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ThermoFisher Scientific Global Project Manager - Payroll in Taguig City, Philippines
Job Description
The Project Manager delivers Payroll Transformation projects within the global payroll organization for country wide implementations of ADP GlobalView and a Time and Attendance solution. The successful candidate oversees quality, plan, time, resource allocation, benefits realization and cost. By ensuring that all projects adhere to the best practices and standard approaches for Thermo Fisher, the Project Manager ensures execution is controlled and goals are achieved on time. The Project Manager uses standard methodologies to enable the successful delivery of a broad scope of transformation changes across Thermo Fisher’s global footprint. Main responsibilities of the Project Manager include scope management; ; benefits and quality management; partner management; project planning including achievement management; risk and issue management; and vendor management. Integral to delivering these responsibilities will be financial management; maintaining risks, issues, assumptions, actions logs; resource forecasting; change control; dependency management; and project reporting.
These are highly visibility projects that will need someone with both strategic and execution skills, a proven track record of successful execution in the payroll space and the ability to work well with and influence internal and external partners.
Key Responsibilities
Establish and maintain a project plan.
Ensure alignment of project scope and schedule to meet project objectives.
Demonstrate wide-ranging experience and use professional concepts in developing resolutions to critical issues.
Set standards and processes for the project and ensure all constituent are aligned.
Ensure legal and compliance considerations are fully accounted for in all requirements.
Facilitate project meetings on a regular basis.
Manage small and large tasks and time allocations for multiple workstreams simultaneously.
Provide project-related reporting and communications.
Track project related expenses.
Coordinate project closure to distill good practice and ensure lessons learned are logged.
Ensure efficient change control methods and processes followed.
Ability to coordinate across cross-functionally.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree and work-related experience, required
Extensive experience working in a progressive payroll position within a global delivery environment, required
Advanced program or project management experience in the global payroll space, required
Expert knowledge of ADP GlobalView/Celergo, Workday HCM/Time and/or mergers & acquisitions, required
Strong leadership presence, required
APAC, EMEA and LATAM payroll knowledge, preferred
CPP/PMP a plus
Other Considerations
Must perform well in high-energy, dynamic, and team-oriented environments
Proven track record for planning, carrying out, controlling and closing projects and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish working relationships with individuals at varying levels within the organization
Strong and demonstrated ability to build lasting relationships with key collaborators.
Experience of managing the complete lifecycle of a project with project teams of 10+ people.
Solid skills in creating and maintaining project plans, including risks, actions, issues, dependencies.
Highly efficient in resource planning and tasks assignment.
Excellent written/oral communication skills for reports and presentations.
Diplomatic ability to influence others at all levels of the business.
Willingness to provide leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring to a subordinate group
Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.