by Ronald Barron | Aug 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Principal Project Manager, GCS Readiness
Remote Type: Remote
Locations: USA CA – San Diego Bldg A&B
Time Type: Full time
Job Requisition Id: R-473848
Job Description Summary
Job Description
We are the makers of possible
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.
We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us.
GCS (Global Customer Service) Readiness ensures the Implementation and Service and Support organizations are effectively prepared and ready for all new product and software releases. The Principal Project Manager supports the GCS organization by leading new product and services programs utilizing program/project management skills, functional knowledge (e.g. Implementation and Service operations), and business acumen. Additionally, the Principal Project Manager collaborates with numerous cross-functional stakeholders to drive readiness through alignment of multiple product releases.
Competencies
- Strategy and execution (platform focused)
- Must clearly understand and be able to articulate the needs of the GCS organization beyond the perspective of a particular function or job and how the GCS strategy fits with the greater MMS strategy.
- Understanding of how the organization works, how the functions interact, how decisions in scope impact our ability to implement and support as well as how they impact BD financially is critical. Must possess the ability to drive programs to ensure alignment across all relevant products.
- Must be able to see the big picture and influence/develop strategic direction. At the same time must be able to partner with the platform and to define detailed scope items and roadmaps for broad programs and individual product releases.
- Possess a solid understanding of where a particular product/program fits into a connected medication management solution and ability to engage stakeholders from other projects as appropriate to ensure alignment across products.
- Leverage a continuous improvement mindset to drive change
- Define, drive and deliver clear, measurable commercial release entrance and exit criteria.
- Business planning and opportunity assessment for organic and inorganic growth opportunities.
Project Management
- Lead multiple programs and / or projects simultaneously using project management methodologies (scope management, tollgate, and risk & change management processes).
- Lead the development of project charters, plans, and schedules; manage project budgets, communication plans, project review meetings, and deliverables.
- Identify and monitor key measures to ensure project success and prepare project status reports.
- Close collaboration with product core teams to drive GCS readiness activities and processes
- Resource and lead cross-functional extended project teams
- Solid understanding of and experience with risk management principles (identifying, communicating, mitigating and escalating)
- Expert level knowledge of BD GPDS (Global Product Development System) or ability to attain
- Participate in focused aspects of M&A transaction execution including project management, due diligence, and integration planning. Work closely with business teams, internal functional experts (eg. legal, finance, Corporate Development, etc.) to support execution.
Leadership (people focused)
- Lead and develop a high-performing extended team
- Project/Program escalation point (project issues, staffing, release timelines)
- Mentor and develop Readiness Project Managers
- Participate in developing goals and objectives for extended team members
- Provide meaningful input into annual review for each extended team member
- Develop a solid network at all levels of the organization
Communication
- Create and deliver presentations that provide succinct/concise recommendations to Senior Leaders and be able to provide rationale / justification behind the recommendations.
- Understand and articulate the project’s impact to its stakeholders. Partner with stakeholders on plans to manage the impact of a project, including training, communication and risk management.
- Must be willing and able to constructively challenge ideas in private and public conversations across numerous roles and levels. Be a champion for the GCS organization.
- Provide an appropriate vocal presence in meetings at all levels
- Ensure adoption of new processes and knowledge application by identifying, monitoring and communicating success metrics.
- Draft communications and partner with Education Services team to drive timely and successful creation of training content.
Technical
- Simultaneously contribute to multiple product and process improvement projects led by others using technical skills such as Agile, LEAN, six sigma, CTQ, etc.
- Gather requirements, define and document business processes/procedures using workflow modeling techniques.
- Analyze LCR quantitative and qualitative data and recommend insights and solutions to management team and partner organizations.
- Use data insights, process knowledge and critical thinking to identify and validate readiness opportunities.
- Develop business cases for readiness approach to optimize customer experience.
