Must Have:
Agile MAP Knowledge
Experience with Project Management
Microsoft Office Suite
Microsoft Project

Nice to Have:
Agile MAP Experience
Change Requests
Workfront

HM's Top Needs:
Experience shepherding complex projects to completion, navigating roadblocks and developing solutions to meet project team goals (not necessarily the project team "ask")
Experience developing deliverables in the medical device industry or in highly controlled/regulated environments
Experience maintaining detailed project schedules and communicating status to stakeholders with simplicity as well as clarity
Education Required: Bachelor's degree
Years' Experience Required: 1-2 years minimum
Will the contractor be working 40 hours a week? If not, weekly estimate? Yes, 40hr/week
Work Location:
Do they need to be local to any MDT office and if so where? Local to Northridge site preferred but not required.
Does this person need to be on site? If so, full time or part time? If local to Northridge, on site 3 days/week unless agreed otherwise.

This position is responsible for the direct management of technical literature projects, potentially including multiple deliverables with impacts across product lines and regions. The project management specialist coordinates with stakeholders/core team members (PMO, Quality, Regulatory, etc.) to obtain key inputs for the creation of new technical literature and ensures team commitments are met and communicated in a timely manner.
•Manages projects from initiation to delivery; driving project team to execute on tasks and deliverables
•Develops project plan and integrated schedules, ensures plans address stage gate deliverables
•Works with functional management to ensure sufficient and appropriate resources will be made available
•Monitors progress on project deliverables, metrics and technical output
•Develops a sense of urgency when key deliverables are jeopardized
•Facilitates problem solving and meetings to address obstacles
•Proactively manages risks and employs strategies to address
Holds team members accountable to project commitments
Facilitates communication to key stakeholders on project performance
Fosters teamwork; strives to maintain an environment of openness and trust

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Leads or leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes and therapies. Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. Manages the development and implementation process of a company's products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products and processes. Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Monitors the project from initiation through delivery. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients. Gathers requirements, works on requirements planning, requirements elicitation and requirements management to ensure they meet demands of project's key stakeholders. Communicates with stakeholders, obtains stakeholder engagement to ensure the end products or processes will solve the business problems. TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies - from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS Autonomy: Established and productive individual contributor. Works independently with general supervision on larger, moderately complex projects / assignments. Organizational Impact: Sets objectives for own job area to meet the objectives of projects and assignments. Contributes to the completion of project milestones. May have some involvement in cross functional assignments. Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are general, and may require understanding of broader set of issues or other job areas but typically are not complex. Makes adjustments or recommends enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area. Communication and Influence: Communicates primarily and frequently with internal contacts. External interactions are less complex or problem solving in nature. Contacts others to share information, status, needs and issues in order to inform, gain input, and support decision-making. Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance and assistance to entry level professionals and / or employee in Support Career Stream. Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires practical knowledge and demonstrated competence within job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience.