Strategic Project Specialist Jobs

Reporting to the Director or Senior Director, this position, under minimal direction, is responsible for program managing the launch of pricing transformation and engine activities across markets. This includes creating functional requirements for developing and launching the pricing engine software application, developing detailed program plans for build to launch activities, engaging with markets to gather/elicit information for technical and design reviews.

This position involves coordination of a diverse set of stakeholders, both internal and external, who contribute to the design and development of pricing system and implementation efforts. This position requires to take a leadership role on assignments and acts as a primary point of contact with stakeholders. Primary stakeholders include Global and Market Pricing Teams, Global and Market IT.

Development teams, and vendor teams.

• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Coordinate resource availability and allocation with vendors and internal global and market teams
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress
• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for flawless execution
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Bachelors Degree required
• Proven working experience managing projects in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent client-facing and internalcommunication skills
• Masters Degree or previous consulting experience preferred

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