Senior Project Manager (CPQ) - 9 month contract

This contract role takes end-to-end delivery accountability for delivery of projecs that impacts business processes enabled through enterprise technology applications (ERP integrations, customer-facing and internal web platforms, laboratory and manufacturing system deployments, and associated data migration).  The role represents the business function and works in close partnership with the IT Technical Delivery Lead (who is accountable for the technical solution delivery), gathering requirements and acceptance criteria on behalf of operations, commercial, and quality stakeholders.  This role holds teams to those outcomes through to adoption rather than to go-live alone. The role is responsible for the overall project plan, budget, risk register, and delivery against agreed scope, cost, schedule, and quality.  The role works within the governance model and delivery framework set by the function, engaging daily with business process owners, internal IT (via the Technical Lead), site teams, and suppliers, and escalating through the programme or PM&OE leadership where decisions fall outside the project's authority, predominantly across the United States and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.Ideal candidate will have experience managing the deployment of Configure Price Quote (CPQ) software solutions.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to capably perform each of the following essential duties:Take end-to-end delivery accountability for business led projects enabled by IT solutions. Including requirements gathering through build, testing, deployment, adoption, and handover into live serviceAct as the business's representative throughout the delivery lifecycle and, working in close partnership with the IT Technical Delivery lead, translating operational, commercial, and quality needs into system requirements and holding internal IT teams and suppliers to agreed outcomesOwn and maintain the project plan, budget, risk and issue log, and dependency list, tracking progress against agreed scope, cost, schedule, and quality, and reporting into programme governanceWorking with the IT Technical Delivery lead, deliver system integration activity at project level, including interface specification, master data alignment, data migration, cutover planning, and reconciliation with business process ownersDeliver web-based platform and application projects, including requirements definition, user experience and accessibility expectations, content and data ownership, and release planningWork with the IT Technical Delivery Lead Plan and run user acceptance testing (UAT), including test scripts, business tester coordination, defect triage, and evidence to support the go or no-go recommendationIdentify, manage and liaise with stakeholders impacted by initiatives to ensure alignment with business sponsors and resource allocation and engagement to deliver business benefitsDeliver business change and adoption activity for assigned projects, including impact assessment, process updates, training delivery, cutover communications, and post-implementation supportManage technology suppliers and development partners engaged on the project, including scope definition, performance monitoring, change control, and acceptance of deliverablesEnsure assigned projects meet the quality management system, computerised system validation, data integrity, and information security requirements applicable to a regulated life sciences environmentOwn and deliver concise and action-oriented project communication through regular project updates in PMO tools, steering committees, etc.Resolve day-to-day issues and competing priorities between business functions and IT, escalating promptly to the Programme Manager or Programme Management and Operational Excellence (PM&OE) leadership where resolution falls outside the project's authorityProvide guidance and informal coaching to Project Managers and business project team members, and contribute lessons learned to PM&OE delivery frameworks, templates, and reporting