IT PMO Lead - biopharma industry - 12+ month contract

Title: Senior Analyst I, IT PMOLocation: Brisbane OR NovatoDuration: 12+ months (possible contract-to-hire)Our client is a cutting-edge biopharmaceutical company committed to the treatment of rare and ultra-rare diseases, with a focus on serious, debilitating genetic diseases. They currently have an immediate opening for an experienced IT PMO Lead Analyst to play a key role in establishing and facilitating adherence to processes, standards, and templates for delivering a large portfolio of IT projects. The ideal candidate will be experienced in Project Management, Process Management and Release Management for IT systems. This role will be instrumental in ensuring that systems integration and implementation projects carried out by IT teams are delivered against common standards while ensuring quality and compliance.Note:

• This position will be based in either the Novato or Brisbane locations. The person in the role will be able to work remotely 1-2 days per week

• Work as the IT PMO lead to facilitate usage, adoption and adherence to IT project/portfolio management standards and methodologies, for supporting cross-functional stakeholders from IT and other departments.
• Lead the creation and publishing of IT project/portfolio management roadmap, processes, guidelines, tools, templates, standards, and best practices.
• Provide support, and inputs to IT Project managers working on executing IT Projects and initiatives geared towards IT systems implementation, integration, upgrades, and enhancements.
• Administer IT project portfolio utilizing a cloud-based IT project management system. This will also require conceptualizing, configuring, and rolling out system enhancements to improve the cloud-based IT project management system.
• Review and refine project plans, status reports, project charters, and other project management deliverables on a regular basis to identify avenues for improvement. Escalate as necessary to ensure compliance with IT PMO processes and guidelines.
• Train IT project managers to ensure that they are well conversant with the PMO processes, project methodologies and can deliver consistently across the portfolio.
• Create, analyze, and share project management metrics and Key Performance Indicators

• Bachelor s or master s degree in Information Technology or project management or related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience working with IT PMO function on complex IT programs or IT organizations
• 2+ year of hands on Project Management experience preferred
• Experience in administering or configuring Sciforma or similar IT project management tool
• Experience in pharmaceutical domain preferred
• Basic understanding of out of box applications, SaaS systems and databases preferred
• Experience in pharmaceutical domain preferred