Job Summary
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.
Are you excited by an opportunity to improve your project leadership expertise? Become a part of a dedicated team that does truly inspiring work in the field of diagnostics! We are looking for the next addition to our team of employees who are passionate about advancing the quality of life.
As the Project Manager, you will work collaboratively with your global cross-functional project teams including Companion Diagnostics Teams, R&D, Clinical Operations, Clinical Sciences, Biostatistics, Quality, Design Assurance, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Commercial, Finance, Sales, Service and Support as well as external laboratories, collaborators, and manufacturers to progress diagnostic assay development in the Agilent portfolio.
You will provide oversight to various aspects of the diagnostic development project, coordinate meetings and project deliverables internally and with external partners. You are responsible for ensuring internal partner alignment, creating coordinated project/program timelines, tracking, and verifying completion of project deliverables and milestones, identifying and mitigating project risks, and timely communication to relevant partners via regular and ad-hoc status reports. Additionally, you will ensure regular budget tracking and reporting to finance operations.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Independently coordinate and lead global, cross-functional project teams in a matrix organization with minimal guidance from the Program Manager. Some assignments may include projects of greater complexity
Demonstrate accountability and urgency to define, drive execution, and deliver expected results according to agreed project scope, requirements, cost, quality and timelines
Establish yourself as the primary point-of-contact for key leaders and partners across multiple business units
Plan, analyze and track project activities to identify issues and minimize delays, raise as appropriate
Estimate and track project costs; proactively communicating deviations to relevant partners
Apply appropriate risk management techniques to ensure timelines, business priorities and quality standards are met
Use standardized interpersonal tools, systems and techniques for tracking project progress, maintain current project Gantt charts and task lists
Organize and lead team meetings with detailed agendas, clearly documenting meeting minutes, action items, issues, risks and decisions
Drive project strategy decisions with Senior Leadership teams; demonstrating an ability to influence at multiple levels
Execute multiple projects simultaneously, some being complex, and successfully multi-task amongst several competing initiatives
This role will be working with clients that are based on the west coast, so due to time zones, local candidates are preferred.
