Digital Project Management

About the job

Our Team:

The Project Leader – iSHIFT Product and Services is accountable of complex and multiple large projects. Define and maintain the roadmap of a group of connected / interdependent projects to achieve business strategic objectives to deliver value and realize the benefits. (S)He ensures the program execution and is responsible for program governance, planning, budget management, staffing (including business’ contribution), communication & change management, risk management, compliance, and associated mitigations.
The functional scope of work for the Project Leader – iSHIFT Product and Services is related to business processes and applications/products touching manufacturing, quality, shopfloor, supply chain, logistics, transportation, site divestitures and overall ERP (systems upgrades, new legal entities creation, merger of legal entities etc.), including the contribution of other Digital Units which have impact on ERPs (interfaces etc.).

Main responsibilities:

•    Overall accountability to deliver the projects or programs.
•    Plan program/project structure: in terms of Project Leaders, program governance, 
projects organization, communication, budget.
•    Sets up detailed program or project roadmap and project interactions.
•    Validates and manages the program or project resources, guarantees their availability, 
and arbitrates, if needed, resources allocations
•    Chairs and manages program or project reviews with the appropriate business areas.
•    Monitor and report the program or project status as per the agreed governance model and structures.
•    Guarantees final deliveries and consistency of the program or project solutions, including its 
compliance with applicable quality, regulatory (Data Privacy, GxP, SOX, etc.) and 
cybersecurity requirements
•    To ensure alignment and interlocks between the different contributors being part of the
program or project, and validates their scope (content, cost, planning)
•    Monitor and reports on program or project progress, issues and achievements.
•    Risk management of the programs/projects
•    Monitor and report the program or project financial and planning matters.
•    Ensures transition to Service Management is well performed and the application is stable.
•    Experience on using agile planning and delivery tools like Jira.
•    From design to delivery, he/she makes sure of the business value brought to Sanofi.

About you 
Academic background: Computer Engineering, Computer Sciences, System Analysis, Engineering or other similar areas
Professional experience and knowledge: 
•    Experience in SAP Project management, specifically with SAP major implementations.
•    Excellence knowledge and experience on Waterfall and Agile (knowing what to apply when)
•    Ability to coordinate, lead and manage program or project implementation.
•    Excellence communication skills
•    Experience in stakeholder management skills across business and functions
•    Strong teamwork and good interpersonal relationships
•    High level of autonomy and strategic thinking
•    Ability to lead and manage vendors implementation offshore and onshore.
•    Dynamic and able to influence executives or business team in the organization.
•    PMP Certified is a plus.

Major competencies and skills: 
TECHNICAL AND SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

• Competency (Hard Skills)    Expected Level of Proficiency 

• Project Management/Integration Management    Advanced

• Project Management/Time Management    Advanced

• Project Management/Cost Management    Advanced

• Project Management/Scope and Quality Management    Advanced

• Project Management/Risk Management    Advanced

• Compliance of Computerized Systems    Intermediate

• IT Strategy and Governance    Intermediate

• Lean & Agile Practices    Experience

• User Experience    Intermediate

BEHAVIORS AND LEAD COMPETENCIES

• Competency (Soft Skills)    Expected Level of Proficiency (in line with Global ITS Career Path to Project and Program Management)

• Business Partnership & Value Creation    Experience

• Strategic Thinking    Experience

• Transversal Collaboration and Influencing Skills    Experience

• Decision Making    Experience

• Change Management    Experience

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