Director, IT - Program Manager

Essential job Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the overall execution, management and delivery of a program
• Creation of a project schedule and plan with financial, resource and material requirements
• Develops and presents proposals and negotiates final agreements
• Directs project staff including project engineers, vendors, partners or subcontractors.
• Manages the project from start to completion including the resolution of escalated project issues
• Accountable for the Project Budget
• May carry responsibilities of team leadership
• Facilitates the Program-Level Governance team
• Produces reporting on progress of program objectives, including all projects within program
• Manages and facilitates issue and risk resolution and/or escalation across program
• Directs and supports project teams within the program
• Aligns project work efforts with Program vision
• Participates on Project-Level Governance team of each project within program
• Ensures adherence to standard project management framework for the program and projects
• Manages project resource allocation, across program

Education and Experience:

• BS/BA degree in IT or related field
• 10+ years related experience with ERP, implementing Financial and Procurement systems
• Oracle ERP experience, Cloud preferred
• Solution Architecture experience preferred
• PM certification or equivalent experience
• Previous Consulting Experience Preferred
• Advanced degree would be preferred

Related Business/ Technical Knowledge, Skills and Expertise:

• Project/Program Management experience in the deployment of leading edge, multi-vendor technologies in a highly complex commercial environment.
• Has demonstrated clear leadership skills and experience working with large project teams
• Has demonstrated a thorough understanding of the legal issues with contracts
• Has demonstrated advanced negotiation and presentation skills

Project Complexity:

• Manages large or strategic, or multiple large customer deployments with complex or evolving project objectives.
• Projects utilize multiple third-party vendors and cross multiple functions, have high organization visibility and may include multiple locations or regions.
• Manages multiple critical projects in tight time frames for mission critical network deployments.

Core Competencies:

• Project planning and contract negotiation skills.
• Ability to balance multiple large and critical tasks.
• Advanced Negotiation, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability when required to control multiple project managers in the delivery cycle

At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 70,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law.

IQVIA, Inc. provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.  Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to submit an application for employment or otherwise participate in the application process should contact IQVIA’s Talent Acquisition team at workday_recruiting@iqvia.com to arrange for such an accommodation.