- Administrative/Other
- Efficient and effective use of matrixed resources
- Entrepreneurial nature
- Comfortable with ambiguity
Self-starter
- Must be able to build relationships across functions and business units
- Timely completion of internal company documentation and required training
- Mentor colleagues on best practices for project management and process design
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Seven or more years of experience in project management and/or process improvement
- Experience managing/supporting projects cross-functionally in an iterative, fast paced environment
- Demonstrated strong matrix management skills
- Agile and forward thinking
- Strong MS office skills particularly in advanced PowerPoint & Excel
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, verbal, listening and interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal, written and communication skills
- Strong leadership, group facilitation, and project management skills
- Strong business operations/business process knowledge/experience
- Experience with readiness efforts tied to mergers and acquisitions a strong plus
- Experience with end of life product management a plus
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by Ronald Barron | Aug 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager
REMOTE
United States
Business Development
Full Time
Here at Shippo, we are the shipping layer of the internet and we consider ourselves to be one of the core building blocks of e-commerce.
Our mission is to make merchants successful through world class shipping. With our products and solutions, we level the playing field by providing our customers with best-in-class solutions that otherwise wouldn’t be available to them. Through Shippo, e-commerce businesses, marketplaces, platforms and a variety of logistics infrastructure providers are able to connect to shipping carriers around the world from one API and dashboard. We provide our customers with the most competitive shipping rates, print labels, automated international documents, shipment tracking, facilitate the returns process and more.
How we’ll deliver success:
Shippo is looking for a Sr. Strategic Partnerships Manager to join our dynamic and collaborative BD team. You will own and lead some of our most strategic enterprise partnerships, in which you will lead all executive-level partner management, manage complex programs, establish and run partnership governance, and develop new initiatives to achieve shared goals and revenue objectives. Your experience in e-commerce platforms or fulfillment will set you up for success at Shippo and we would love to share the opportunity with you.
Shipping & handling responsibilities:
- Develop comprehensive partnership strategies with Tier 1, enterprise-level e-commerce partners using excellent business judgment and planning.
- Set and track account activation and revenue targets.
- Identify and drive promotional opportunities.
- Engage with partners to understand opportunities for operational improvement, and liaise with our product team to bring those improvements to life.
- Serve as an expert consultant to our partners; engage cross-functionally to drive your partner’s businesses and build effective relationships with partner stakeholders.
- Provide excellent partner service, research, and market analysis to resolve technical and financial challenges with partners and better represent our users, products, and programs.
- Analyze performance and present findings to clients, highlighting opportunities or introducing incremental programs. Contribute data-driven insights to support recommendations.
- Leverage cross-functional support teams to ensure partners have access to the product experts and resources they need.
- Develop renewal and product strategies and negotiate term sheets. Negotiate business terms on renewals and new agreements
Requirements
Do you tick the boxes?
- 6+ years of work experience in strategic partnerships, account management, or business development in e-commerce platforms or fulfilment /software/SaaS industry.
- Experience working with technology partners through integrations, product management, program management, and business development engagements
- You are well-versed in advanced Excel (or SQL), Looker, or other Business Intelligence tools
- You are detail-oriented with a proven track record of solving strategic challenges
- You possess strong relationship-building skills and are apt to see mutually beneficial opportunities with partners
- You are technically oriented and understand APIs
- You have a growth mindset, bold ideas, and a know-how attitude to get things done
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by Ronald Barron | Aug 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Social Media Marketing Specialist
ID: 2023-1313
# of Openings: 1
Job Locations: US
Function: Marketing
Your Challenge:
At HIMSS, we are a catalyst for change in the health and wellness ecosystem. As one of the largest and most experienced global healthcare associations, it is our responsibility to lead this revolution. Our mission is to reform the global health ecosystem through the power of information and technology. Our staff, nearly 300 world-wide, are vital to achieving that mission. We are looking for team members who are curious to ask “What if…?” and have the tenacity to fight for the change we believe in. Join HIMSS to be part of the transformation of health and wellness.
This role provides support to HIMSS products and services through implementation of programs for the HIMSS social brand, campaigns, and global live events. Additionally, this role will focus on growth opportunities for social, assisting the Senior Brand & Visual Manager with launching programs to support employee advocacy and social listening.
Essential Functions:
Act as social lead for HIMSS social accounts, conducting the following activities:
- Keep up to date with social media trends, platform changes and intricacies
- Be in a constant state of measurement, optimization and learning so we continue to grow and improve our ways of communicating via organic social
- Producing daily social communication for HIMSS on designated social networks.
