Project Manager

Life Technologies

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Carlsbad, CA

Bachelor*s

Project Managment Siebel CRM

3-26-2010

Making Life Even Better. When it comes to the vision of shaping discovery and improving life, no other company can match the breadth of products and services in the life sciences field to meet this vision than Life Technologies. Created through the combination of biotechnology leaders Applied Biosystems and Invitrogen, Life Technologies* systems, consumables and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific exploration, driving to discoveries and developments that improve the human condition and the world around us. Our customers do their work across the biological spectrum, working to (more) Making Life Even Better. When it comes to the vision of shaping discovery and improving life, no other company can match the breadth of products and services in the life sciences field to meet this vision than Life Technologies.

Created through the combination of biotechnology leaders Applied Biosystems and Invitrogen, Life Technologies* systems, consumables and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific exploration, driving to discoveries and developments that improve the human condition and the world around us. Our customers do their work across the biological spectrum, working to advance personalized medicine, regenerative science, molecular diagnostics, agricultural and environmental research, and 21st century forensics.

With historical sales of approximately $3.5 billion, a presence in more than 100 countries, and a rapidly growing intellectual property estate of over 3,600 patents and exclusive licenses, we are poised to truly shape the world of science.

Join a team of more than 9,500 employees around the world who are engaged, curious, insightful, responsible and driven to make life even better. Life Technologies is looking for a Project Manager with extensive experience on medium and large projects.

Candidate will be working with multiple teams, both on and off shore as well as project managers, business analysts and other stakeholders. This individual will be responsible for managing projects and reporting the status of projects on a weekly basis in accordance with the company*s PMO process.

Essential Functions: Technical experience is a must, candidates need to have both management and technical programming experience. Specific functions include: − Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.

− Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements using PMO-defined tools. − Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities.

− Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project including scope and budget. − Reviews deliverables prepared by team.

− Effectively applies our methodology and enforces project standards. − Minimizes our exposure and risk on project.

− Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately. − Coordinate the technical efforts of other IT groups and external vendors to ensure the effective development, modification, testing and implementation of systems to meet defined requirements.

− Actively participate with customer groups in the planning for longer-term systems enhancements. May perform other related duties as required and/or assigned.

Nature and Scope: This position interacts with all levels of internal customers and external vendors. That interaction requires excellent oral communication and customer service skills in identifying business needs and facilitating the implementation of technical solutions.

Effectiveness in this role also requires thorough working knowledge of the customer*s operations, company systems and the ability to identify opportunities for new or improved systemization. The incumbent works on problems of diverse scope and moderate to high complexity where analysis of data requires a review of identifiable factors.

Exercises judgment within generally defined procedures. The incumbent normally receives minimal instruction on routine work and general instruction on new assignments.

Education: Bachelor*s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration or a related discipline required. PMP certification is a plus.

Experience: At least five years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Thorough working knowledge of the standard project management practices, the company systems and available software packages required by the PMO processes.

Proven problem solving, customer service and project management skills needed. Knowledge of Siebel CRM, Genesys and Unica is a plus (less)

source: seeker.dice.com

19 Apr 2010