IT Project Manager- Pharma (Hybrid- Lawrenceville, NJ)

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated program plan across workstreams and track delivery health, milestones, and velocity.
• Drive 2-week sprint cadence: sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint review/demo, and retrospectives; ensure user stories are logged, estimated, and tracked to definition of done in JIRA.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver digital and IT initiatives that align with business and Digital Capability objectives.
• Manage project planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery for small- to medium-sized technology projects.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, resource forecasts, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Monitor project performance, financial health, dependencies, risks, and issues, implementing corrective actions as needed.
• Provide regular project status updates and executive reporting to sponsors and stakeholders.
• Cook up internal and external resources to ensure successful project execution.
• Manage vendor relationships, deliverables, budgets, and contractual commitments.
• Apply Agile, Waterfall, SDLC, and Project Management Framework (PMF) best practices to drive consistent project delivery.
• Promote continuous improvement and project management maturity across the organization.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience managing IT or digital projects, preferably pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or life sciences.
• Hands-on experience running Agile/Scrum delivery at scale: sprint planning, backlog management, PI planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Experience managing data platform or data warehouse migration programs (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, or equivalent cloud data platforms).
• Proficiency with JIRA and Confluence for backlog management, RAID tracking, and documentation.
• Strong project planning, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing vendors and cross-functional teams.
• Experience coordinating globally distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• PMP, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent project management certification preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing programs in the pharmaceutical / life sciences industry, specifically within Commercial data & analytics (sales, market access, patient services, or omni-channel data domains) preferred.
• Experience with GxP, Computer System Validation (CSV), and SDLC processes preferred.
• Familiarity with enterprise technologies, cloud platforms, data and analytics, or digital transformation initiatives preferred.
• Experience managing offshore/onshore blended delivery teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, or related field required.

Qualifications

Please submit your resume to our network at https://www.stage4solutions.com/careers/ (please apply to the IT Project Manager Pharma (Hybrid Lawrenceville, NJ) role).

Skills

Agile, Scrum, Project Management Framework (PMF), JIRA, Confluence, Data Platform Migration, Vendor Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Global Team Coordination, Agile Delivery, Data Warehouse Migration, Project Planning, Budgeting, Risk Mitigation, Continuous Improvement, Project Management Maturity.

Benefits

Health benefits and 401K are offered.

Pay

$100/hr. - $101.39/hr.

Schedule

Mon-Fri Standard Hours