- Boosting organic posts and contributing to social boosting strategy.
- Working with internal and stakeholders as appropriate to handle social requests and regular initiative check-ins and campaigns.
- Provide leadership and support strategies for HIMSS initiatives.
- Manage and support social media for HIMSS live events.
What you will need to be successful:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, English, or equivalent experience.
- A minimum of 2-years of experience in social media marketing.
- Strong understanding and curiosity of the ever-evolving social media landscape (trends, platforms, metrics.)
- Experience managing Sprout for social channels.
- Experience managing and creating content for multiple social media channels.
- Demonstrated knowledge of social networking, such as LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok for the professional environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills. Effective listener.
- Ability to manage relationships with key stakeholders, members, and team members
- Strong planning skills, both strategic and tactical
- Wrike or other project management software experience is a plus.
- Background or knowledge in healthcare, information systems and technology is a plus.
Why we love HIMSS, and why you will, too:
- Diverse, collaborative, and winning team environment.
- Flexible working arrangements, opportunity to work 100% remote.
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
- Generous paid time off, including time off to volunteer!
- Wellbeing programs to support all of your emotional, physical, and financial needs
- Emphasis on continuous learning and development.
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by Ronald Barron | Aug 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Art Director, Core Math (Contractor)
Remote – United States
Brooklyn
Full time
Req_10598
A pioneer in K12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 10 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.
Amplify’s creative team is a group of designers, artists, and storytellers. We sketch, we write, we push pixels, we also love paper. We live for the big ideas, and we sweat the details. We work on digital, print, environmental, interactive, and animation projects. We have a strong hands-on and highly collaborative approach to both product development and graphic design systems and ensure ideas are realized to the highest standards of execution.
Art Directors at Amplify create beautiful and meaningful experiences that delight our young learners and their teachers, inside and outside of the classroom. As a member of Amplify’s design group you will partner with a diverse cross-functional product team of designers, product owners, developers, and curriculum experts to extend and improve Amplify’s curriculum.
Amplify’s COVID-19 vaccination policy requires all staff to provide proof of vaccination for in-person meetings unless an approved exemption is provided.
Responsibilities
- Design for teacher, student, and administrator experiences, curriculum content, and occasional marketing materials
- Design both print and digital materials
- Lead the concepting and design development of small and large-scale projects
- Conceive, plan, and produce educational materials in a wide range of mediums
- Collaborate closely with other members of the design, content, product, and operations teams
- Effectively articulate concepts and creative solutions verbally and participate in design critiques by sharing and receiving constructive feedback
- Work within and expand upon dynamic visual and brand systems
- Direct a team of artists and production designers and manage reviews and feedback cycles with stakeholders
- Efficiently manage at high volume from start to finish in a fast-paced environment
- Roll up your sleeves and contribute as a designer when necessary
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in design, art direction, and production
- 1-2 years’ experience managing others, formally or project-based
- Bachelor’s degree in design or equivalent work experience
- Experience in both print and digital design
- Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, and listening)
- Advanced layout, typography, iconography, color theory and composition skills
- Comfortable with collaborative discussion, listening closely and providing honest, thoughtful feedback to colleagues
- Expertise with Adobe CC, Sketch, InVision, and Zeplin
- Comfortable with short development cycles and flexible with shifting priorities
- Capable of working on simultaneous projects to meet tight deadlines
- Comfortable working across different design mediums
- Fluent in concept development starting with hand drawing of ideas
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with visual design in education technology or a related field
- Enthusiasm for contributing to the landscape of literacy education
- Experience in UX design
- A great collection of sweaters
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by Ronald Barron | Aug 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Principal UX Designer (Remote)
Location: United States (U.S.)
Company Overview
ID.me simplifies how people securely prove and share their identity online. The company empowers people to control their data through a portable and trusted login, which means they don’t need to create a new password when visiting sites that have the ID.me button.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital migration for many critical services. Those services require a trusted identity to safeguard against fraud and help ensure people are who they claim to be. With ID.me, login and identity credentials move with people, which can reduce the time and frustration of having to verify at multiple sites and set up multiple passwords.
ID.me is a credential service provider compliant with federal standards for digital identity verification.
