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Position Overview

The Sr. Project Manager is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating activities, and leading cross-functional strategic initiatives while working with the business to follow best practices to ensure their projects meet business objectives and are accomplished on time and within budget.  This role helps ensure that project goals are accomplished and in line with business objectives.

This role will help to integrate new products and processes into the lab.

Essential Duties

include but are not limited to the following:

• Acts as a business partner to directly or indirectly lead cross-functional teams to execute on project tasks to include effective creation and management of timelines, budgets, resources, risks, interdependencies, and project objectives.
• Follows established project management practices, including management of scope, requirements, issues, and risks.
• Consults with project sponsors and reviews project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding, allotment of resources and procedures for accomplishing projects.
• Directs and coordinates responsibilities and scope of authority to team members.
• Troubleshoots problems associated with coordination, development, or design of projects.
• Escalates issues when critical risks arise and maintains pulse with project activities to ensure progress.
• Monitor and prepare status reports on project deliverables and any deviation from project plan.
• Advises on the right level of governance by project and program.
• Coaches and facilitates teams on project management Processes, tools and techniques, such as process maps, value stream maps and root cause analyses.
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders and team members.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and balance multiple competing priorities within and across multiple projects at the same time.
• Demonstrated success with oral and written communications/presentations, influence and persuasion, results orientation, facilitation, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work within a matrix management organization.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to work designated schedule.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
• Ability and means to travel between local Exact Sciences locations.
• Ability to travel 30% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; or high school degree/general education diploma and 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years of progressive, broad-based project experience.
• 3+ years working in a client-facing project management role.
• Proficiency with MS Project, MS Visio, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full time or part-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a regulated environment such as life sciences or biotechnology.
• Experience working in a laboratory environment.
• Experience working with lab automation.

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Salary Range:

$89,000.00 - $151,000.00

 

The annual base salary shown is for this position located in US - WI - Madison on a full-time basis. In addition, this position is bonus eligible.

Exact Sciences is proud to offer an employee experience that includes paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time), paid leave for parents and caregivers, a retirement savings plan, wellness support, and health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage. Learn more about our benefits.

Our success relies on the experiences and perspectives of a diverse team, and Exact Sciences fosters a culture where all employees can develop personally and professionally with a sense of respect and belonging. If you require an accommodation, please contact us here.

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