Job Summary

As a healthcare company committed to protecting the health and safety for our employees, contractors, customers and communities, employees in this role are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless an accommodation has been granted for a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief.

Agilent inspires and supports discoveries that advance the quality of life. We provide life science, diagnostic and applied market laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications and expertise. Agilent enables customers to gain the answers and insights they seek -- so they can do what they do best: improve the world around us.

This role will provide you the opportunity to lead programs for the Agilent CDx division and the responsibilities include some of the following:

Responsible for leadership of a team of project managers who are leading global, multi-site, cross-functional customer projects.
Review, understand and ensure projects / programs deliver according to contracted scope and budget and conduct regular program review meetings with key partners to apprise of current project / program status or to resolve project / program issues or hurdles.
Will direct, coach and/or mentor direct reports as needed to ensure the completion of project / program deliverables on time and within budget
Good understanding of project management principles to coach and mentor project execution techniques in accordance with department processes and procedures. This includes working with project managers to lead scope, schedule, risk and budget without sacrificing quality
Serves as a management representative in joint project governance meetings and communications; including but not limited to joint project teams (JPTs) and joint steering committees (JSCs)
Create and lead resource forecast plans to communicate and manage PMO project staffing requirements
Track estimated project revenues and costs against defined metrics; proactively communicate deviations to relevant partners, internal and external
Ensure risk management is effectively and proactively incorporated into project and program planning
Oversee proper identification and documentation of customer requests for work outside contracted scope (scope management)
Work collaboratively with external customers to ensure that company and partner interests are addressed in a balanced fashion
Perform lessons learned on projects and make information available to other project teams
Drive innovation of new methods and processes for the PMO