Sr. Project Manager
San Diego, CA (Hybrid – 1–2 days onsite)
Schedule:
Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM (with flexibility for weeknights/weekends during peak periods)
Duration:
8-Month Contract
Pay:$49–54/hr (W2)
Our client is a global leader in life sciences and genomics innovation, advancing solutions that improve health outcomes worldwide. They are seeking an experienced Sr. Project Manager to support Commercial Finance projects on a contract basis, covering an LOA with the possibility of extension or conversion.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Business Process: Quarterly Territory Rollover
- Manage all communications related to the quarterly territory rollover process
- Establish and maintain a schedule/calendar for rollover activities
- Prepare templates to collect feedback from regions
- Conduct validations and follow-up conversations with regions and GSO
- Review and approve/deny off-cycle account-to-territory change requests from GSO
Business Process: Forecast Snapshots
- Align with Global Commercial Finance on approach and timing for dashboard refreshes and subscriptions across quarter-end and forecast cycles
- Update reporting flags and perform dashboard validations
- Provide support and coverage for dashboard activities
- Maintain calendar with snap timings and distribute reminders as needed
Dashboard Sustainment
- Approve/deny Tableau server access requests
- Action Tableau workbook-level access requests via ServiceNow and email
- Support and validate Tahoe publishes
- Manage extract refreshes and subscriptions
- Communicate dashboard pauses to ELT and Global Commercial FP&A
- Assist with quarter-end and SAP release activities including prep, validations, and pausing/enabling extracts and subscriptions
Business Process: Commercial P&L Sustainment
- Quarterly review of cost center changes and collection of feedback from global/regional stakeholders on mapping updates or OpEx allocation population
- Validate data between forecast cycles
Commercial Projects
- Lead communications and meetings for go-lives, demos/UATs, and kick-offs
- Prepare PowerPoint presentations for executive and ELT audiences
- Prepare and review UAT test scripts
- Perform pre– and post–go-live testing and validations
- Manage planning for dashboards and Commercial P&L, or serve as overall project lead
Dashboard Roadmap & Project Management
- Manage request intake, prioritization, and resource assignment
- Lead requirements gathering and design
- Support team throughout development lifecycle
- Conduct reviews, validations, and testing prior to go-live
- Define access groups and RLS for new dashboards
- Develop and/or review project plan proposals
Miscellaneous User Support
- Support business partners with ad-hoc questions and requests
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Computer Engineering
- Minimum 5 years of project management experience (required); 10–15 years of experience in Commercial Finance / FP&A support roles and analytics, reporting, or dashboard sustainment preferred
- Prior experience working with global stakeholders and supporting quarter-end and forecast cycles required
- Experience supporting commercial or finance forecasting systems or projects, preferably using TM1 and/or OneStream
Knowledge and Skills
- Strong hands-on experience supporting Commercial P&L processes, forecast cycles, and quarter-end activities
- Proficiency validating data across forecast snapshots and reporting cycles
- Strong experience supporting and validating Tableau dashboards, including extract refreshes, subscriptions, content pausing/enabling, workbook-level access, and RLS/security setup
- Experience processing dashboard access requests via ServiceNow or email intake
- Ability to manage recurring business processes and establish governance calendars and schedules
- Experience coordinating validation cycles and follow-ups with global and regional stakeholders
- Requirements gathering, design support, and UAT test script preparation, execution, and validation
- Clear written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting to Global Finance, GSO, regional, and ELT audiences
- Proficiency in PowerPoint for demos, go-live communications, and executive presentations
- Strong project and intake management skills including roadmap planning and prioritization
- Tableau skills preferred; experience with BI tools required
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