Project Focus

• Directly manage projects (PM) from start-up to completion, including change management.
• Plan and organize projects , establish project governance models and staffing profiles. Develop project Key Performance and Success Measures (KPIs).
• Responsible for achieving the project objectives.
• Manage quality, timeliness and cost of the project deliverables.
• Maintain control over the projects status including updating of the Portfolio Management Tool (UBM SNOW)
• Manage all aspects of project expenditure and budget including CARs, Purchase Orders, financial status reporting etc
• Overall Stakeholder management.
• Ensure all Infrastructure services are delivered in accordance with agreed Service Level Agreements and agreed Project Plans.
• Create/maintain master project plan
• Develop/maintain all required project documentation
• Provide monthly forecasts for projects, ensure actuals are booked on time and a current financial overview is maintained.

Risk Management, Reporting and Communications Focus

• Identify, manage and remediate project risks and issues
• Report project status through defined IMA / IES channels.

IES IMAP Focus

• Collaborate with selected strategic partners capable of providing strong Connectivity Services expertise.
• Share best practices and collaborate within various IES / IMAP Domains in the development of best practices and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) (Project focus (best practices) and Departmental Focus (e.g. SOPs.)

Domain Specific

• Understand (project related) Critical Success Factors for key Domain customers - align activities to ensure successful achievement of these.
• Understand current and future direction of the Connectivity domain and ensure all project needs are addressed appropriately. Deep understanding of business value achieved for all domain projects (customer centricity).

In addition to accountabilities listed above in Job Purpose:

• Manages and represent the project from start-up to completion.
• Plans and organize the project, allocate internal and/or external resources to accomplish project tasks.
• Leads the project staff.
• Assumes responsibility for achieving the project objectives.
• Complies to the Novartis project management methodology (“ICE”) and GxP where applicable.

• Satisfaction of key customers of the Cloud & Infrastructure domain (e.g., service lines).
• Cloud & Infrastructure projects successfully delivered on time, on budget, on quality, on value consistent with Novartis standards/regulations and fully aligned with IES IMA strategy.
• Adhere to defined management and delivery processes for IT projects and other Policies relevant to the project scope
• Actively engage in collection and performing of lessons learned to improve knowledge and processes in IMAP
• Multi Rater feedback and or end of project surveys

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