Senior Project Manager EpiCX

Senior Project Manager EpiCX – Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, DevOps, technology architecture and
dataflow

Role:
For our client in the Pharma industry based in Kaiseraugst we are looking for a Senior Project Manager EpiCX.

As a Strategic Initiatives Program Manager within our EpiCX Strategic Initiatives (SI) squad you will work
closely as part of a cross functional multidisciplinary team to expand the applicability of the EpiCX
technology ecosystem through the management of EpiCX’s technological and business alignment with the
ASPIRE program As part of EpiCX you will focus on the wider goal to deliver timely & personalized
information & services in a cross-channel, orchestrated & customer-centric fashion, ensuring Roche is
always highly relevant & impactful. In doing so, you will ensure the right patients are prescribed our
innovative products & cared for optimally to ensure the best possible healthcare outcomes.

The perfect candidate: This Senior Project Management position, suitable for candidates with a strong
business or IT partnering background, will be responsible for the management of a highly complex and
transformational business/IT infrastructure project.
The Senior Project Manager is accountable for the successful implementation of business process
harmonisation as well as technical solutions through effective planning and execution throughout all
phases of EpiCXs project management methodology.

Areas of responsibility:
* Managing assigned resources and effectively tracking budgets and financial forecasts
* Creating and tracking detailed project plans
* Effectively leading and facilitating project meetings as well as proactively controlling project
scope, risks and issues.
* Provide timely status reports to all stakeholders and escalate issues to the appropriate management level.
* Manage multiple projects on a global level in an matrix environment
* Effectively manage the projects across global locations and time zones and be able to travel
internationally as needed
* Collaborating with affiliate, global and above country teams to engage them in the transition of legacy
systems to the EpiCX ecosystem
* Collaboration across all product and service teams within the EpiCX program
* Collaborating with IT and our external strategic partners to deliver the business requirements
* Collaborating with other parts of the business who are providing resource to be part of the team that
this role will lead within the matrix organization in order to implement the platform and business
processes
* Assess, Interpret and translate Regulatory, Legal, Safety and Compliance policy to drive harmonized
business process creation
* Is responsible for acting in line with legal, regulatory and company standards and codes of practice

Professional and technical requirements:
* Min. 7+ years of experience as a successful Information Technology and Business Project Manager using
structured project management processes, preferred in the pharmaceutical industry
* Experience in managing multiple projects at the same time on a global level in a matrix environment
* Min. 5+ years’ experience of matrix leadership (no direct people management)
* Deep understanding of various SDLCs (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, DevOps)
* Deep understanding of technology architecture and dataflow across complex system
* Fluency in English, spoken and written
* Ability to see the interrelationship of a project across “the big picture” and understand its dependency
on other projects in the program as required
* Demonstrated competency planning and tracking project schedules with clearly defined critical paths
* Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as presentation abilities
* Demonstrated success communicating across a variety of audiences, including business people and
technologists (both up and down the organization)
* Exceptional listening, problem solving, negotiation, and facilitation skills
* Demonstrated success handling initiatives of significant complexity and risk

Nice to Haves:
* University degree in Business Administration or similar
* PMP or similar Certification
* Pharma experience

Reference no: 921166 AD
Role: Senior Project Manager EpiCX
Industry: Pharmaceutical industry
Workload: 100%
Location: Kaiseraugst, Switzerland
Start date: asap
Duration: 12 months contract, with possible extension

About us:
ITech Consult is a certified ISO 9001:2015 Swiss company with offices also located in Germany and
Ireland. ITech Consult is specialised in delivering IT candidates for contract work. We were founded in
1997 by IT professionals; hence we well understand what it means to be professionally supported in your
search for a new project and being employed.