Our Why At Dotmatics
At Dotmatics, we believe science, data, and decision-making must be deeply intertwined for innovation to thrive.
Our Portfolio includes Luma, LumaLab Connect, ELN Platform, Graphpad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, OMIQ, FCS Express, LabArchives, NQuery, EasyPanel, MStar, SoftGenetics and Virscidian.
We have a vision for a new Lab of the Future that will change the future of scientific research.
We have created the world’s most comprehensive digital science platform – best-of-breed software applications already used by more than 2 million scientists, together in a single ecosystem united by a powerful, flexible enterprise data platform. This is not flat data buried away in digital graveyards. This is dynamic, multi-dimensional decision-making.
Scientific enterprises need a new level of effectiveness to achieve tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Illness will not wait. The biosphere will not wait. We are tireless in our vision, because the time for innovation is now.
Shaping the Future of Science At Dotmatics
Our global team of more than 800 colleagues are dedicated to supporting our customers in over 180 countries. Together, with our scientific community of users, we accelerate scientific innovation in order to make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place to live.
You’ll join a collaborative, global team pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation. Your ideas and efforts will have a tangible impact, accelerating scientific progress and discovery. We offer a dynamic, remote-friendly environment that fosters high integrity and collaboration, empowering you to excel. Dotmatics is a company built by scientists, for scientists. Combined, we are now the world’s largest cloud-based scientific research R&D platform. We need your help to keep growing and pioneering the future.
We are Science Driven. We are Customer Centric. We are Better Together.
What do we need
We are looking for a Principal Project Manager to manage complex Scientific SaaS delivery & implementations projects, to ensure that our clients are reaching their desired outcomes and adopting our solutions. The structure of projects are like other large scale enterprise deployments but center around enabling Customers to use configured software within their business area of expertise.
You will be in a unique position to leverage your advanced in-depth SaaS Implementation/delivery skills, processes management, and interpersonal skills across many clients, ranging from the top pharmaceutical companies in the world to the leading food providers, and start-ups focused on ultra-rare diseases. You will be an advocate of Dotmatics, engaging stakeholders ranging from bench scientists up to C-level executives to effectively communicate Actions, Owners, Timelines, to balance risks and have the right conversations to protect, propose, and allow science to prosper.
In this role you will get to
- Develop, plan and manage the implementation of technically complex and challenging Customer projects across disparate organizations in line with the Dotmatics project lifecycle using agile methodologies and hybrid-agile approaches.
- Lead full cycle project delivery for enterprise level SaaS software
- Manage complex technical & digital transformation programmes
- Develop project objectives, by identifying requirements and barriers to projects, including cost, time, scope, and resources.
- Resolve complex business problems. Solutions involve proof of concept or industry first projects/issues and encompass all aspects of the project, g. equipment, business processes, vendor management, technical implementation, deployment and training
- Ensure the project is compliant with relevant standards, regulatory requirements and contractual agreements while suggesting and coordinating system improvements
- Provide overall leadership to team leads and project staff both intra- and inter-company.
- Advocate for Dotmatics’ interests by working closely with Services Consultants, Developers, Product Management, Leadership, Legal, Sales and other Customer Operations functions ensuring overall success of the project(s)
- Prepare and present internal and external executive briefings, including recommendations for executive action
- Manage of project expenditures, both capital and expense and partnering with finance to ensure timely and accurate service invoicing for projects
- Lead the creation of proposals and estimates for Service Delivery projects from project extensions with existing customers to working on new proposals with Sales and Pre-Sales
We are looking for people who hold 15+ years experience in SaaS Enterprise implementation/delivery projects, hold a Project Management Certification such as PMP, and be a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or equivalent. You will demonstrate experience in successfully setting up agile project deliveries and be able to demonstrate experience of managing SaaS configuration projects throughout their life cycle.
The Key Skills
- Scrum Events: Organising and facilitating scrum events in the capacity of Scrum Master
- Leading projects: Managing the delivery of SaaS enterprise configuration projects that are high-risk and complex
- Leading Projects: Ability to manage multiple concurrent complex projects and programs
- Managing stakeholders: Engaging with senior stakeholders and customers to understand their needs and ensure their expectations are met
- Building teams: Motivating, managing, and developing teams of globally dispersed people, consultants, and organizations globally disbursed teams, in a virtual setting
- Change Management: : Advising, coaching and supporting customers through organisational change initiatives to aid software adoption and uptake
- Ensuring quality: Ensuring that projects meet quality, schedule, and financial goals, and align with Company ORKs (Organisational Key Results)
- Managing risk: Identifying and managing obstacles and risks, and developing contingency plans.
- Resolution Management: Leading complex issues to resolution that have broad business impacts, providing executive teams with strategic recommendations and solutions.
- Improving delivery: Continuously improving the delivery process and team performance. Develop project objectives, by identifying requirements and barriers to projects, including cost, time, scope, and resources.
- Managing costs: Managing multi-million dollar program expenditures, both capital and expense and partnering with finance to ensure timely and accurate service invoicing for projects, while ensuring alignment with company OKR’s (Organisational Key Results) & financial targets
- Managing contracts: Leading the creation of proposals and estimates for Service Delivery projects from project extensions with existing customers to working on new proposals with Sales and Pre-Sales
You may also have
- A background in either chemistry, biology or life sciences
Research shows us the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting outstanding candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.
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Dotmatics is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.
Skills Required
- 15+ years experience in SaaS enterprise implementation/delivery projects
- Project Management certification such as PMP
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or equivalent
- Experience setting up and running agile or hybrid-agile project deliveries
- Demonstrated experience managing SaaS configuration projects throughout their lifecycle
- Experience organizing and facilitating Scrum events in the capacity of Scrum Master
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent complex and high-risk enterprise projects/programs
- Experience engaging and managing senior stakeholders and C-level customers
- Experience leading, motivating and developing globally dispersed teams and consultants
- Change management experience advising and supporting organizational adoption
- Experience managing multi-million dollar program expenditures and partnering with finance for invoicing
- Experience preparing proposals, estimates, and managing contracts for service delivery projects
- Ability to prepare and present executive briefings with recommendations for action
- Background in chemistry, biology, or life sciences
What We Do
Dotmatics is the global leader in R&D scientific software that connects science, data, and decision-making. Combining a workflow and data platform with best-of-breed applications, we offer the first true end-to-end solutions for biology, chemistry, formulations, data management, flow cytometry, and more. Trusted by more than 2 million researchers from the world’s leading biopharma, chemicals and materials enterprises, and academic institutions, we are dedicated to working with the scientific community to help make the world a healthier, cleaner and safer place to live. Learn more about our platform and products, including GraphPad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, LabArchives, and more, at https://dotmatics.com
