IRT Project Manager

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

Serves as the IRT Project Manager during the study startup and maintenance phase in managing and supporting IRT system solutions within the constraints of scope and cost. Acts as the liaison between the study team and the selected IRT Vendor.  Works closely with the study team to ensure study design, build, and execution is performed effectively and with a high degree of quality. Measures and evaluates organizational processes and services to optimize business behaviors and performance. Typically coordinates multiple simple and/or moderately complex projects throughout the project life cycle.

Essential Functions and Other Job Information:

Essential Functions

• Serves as the primary IRT contact for sponsors and study team members during the life of the study including understanding the IRT system requirements and functionality and managing the IRT Vendor in all tasks related to the study.
• Partners with functional area leads to identify and evaluate fundamental issues on projects.
• Gathers information regarding potential or actual risks/issues and provides detailed information to management to ensure the risks/issues are surfaced and mitigated. Manages all IRT quality events that may arise for the study.
• Ensures the study is always audit ready.  Must attend and participate in any study audit that requires IRT attendance.
• Performs study specific informal testing, reviews study specific system support guidelines for accuracy and completeness.  Manages the UAT testing phase with all appropriate parties.
• Prepares, coordinates, and delivers meeting materials and communications per timeline milestones. Attends/facilitates meetings and communications with sponsors, vendors, and cross-functional team members.
• Manages the IRT budget for the life of the study.  Ensures accurate hours are included for various tasks.  Reviews and approves all vendor invoices.   Escalates any discrepancies or adjustments needed in the IRT budget.

Job Complexity

Works on problems of moderate diversity of scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.

Job Knowledge

A seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of area of specialization; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways. This job is the fully qualified, career-oriented, journey-level position.

Supervision Received

Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for

obtaining solutions.

Business Relationships

Represents the department as a prime contact on projects. Interacts with internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between functional areas. Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to

5+ years).

In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training

and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the

requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong attention to detail and problem solving skills

• Strong comprehensive oral presentation and written communication skills

• Strong proficiency in computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, email software,

various analytics and visualization software; and proficiency with primary software used by the

company

• Fundamental understanding of relational database concepts and fundamental familiarity with data

manipulation tools.

• Strong ability to adapt to changing priorities and to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary, global

cross-functional team

• Basic knowledge of project management standards and practices

• Proven ability to develop and deliver services and solutions in a collaborative and cross-functional

global environment, with an understanding of the user perspective

• Effective ability to query, compile, track and maintain data in systems supporting department

programs and processes

• Solid familiarity of IRT system applications and concepts

Management Role:

No management responsibility

Working Conditions and Environment:

• Role is considered home based

• Occasional travel both domestic and international.

Physical Requirements:

• Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.

• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements

of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

• Frequent mobility required.

• Occasional crouching, stooping, bending, and twisting of upper body and neck.

• Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop

computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.

• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.

• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to

and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

• Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups.

• Works independently with little guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions and plans work

schedules to meet goals. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration.

• Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions

with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task.

• Regular and consistent attendance.