Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA, 91320
Duration: 6+ Months
 
Description:
Onsite - Candidates will be required to be on-site as needed.
 
Ideal Candidate:

• B.S. 3-5 years of experience or M.S. and minimum 2+ years of experience.
• Previous pharma experience or large organization consulting experience is a strong preference.
•  Preferably with prior Client Experience.

 Project Management:

• Support key workstreams or projects, driving completion of specific workstreams or deliverables
• Provide solutions to complex issues, leveraging analytical approaches, established approaches, and critical thinking skills
• Drive high-quality outputs and work products to meet key project milestones, budget, and quality expectations

 Operational Excellence:

• Boost operational excellence and continuous improvement culture across Global Engineering that drives behaviors to challenge the status quo in order to deliver sustainable results
• Leverage data and a consistent process to assess clients’ needs, develop options, make recommendations and flex to implement when appropriate. Select improvement opportunities that reduce costs, increase productivity, improve quality, and cycle time by reducing waste, resulting in significant business improvement and customer satisfaction.
• Manage or support an array of OE and productivity improvement projects/programs across Global Engineering by using Lean, Six Sigma and Problem-Solving tools and analyses and drive the consistent use of these tools by others
• Help to prepare materials, structure, and co-facilitate workshops on OE/CI and productivity improvement, Kaizen event, etc.
• Support Excellence in Operations (EIO), Operations Innovation Awards (OIA) and Productivity Programs across Global Engineering.

 Functional and Departmental Strategy:

• Support / help with the development, implementation and periodic revision of the Global Engineering strategy, transformation, innovation, operational excellence and continuous improvement efforts across all aspects of Engineering; including technologies, processes, and people.
• Help to prepare materials, structure, and co-facilitate workshops on strategy development and periodic refresh
• Support Engineering assessments, technical feasibility, lifecycle impact, and cost analysis of potential Engineering projects, e.g. Digital, Sustainability, Capital Expansion, etc.

 Qualifications and Experience

• At least 2-3 years working directly in a management consulting
• OE Yellow belt certified
• Experience with Smartsheets, PowerBI, or similar project management tools
• Extensive knowledge of Excel and Powerpoint
• Demonstrate strong track record of project completion within consulting or industry
• Experience working both independently and within cross-functional teams
• Advanced problem solving skills and critical thinking ability, including the ability to structure and plan workstreams to address needs of various departments/functions/projects
• Strong command of technical applications/tools to support analysis and the development of automated processes or solutions
• Experience in synthesizing research and analysis into structures and logical recommendations

 Basic Qualifications       

• Doctorate degree or Master’s degree and 2 years of experience or
•  Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience or
• Associate’s degree and 8 years of experience or
• High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience

 Top 3 Must-Have Skill Sets:        

• Project Management
• Management Consulting
• Prior Biotechnology Experience

 Day to Day Responsibilities:      

• Serve the Engineering departments in addressing key business challenges by independently leading various project assignments from strategy through to execution.
• Plan, develop, and facilitate workshops as needed by the Engineering departments.
• Support in the development of standardized workshop and project management tools that serve the Engineering department.
• Support in annual goal planning and development across Engineering.

 Employee Value Proposition:    

• Client Experience

 Possible Extension:       

• Yes

 Red Flags:

• Not local to Southern California
• Lack of top 3-4 skillsets

 Interview Process:

• 2-3 interview rounds. Mix of 1:1 and panel interviews - all virtual.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 60.58/hr.