI-ACP) are a strong plus.
- Leadership & Team Guidance: Proven ability to lead guide and motivate multiple technical teams in iterative development ensuring high accountability and fostering a collaborative results-driven environment. Experience in mentoring less experienced project managers is a plus.
- Tool Proficiency: Extensive hands-on experience with enterprise-grade project management and Agile tools such as Jira Asana Trello Azure DevOps or similar platforms leveraging them for efficient project execution and reporting.
- SDLC & Agile Mastery: A deep and practical understanding of the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and various project management methodologies with comprehensive expertise in applying and optimizing Agile frameworks (Scrum Kanban etc.) for diverse project needs.
- Exceptional Communication & Facilitation: Excellent communication facilitation and interpersonal skills with the demonstrated ability to build strong relationships resolve conflicts and influence outcomes across all levels of the organization and with external partners.
- External Vendor Management: Proven experience managing and collaborating with third-party agencies contractors or vendors ensuring their deliverables integrate seamlessly and meet project objectives.
- Conflict & Impediment Resolution: Proven ability to proactively identify analyze and effectively resolve complex conflicts and systemic impediments demonstrating tenacity and problem-solving prowess.
- Multi-Project Management: Extensive experience in managing multiple concurrent complex projects and adeptly prioritizing tasks in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
- Results Orientation: A strong results-oriented mindset with an unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality products and continually enhancing team and process efficiency.
- Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Business Administration or a related field.
- Industry Experience: Experience in a B2B or specialized industry environment (e.g. life sciences healthcare publishing) is a plus but not strictly required for this role.
We Invest in YOU
At Life Science Connect our commitment to empowering innovation and facilitating growth within the life sciences sector extends to our employees. We offer a comprehensive total compensation program designed to support your overall health financial well-being and professional development.In addition to a competitive salary youll enjoy:
- Medical/vision/prescription/dental coverage for you and your family
- 100% company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance
- 100% company-paid life insurance
- 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%
- 15 vacation days and 6 personal days on day 1
- 13 company-paid holidays
To viewall our job postings and showcases for some of our employees visit:
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Life Science ConnectLife Science Connect is dedicated to uniting life sciences professionals and suppliers to accelerate research development and manufacturing. We play a pivotal role in helping professionals discover market opportunities by facilitating mutually beneficial connections between...
About Life Science Connect
Life Science Connect is dedicated to uniting life sciences professionals and suppliers to accelerate research development and manufacturing. We play a pivotal role in helping professionals discover market opportunities by facilitating mutually beneficial connections between audiences and strategic partners. This ultimately accelerates the advancement of life-improving life-extending and life-saving therapies and devices.We serve a loyal satisfied readership that demands original compelling content with utility. Our comprehensive suite of capabilities for B2B sales and marketing enablement contributes significantly to the creation and maintenance of robust business development pipelines for our partners.
Reporting Structure
This role will report to the CTO. The Senior Agile Project Manager will be a key contributor to our product development lifecycle working closely with engineering product and content teams to ensure efficient and effective project delivery. This role may also provide mentorship to more junior project management roles.
How Youll Contribute
As our Senior Agile Project Manager you wont just manage projects; youll be instrumental in building our delivery excellence from the ground up within a dynamic greenfield environment. Youll be the linchpin ensuring our ambitious future state architecture translates into tangible high-impact solutions. Your contributions will include:- Pioneering Project Delivery Frameworks: Take the lead in designing implementing and optimizing our project delivery frameworks from a greenfield starting point. This means establishing robust processes for requirements gathering meticulous backlog grooming iterative sprint planning and seamless release management that align with our vision for scalability and resilience.
- Driving End-to-End Project Success: Own the entire lifecycle of multiple complex technical projects concurrently ensuring they are delivered on time within scope and to the highest quality standards. Youll navigate challenges and ensure our strategic initiatives become successful realities.
