Senior Project Manager Jobs

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Senior Project Manager

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Senior Project Manager, are to:

• Facilitate key workshops and other critical management meetings;
• Recruitment and planning the allocation of consulting staff in consultation with the North America Department Head to projects;
• Plan and lead the development of solutions together with our global team, working in close collaboration with our internal clients;
• Build knowledge and codify methodologies/ frameworks to deliver expertise for the Group in the respective fields of expertise: Business Transformation; Know-how, capability, and methods development for the Group;
• Support the NA leadership team in key decisions by providing inputs and serving as a thought partner in relevant topics;
• Lead large project teams with sub-teams from client and/or other Bayer departments and/or external consultancies;
• Act in close collaboration with the head of Business Consulting in North America and BC’s extended Leadership Team;
• Lead and collaborate in internal initiatives to shape the future of the department in strategic topics like Diversity & Inclusion, Strategy, Operating Model, Capability and Skills;
• Full performance management of the assigned consultants incl. development path (in accordance with the BC strategy and the BC objectives).
• Manage a high level of complexity: Affecting more than one region, international and cross-functional;
• Provide a high level of ownership and responsibility in leading larger or multiple projects and sole responsibility for finalizing all complex work streams of such projects on a global scale for all Bayer BUs and Service Groups with high strategic relevance;
• Engage in pro-active dialogue with clients about how to improve their businesses’ competitive performance;
• Build and manage strong relationships with senior Bayer stakeholders (SVPs, VPs and Directors); Marketing the BC service spectrum / project acquisition;
• Substitute for VP or Director in overall project topics, content- wise and administrative;
• Provide pro-active people leadership through team member development and professional growth (counselor-counselee responsibilities, coaching, guidance, etc.);
• Deliver results in key Business Transformation projects: Corporate Strategy, Organizational Design, Digital Transformation, Change Management, Functional Strategy, Operational Efficiency;

Relocation as well as visa sponsorship is available.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values. More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Expert market and industry knowledge or understanding relevant to Bayer industries: Pharma, Consumer Health, Crop Science;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• MBA, or Masters
• Demonstrated record of team leadership and industry thought leadership;
• Proven project management skills.
• Previous knowledge and experience in key topics of Business Transformation, such as Corporate Strategy, Organizational Design, Digital Transformation, Change Management, Functional Strategy, Operational Efficiency;
• Strong understanding of general business processes (accounting, finance, marketing, manufacturing, supply chain etc.);
• Leadership and influencing skills and experience; ability to deal Qualification & Competencies: with senior client management in often complex situations;

.Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA, or Masters, or PhD/Doctorate, 8 or more years of professional experience in management consulting, either in an internal or external setup;