Senior Manager Global Project Management Office (PMO) Porto

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Körber is the home for passionate people who innovate, collaborate and love what they do. Entrepreneurial spirit is our joint DNA. We develop future technologies and support talents to deploy their skills and reach their full potential. We combine our strong heritage with our understanding for local specifics and a global mindset to bring people together and create valuable solutions for our customers. We aim for being the first to do the right thing at the right time.

Our Global Services Organization combines and orchestrates all services to implement Körbers business leading MES software to the pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing industry. We take care for seamless implementation based on industry standard project management methods and delivery models. Project performance and customer satisfaction are key.

Our aim is to enhance our Project Management capabilities and skills. Therefore, we plan to introduce the role of a Senior Manager for our Global Project Management Office (PMO).

Responsibilities

• Optimize and accelerate project and service delivery.
• Take ownership on a global governance framework, establishing clear governance structures and policies,
  - as well as change management.
• Manage a
  - functional team and measure success by efficiency increase and quantifiable
  - reduction.
• Act as the key interface between executive leadership and global business functions, ensuring transparency, strategic alignment, and timely
  - making.
• Ensure project and service delivery align with the organization’s strategic goals.
• Responsible for global harmonization and standardization of processes, implementing consistent project management methodologies across regions.
• Translate regional requirements into solutions, facilitating effective communication across different time zones and cultures.
• Set up a global, reliable resource management report.
• Manage, monitor and implement performance metrics, tracking and reporting on project and service performance.
• Implement initiatives of high strategic importance striving for process excellence.
• Organize and teach best practices, providing ongoing training and development for project managers.
• Constantly seek ways to improve processes and project / service delivery.
• Collaborate among clients and internal teams for problem resolution.
• Detect, investigate and optimize
  - functioning processes.
• Analyze and enhance efficiency, stability and scalability of client systems.
• Excited about joining the home for entrepreneurs.
• Excellent communication skills and are at
  - speaker level in English, third language preferred.
• Work and act with passion, rethink the existing and always strive to find the best solution for our challenges.
• Proven ability to engage with and influence senior stakeholders across global organizations.
• Demonstrate ambition through a dedication to excellence, seeking opportunities to grow, and ongoing
  - improvement.
• Have a degree in Economics, Information Management, or a related discipline (or equivalent).
• Have experience managing complex, international programs, ideally within the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry.
• Have experience working in a matrix organization, balancing corporate and local priorities.
• Have Project management certifications (e. g. , PMI, PRINCE2).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including technical writing skills.
• Solid analytical skills.

Company Overview

Körber Business Area Pharma is the leading provider for MES software to the pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing industry. Our first in class Werum PAS‑X software offering allows our customers to control and record the making of life saving therapies to ensure the best possible business and patient outcomes. We are seeking talented individuals as we look to transform our business and products to meet the constantly shifting demands of the ongoing revolution in factory digitization and automation.

Additional Benefits

• You will work in a modern work environment with open culture towards improvements and new ideas.
• You are part of a global operating company with a wide customer base and a growing business.
• You profit from international cooperation within group‑expert network to implement corporate wide concepts.
• You will work in a team who is focusing on customer requirements, service excellence and continuous improvement.

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Seniority Level

• Director

Employment Type

• Full‑time

Job Function

• Project Management and Information Technology

Industry

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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