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ARUP Laboratories · 2 days ago

Project Manager II - Research

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah. The Project Manager II - Research supports diagnostic test development and oversees project lifecycle management, ensuring successful collaboration and communication among various stakeholders.

Biotechnology

Responsibilities

Manages ARUP research projects, including developing and monitoring project timelines, deliverables, communications, overseeing project scope, and other project requirements

Supports Scientific Managers, Scientists and Medical Directors as a member of project leadership

Accountable for organizing project requirements, translating them into defined scope, and ensuring the documentation and communication of project scope are well-maintained

Creates and executes project charters and other project plan documents and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

Gains a comprehensive technical understanding of the project background

Communicates risks and issues to stakeholders, including impacts to timelines, and facilitates troubleshooting efforts to address them

Coordinates project milestones and deliverables to ensure timely completion

Guide projects from initiation to successful completion, ensuring alignment with organizational goals

Produces and maintains project dashboards for communication of progress to leadership and project stakeholders

Understands and ensures adherence to diagnostic test validation policies and procedures, where applicable

Maintains professional relationships with sponsors, stakeholders, team members, vendors, and consultants

Serves as a liaison between technical and non-technical departments ensuring alignment with targets and requirements

Act as a central support figure throughout the project lifecycle, focusing on fostering collaboration and ensuring the success of large-scale and complex initiatives

Collaborates with other departments within ARUP to facilitate test transfer between departments

Establishes and maintains communication as required with the stakeholders, including leading meetings and hosting stakeholder visits as necessary

Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to client, project sponsor, or stakeholder

Maintains a comprehensive understanding of project status and uses strong problem-solving, communication and leadership skills to keep projects on track

Independently or in collaboration with Scientific managers identifies resources needed and assigns responsibilities for a project

Understands the business challenge proposed by the scientific project team and contributes to resolution

Analyzes project return on investment, profitability, revenue, and utilization using Business Value Models (BVMs)

Manages project budget, including creating the budget, tracking expenses, and invoicing, as needed

Follows project management methodologies as defined and outlined by Project Management Institute (PMI) and ARUP policies and procedures

Manages day-to-day operational aspects of projects and their scope

Minimizes exposure and risk on project

Works with minimal oversight from Manager, and mentors junior Project Managers and other supporting team members

Independently identifies project management requirements

Oversees project management for an entire project portfolio

Thorough understanding of ARUP test validation policies and procedures and ensures implementation for relevant projects

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Budget ManagementRisk ManagementProject ManagementCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsCollaborationStakeholder ManagementLeadership SkillsDocumentation Skills

Required