We are seeking a passionate, high energy, Project Manager - Infrastructure, Canada. Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse set of backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, inspires thought leadership, and helps us build better solutions for our people and clients. We are looking for someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft relevant solutions through true collaboration. If you are excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we would love to hear from you!

 Why choose cognizant?

 It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams. We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. We help clients engage customers by envisioning and building creative products and services. We develop go-to-market strategies and invent entirely new business models, ensuring that every company we work with walks away with both support and a plan. Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients, our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.

 Role summary: 

• IT Lead/Senior Project Manager, with solid understanding and experience within the Facilities domain and related projects (focus on Network/ AV/ intra-building projects, IT/cabling/and infrastructure set-up, etc… not the construction or application projects).
• Work on global projects and collaborate with multiple country and local site leads, multicultural teams, including multiple vendors, within the EMEA, Russia and Asian zones.
• Limited travels as per business needs.
• Knowledge of the Pharma sector would be a big plus but not mandatory.

 Major Responsibilities include: 

• Develop effective and broad trusted strategic relationships with key Gilead business partners (Facilities and Engineering) and users on the basis of good communication skills and credibility and expertise in matters related to IT infrastructure services to bring solutions to business partners in a collaborative environment.
• Stakeholder Management - Collaborate with customers, vendors and other teams to achieve project objectives.
• Good understanding of network and server/storage topology, along with an understanding of facilities related projects to provide network solutions for any given project.
• Ensure project objectives/requirements are clear and agreed to by all collaborators.
• Helps in project Delivery - Plan, baseline, and control costs to ensure projects are delivered on time, within approved budget and with the expected benefits defined at project entry.
• Project Risk, Assumption, Issue and Dependency Management - Assess potential impacts with the project team.
• Ensure alignment of IT planning with business objectives. Provide responsive leadership and guidance in the coordination and communication of IT infrastructure activities and status back to senior management.
• Formulate risk mitigation strategies, recommend solutions, actively managing and integrating with any dependent projects or activities.
• Experience in working in network and facilities environments and the ability to work with applications such as Microsoft Suite of applications, Oracle, and Clarity are vital.
• Team Building & Leadership - Organize and supervise the appropriate involvement of project resources and actively managing and addressing the resolution of conflicts within the project team.
• Compliance – Directly accountable for ensuring compliance with established practices, policies, tools, vendor engagement, reporting standards, and processes within Infrastructure work and project management.

 Skills: 

• Minimum 10-12 years of relevant management experience with functional and technical aspects of IT network infrastructure. Pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience helpful, but not required.
• Domain expertise in one or more aspects of network infrastructure and understanding of Facilities planning and build outs.
• Deep understanding of SDLCs including Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Well versed in vendor management and can look for new opportunities to optimize vendor contracts and relationships
• Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication, presentation, facilitation and diplomacy skills

 Plus: 

• Life sciences industry experience would be desired
• Knowledge and understanding of general computer controls, IT process management (i.e., ITIL) including incident, problem, change and release management would be a big plus
• PMI/PMP Certification