Principal Project Manager

At CooperVision, a business unit of CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO), we’re driven by a unified purpose of helping people experience life’s beautiful moments. We are connected through our shared values - dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing. As a leading global manufacturer of contact lenses, we are committed to helping improve the way people see each day. Through our diverse lens portfolio, we tackle the toughest vision challenges – including astigmatism, presbyopia, and childhood myopia. We offer the most complete collection of spherical, toric, and multifocal products available, enabling us to fit 99% of all contact wearers. Learn more at www.coopervision.com

• This position requires full-time onsite work (5 days per week) in Juana Diaz, P.R.

Job Summary:

The purpose of this job is to provide leadership, planning, and coordination for all project activities, ensuring that the project’s scope, schedule, budget, and risks are effectively managed. The role involves maintaining strong vendor relationships, fostering communication among stakeholders, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Additionally, the position aims to align the project with Cooper’s strategic vision, promote the value of project management, and cultivate an innovative and respectful work environment.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent influencing and effective persuasion skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to coach and mentor other engineers on above skills
• Ability to focus on the critical technical project management elements for each project managed
• Ability to tailor both traditional and agile tools techniques and methods for each project
• Ability to prioritize diligently
• Ability to manage and integrate each of the project management knowledge areas
• Ability to identify the right balance between being a manager and a leader depending on the situation
• Ability to develop an appropriate project delivery strategy
• Ability to determine which business factors should be considered for the project and how these factors could affect the project, while understanding the interrelationship between the project and the organization
• Ability to communicate fluently in English in writing and verbally
• Computer literate: Knowledge on MS Project, MS Visio, MS Excel, MS Power Point, and MS Word
• Highly motivated, self-starter, and responsible person

Work Environment:

• Usually works in a closed environment, in office conditions, with moderate level of noise and controllable changes of temperature
• Needs to stand, walk, and may be seated for long periods
• Uses hands to feel, handle and reach
• Performs light physical effort with little exposure to adverse conditions
• Could be required to travel
• Works with a personal computer and programs to prepare documents or reports
• Applies communication skills (advance reading, writing, and technical skills) and mathematical concepts knowledge to perform work and coordinate with others
• Needs to have high analytical capacity and level of professionalism and judgment to resolve problems
• Incumbent could work near moving mechanical parts

Experience:

• 7+ years in Project Management
• 7+ years in medical device or pharmaceutical industry

Education:

• B.S. in Engineering Discipline, or equivalent technical experience
• Certification from a worldwide recognized organization (PMI, APM, Prince, etc.) or graduate studies in PM is a plus 

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

• Provides the project team with advanced leadership, planning, and coordination for high-impact and cross-functional initiatives
• Leads the definition and governance of scope, schedule, budget, resources, and risks for complex projects or programs
• Develops strategic vendor partnerships in collaboration with Global Sourcing
• Serves as a key liaison between Sr. Management, sponsors, and stakeholders to ensure alignment and prioritization
• Partners with regulatory and QA to ensure full compliance integration throughout the project lifecycle
• Mentors team members and leads a high-performance culture
• Develops and sustains long-term customer relationships to enhance satisfaction and business alignment
• Aligns and delivers program outcomes with Cooper’s long-term strategy, vision, and goals
• Demonstrates mature leadership style that resonates with a range of stakeholders
• Works with Project Managers to ensure the true cost benefits are known, presented, and managed throughout the project lifecycle
• Elevates project management maturity by influencing best practices and adoption of PMO tools (dashboards, EOM, 4-blockers, others)
• Generates and maintains overall resource plan enabling optimum use of GTIG resources across the project portfolio reflecting business priorities 
• Leads Project reporting forums for GTIG
• Supports GTIG’s strategic planning (VMOST)
• Supports project prioritization alignment with GTIG and OLT strategic process
• Supports GTIG’s Finance and HR Cycles
• Fosters an innovative culture by:
  • Leading industry benchmarking initiatives
  • Shaping the technology landscape through trend analysis
  • Driving innovation frameworks within the team
• Manages relationships by:
  • Establishing professional credibility and trust
  • Anticipating stakeholder needs
  • Navigating complex communications diplomatically
  • Resolving conflicts constructively
• Applies a holistic and systemic mindset to anticipate impacts across the organization
• Drives the successful adoption of changes while ensuring they are rooted in the most effective and efficient processes
• Oversees multiple high-priority projects and/or programs within PMO governance framework
• Strategically allocates and realigns resources to meet changing priorities
• Owns delivery and communication of critical project KPIs and portfolio dashboards
• Leads team briefings and strategic steering meetings
• Shapes and facilitates executive stakeholder engagement
• Owns full budgeting, forecasting, and strategic cost planning

General Functions:

Travel: 

Travel will be based on project requirements and will typically include up to 25% travel to CooperVision sites and vendors within the UK, Europe and internationally. There may be projects where more frequent travel (up to 50%) is required for a defined period