This is a Hybrid role based out of Citywest, Dublin
Who are we looking for:
Uniphar are embarking on an ambitious, multi-year technology transformation program and are seeking an experienced Data Project Manager to join our team to lead the delivery of several data project initiatives.
Operating within the PMO, the position is a pivotal role which has high visibility and influence within the wider technology program. The Data Project Manager will be expected to project manage the delivery of multiple data related projects projects to support the wider technology transformation of the business. The ideal candidate is expected to engage both business and technical resources at a level of detail to ensure successful delivery.
Uniphar Background
Uniphar group is a rapidly expanding global healthcare services business with a proud heritage in Ireland. Since IPO in 2019, the group has grown both organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continues to strengthen Uniphar’s international reach. With a workforce of over 3000 spreads across Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Nordics and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world.
Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions; Supply Chain & Retail, Commercial & Clinical Med Tech / Pharma; and Product Access.
Culture at Uniphar
We pride ourselves in being truly entrepreneurial, innovative, collaborative, with a strong problem-solving ethos. We have built working relationships which span decades with many of the world’s largest pharma and medtech companies. We believe that this is because we know how to build a relationship of trust with our partners - we put our customers and their patients at the heart of what we do and treat them with integrity and respect. Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people. As we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse. This rich diversity fuels our business and enriches our culture.
Key Responsibilities / Outcomes
1. As a member of the Project Management Office, lead the delivery of multiple data related projects, delivered using Waterfall or Agile methodoloiges depending on the need
2. Identify priority of activity by engaging relevant stakeholders across business, technology, and PMO, build a pipeline of activities, deliver and report on its success.
3. Work with the business to establish the strategic data roadmap for the organisation
4. Support other projects in the portfolio as required, particularly where other projects have dependencies on your projects
5. Develop and maintain detailed project plans, forecasts, manage project deliverables and scope, resolve cross-functional issues and change control
6. Understand and deliver on the customers needs, collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure requirements are documented and agreed
7. Work with in-house engineering teams and 3rd party vendors to deliver technical solutions, including RFP’s, solution architecture, build, test and implementation.
8. Co-ordinate the resource team in line with the plan
9. Develop quality assurance plans to ensure what was requested has been delivered successfully
10. Manage any migration from a business readiness perspective, ensure solutions are migrated accordingly, users are trained as appropriate, operational support plans are in place and the business is ready to launch
11. Effectively control risks and issues, manage dependencies within your workstream and as part of the wider transformation program as required, escalation of issues to senior stakeholders as appropriate
12. Monitoring project progress and performance, budget tracking, governance and reporting at a project level
13. Contributing at a program level in areas such as cross workstream dependency management, governance, quality assurance, delivery frameworks and communities of practice
14. Take on additional projects as required where capacity allows
Key Skills, Experiences & Competencies
15. Bachelor’s degree in Technology, data or a related field
16. 5+ years as a Project Manager delivering complex data implementations in large scale enterprises using both waterfall and agile methodologies
17. Extensive experience of master data management tools, data models, databases, SQL, ERP, SAP an advantage as is experience working with supply chain data sets
18. Extensive vendor and system integrator management experience
19. Process oriented, understands methodologies and best ways of working, knows how to implement them, and break them where required
20. Attention to detail, must be able to operate at the relevant business and technical levels of detail required to ensure successful delivery
21. Strong business acumen, the Project Manager will be immersed in the business team for periods and must have broad understanding of business data patterns
22. Analytical thinking – ability to understand a situation by segmenting and tracing implications step by step.
23. PMP or Prince2 certification a must. Certified scrummaster helpful.