- Mastering Agile Facilitation: Expertly facilitate all core Agile ceremonies (sprint planning daily stand-ups sprint reviews retrospectives) ensuring rigorous adherence to Agile principles and best practices. Youll cultivate a culture of continuous improvement accountability and high performance within the development teams.
- Strategic External Partner Management: Act as a primary liaison and orchestrator for our collaborations with external agencies and vendors. Youll manage their deliverables ensure seamless integration with internal efforts and hold them accountable to our exacting standards and timelines.
- Proactive Impediment Removal & Risk Leadership: Systematically identify analyze and swiftly remove complex impediments that hinder team progress. Youll proactively identify assess and mitigate project risks at an advanced level developing robust contingency plans to maintain momentum.
- Elevated Communication & Stakeholder Alignment: Foster exemplary transparent communication and collaboration within and across development teams product content and executive leadership. Youll expertly manage expectations and information flow ensuring all stakeholders are not just informed but fully aligned with project goals and progress.
- Key Metric Definition & Insight Generation: Define track and report on critical project metrics including team performance velocity predictability and overall project health. Youll go beyond reporting data providing actionable insights for strategic decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Strategic Sprint & Release Forecasting: Play a significant role in forecasting future sprints and releases contributing valuable insights to long-term product road mapping and strategic planning efforts ensuring our delivery pipeline supports sustained growth.
What It Takes to Succeed
A successful candidate will likely demonstrate:- Experience: 6-9 years of progressive experience in an Agile Project Manager or Scrum Master role with a strong focus on leading and owning project delivery for complex software development or digital product initiatives. Demonstrable experience in establishing and maturing delivery processes in a greenfield or rapidly evolving environment is highly desirable.
- Certifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent advanced Agile certification (e.g. PSM I/II SAFe Scrum Master) is required. Additional certifications (e.g. PMP PMI-ACP) are a strong plus.
- Leadership & Team Guidance: Proven ability to lead guide and motivate multiple technical teams in iterative development ensuring high accountability and fostering a collaborative results-driven environment. Experience in mentoring less experienced project managers is a plus.
- Tool Proficiency: Extensive hands-on experience with enterprise-grade project management and Agile tools such as Jira Asana Trello Azure DevOps or similar platforms leveraging them for efficient project execution and reporting.
- SDLC & Agile Mastery: A deep and practical understanding of the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and various project management methodologies with comprehensive expertise in applying and optimizing Agile frameworks (Scrum Kanban etc.) for diverse project needs.
- Exceptional Communication & Facilitation: Excellent communication facilitation and interpersonal skills with the demonstrated ability to build strong relationships resolve conflicts and influence outcomes across all levels of the organization and with external partners.
- External Vendor Management: Proven experience managing and collaborating with third-party agencies contractors or vendors ensuring their deliverables integrate seamlessly and meet project objectives.
- Conflict & Impediment Resolution: Proven ability to proactively identify analyze and effectively resolve complex conflicts and systemic impediments demonstrating tenacity and problem-solving prowess.
- Multi-Project Management: Extensive experience in managing multiple concurrent complex projects and adeptly prioritizing tasks in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
- Results Orientation: A strong results-oriented mindset with an unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality products and continually enhancing team and process efficiency.
- Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Business Administration or a related field.
- Industry Experience: Experience in a B2B or specialized industry environment (e.g. life sciences healthcare publishing) is a plus but not strictly required for this role.
We Invest in YOU
At Life Science Connect our commitment to empowering innovation and facilitating growth within the life sciences sector extends to our employees. We offer a comprehensive total compensation program designed to support your overall health financial well-being and professional development.In addition to a competitive salary youll enjoy:
- Medical/vision/prescription/dental coverage for you and your family
- 100% company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance
- 100% company-paid life insurance
- 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%
- 15 vacation days and 6 personal days on day 1
- 13 company-paid holidays
To viewall our job postings and showcases for some of our employees visit:
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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