Project Manager – Animal Health – Information Technology

Job Description

The Opportunity

Based in Prague, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company's IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

The Project Manager will lead the planning, execution, and delivery of IT projects within the Animal Health – Information Technology (Enterprise Performance Management) portfolio. This role ensures alignment with business objectives, drives cross-functional collaboration, and supports the delivery of technical capabilities across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end project execution, ensuring delivery on time, within scope and budget.
• Collaborate with business owners, architects, and technical teams to define project requirements and success metrics.
• Facilitate project meetings, stakeholder communications, and status reporting.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Ensure compliance with internal governance and lifecycle management standards.
• Support onboarding and mentoring of new team members.
• Maintain project documentation using tools such as MS Project, Jira, and Confluence.

Qualifications

Required:

• 3–5 years of project management experience in IT or related fields.
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira).
• Experience working in cross-functional, global teams.

Preferred:

• PMP or equivalent certification.
• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., pharma, animal health).
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• SAP experience is a plus.

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern
• Competitive salary & incentive pay
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Internal reward system and referral scheme
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and discount programmes
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner

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Required Skills:

Agile Methodology, Asset Management, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Global Team Collaboration, Information Technology Project Management, IT Project Lifecycle, Project Documentation, Project Management Software (PMS), Project Risks, Requirements Management, Software Project Management, Stakeholder Communications, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

12/31/2025

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Requisition ID:R372884