In addition to helping people control their credentials and data, the company’s No Identity Left Behind initiative strives to expand access and inclusion for all people. The company offers multiple pathways to verification online self-serve, live video chat agents, and in person. ID.me is passionate about building a robust identity network that does not compromise access for traditionally underserved groups.
Role Overview
At ID.me, we are shaping the future of digital identity, facilitating efficient, transparent interactions between people and organizations. We are a design-led company that embeds UX at the heart of our product creation process to enable over 110 million individuals to securely control their credentials and data. By joining our team, you will be integral to the crafting of intuitive, secure digital experiences for a diverse user base. With our trailblazing “No Identity Left Behind” initiative, we emphasize inclusivity and access. You will also contribute to enhancing ID.me Shop, where our members enjoy exclusive discounts and cashback offers, making their online shopping experience more rewarding.
At ID.me, we are seeking an innovative and dynamic Principal UX Designer to help shape the future of digital identity. This is an opportunity to be at the forefront of our product development process, directly partnering with product managers, engineers, data scientists, UX designers & researchers, and executive leaders to set visions and bring them to life. Our Principal UX Designer will possess a holistic mindset that leads our team in navigating and resolving the complex problems we strive to solve. You will be integral in not just enhancing our existing portfolio of web products, but also in driving the creation of world-class solutions that balance our members’ needs with business goals.
Your role as Principal UX Designer will extend beyond conventional design responsibilities. You will drive UX experimentation, product innovation, and mentorship, having a profound impact on the customer experience. Your passion for user-centered design, understanding of real users their goals, aptitudes, experiences, needs, and motivations will be key in transforming divergent ideas into a cohesive, groundbreaking user experience. You will actively engage in discovery sessions and translate complex UX strategies to key stakeholders. Beyond ideation and execution, you will also be responsible for managing your work queue and ensuring high-quality outputs, including developing and validating new ideas. At ID.me, you will have the platform to push boundaries, raise the bar, and truly make a difference.
Responsibilities
- Architecting user-centered, multi-faceted user experiences by synthesizing insights, business requirements, and technical limitations.
- Steering the strategic and planning stages of a project, championing innovative ideas underpinned by comprehensive research and a well-argued rationale.
- Expeditiously and iteratively developing user flows, wireframes, and prototypes, from low to high fidelity, along with detailed visual design specifications for interfaces.
- Independently solving problems of significant scope, complexity, and vagueness.
- Advocating for user-centric design by proactively validating your designs with user research and testing.
- Showcasing design work to UX, product, and engineering teams, as well as stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Contributing to the UX design guidelines and development of best practices at ID.me.
- Actively mentoring and leading other designers in the team.
- Collaborating strategically with cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge, customer-focused experiences.
- Creating design artifacts such as wireframes, process flows, high-fidelity comps, prototypes, and videos to articulate and implement your concepts.
- Actively and responsibly championing for customers, using direct feedback, user research, industry knowledge, and quantitative metrics to enhance and optimize user experiences.
- Utilizing your strong user-centered design skills and business acumen to turn abstract ideas into exceptional design solutions at scale.
- Nurturing a design-centric culture by sharing best practices, advocating design principles, and influencing product strategy.
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in UX design, interaction design, human-computer interaction, or related field.
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in UX design or a related field, preferably in a senior role.
- A robust portfolio that includes projects that have been shipped, demonstrating impactful design work and leadership at the principal level.
- Work demonstrating a strong foundation in user-centered design processes and design thinking.
- Experience in a variety of design tools and methods, such as wireframing, prototyping, user testing, and interaction modeling.
- Proven track record of incorporating UX research into design principles and overall customer experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing UX design processes and fostering innovation in rapid prototyping.
- Extensive experience in collaborative work with engineering and product management teams, and effectively incorporating their input and feedback.
- Proficient in applying best practices for user interface design, information architecture, and interaction design.
- Substantial experience in managing full life cycle design projects, from strategizing to execution.
- A relentless passion for design, innovation, and constant self-improvement.
- Up-to-date with the latest UI/UX standards, design trends, best practices, and technologies.
- Demonstrable experience in creating UI specifications and wireframes with the ability to move swiftly from concept to execution.
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