CRO - Project Director

Job Title: Project Director

Department: Project Management

PURPOSE

Project Director provides leadership and support to members of assigned project teams. Responsibilities include oversight of the projects including budgeting, timeline adherence, internal and external communications, project deliverables and management of all Project Managers completing these tasks for assigned projects. In conjunction with Chief Operating Officer and the VP of Quality Operations, acts as a point of escalation and liaison between sponsors, team members, and the cross-functional organization for assigned projects. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.Other duties may be assigned. Employee performs all, part, and/or any combination of the duties listed below.

Support Projects by:* Reviewing project KPI reports and compiling reports for senior management. * Working with the Project Manager to ensure appropriate change management for assigned projects. * Providing direction and serving as a point of escalation for project issues and risks. * Overseeing development, governance, and implementation of processes, methodologies, tools for assigned projects/programs. * Working with Directors to ensure appropriate project resources for assigned projects. * Participating in the hiring of project management staff as needed. * Interfacing with internal departments to develop organization work structure for programs.

Facilitate approval for project management deliverables for assigned project such as:* Project Transfer of Responsibilities/Obligations document * Project-specific plans/manuals, scope, timelines, and budget projections * Status reports

Manage project management processes for assigned projects such as:* Risk management * Issue management * Change control * Quality management * Project evaluation * Client relationships

The Project Director may also serve as a Project Manager and as such would assume primary account