Robert K. Email & Phone Number

Highland Park, Il, Us

Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States

• Direct project lifecycle operations, encompassing project planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring successful validation and financial oversight for both Infrastructure as well as Application projects using both agile and waterfall methodologies.• Projects were GXP quality as well as non-regulated tied to lines of business as well as infrastructure • Projects were application migrations from On-premise to Cloud providers such as AWS and Vendor Related SaaS… Show more • Direct project lifecycle operations, encompassing project planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring successful validation and financial oversight for both Infrastructure as well as Application projects using both agile and waterfall methodologies.• Projects were GXP quality as well as non-regulated tied to lines of business as well as infrastructure • Projects were application migrations from On-premise to Cloud providers such as AWS and Vendor Related SaaS solutions.• Worked closely with the technical architects to ensure the solutions that were being discussed met business and IT requirements around identity management and endpoint security.• Within the PMO collaborated with cross-functional teams and leadership to maintain project alignment with core financial objectives, contributing to strategic financial planning and demand reporting processes.• Oversee international program and project activities, effectively managing both onshore and offshore vendor relationships to meet project and product success. Show less

• Managed end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timely and on-budget completion, while coordinating with IT, business, vendor, and contract teams.• Focused on resource planning for projects in my programs. This would include reallocation of existing resources, bringing on contractors if needed, and worse case readjusting the priorities with leadership to pause initiatives as needed.• Developed comprehensive business case and financial templates that we used in the PMO for Investment… Show more • Managed end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timely and on-budget completion, while coordinating with IT, business, vendor, and contract teams.• Focused on resource planning for projects in my programs. This would include reallocation of existing resources, bringing on contractors if needed, and worse case readjusting the priorities with leadership to pause initiatives as needed.• Developed comprehensive business case and financial templates that we used in the PMO for Investment Board approval to secure project funding and resources.• Designed and implemented a Demand Intake Tool for our PMO to streamline project proposal submissions and approvals within the organization. • Developed and utilized custom Microsoft Project Templates created to make the project phases repeatable across initiatives.• Provided PMO oversight and input to developing a streamlined PMO governance process for the group that would align to Demand and Financial reporting and deliverables in a timely fashion and provide leadership with a true health of the portfolio.• Trained project managers and leadership on using new PMO tools to make their jobs and teams more efficient with review and approvals processes.• Collaborated with Finance Business Partners to facilitate alignment for the PMO portfolio during annual and midyear planning processes, focusing on prioritization and key performance indicators.• Onboarded new vendors and worked closely with the Risk Management and Assessment teams to ensure vendor met all our validation / quality / and security requirements.• Created and presented presentations to leadership on overall health of both projects and programs. Show less

• Facilitated R&D IT PMO strategy by overseeing the design and implementation of annual capital project planning, governance, and portfolio execution, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and optimal investment decisions.• Analyzed industry trends and identified ways to improve internal and external factors impacting project mobilization and delivery, enhancing vendor and resource management efficiency within the PMO.• Designed for the PMO the introduction of Demand… Show more • Facilitated R&D IT PMO strategy by overseeing the design and implementation of annual capital project planning, governance, and portfolio execution, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and optimal investment decisions.• Analyzed industry trends and identified ways to improve internal and external factors impacting project mobilization and delivery, enhancing vendor and resource management efficiency within the PMO.• Designed for the PMO the introduction of Demand Management Tools and processes to the division that allowed us to prioritize project intake, track performance against business KPIs, and enable leadership to review investment proposals by category.• Managed a portfolio budget exceeding $30 million, ensuring accurate monthly financial reporting and addressing variances, while collaborating on global PMO governance to adopt industry best practices.• Trained legacy companies PM and SLT on new processes that were utilized in the PMO and Transformation Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Developed the integration and implementation of the acquisition between Baxalta to Shire and then to Takeda. This included the merging of DataCenter Infrastructure Systems, creating change management documentation, aligning TSA between companies and consolidation of business applications to align to the business strategy of the new company.• Oversaw the transformation from on-premises applications to cloud both as SaaS as well as IaaS migrations to help eliminate the costs of DC space and… Show more Developed the integration and implementation of the acquisition between Baxalta to Shire and then to Takeda. This included the merging of DataCenter Infrastructure Systems, creating change management documentation, aligning TSA between companies and consolidation of business applications to align to the business strategy of the new company.• Oversaw the transformation from on-premises applications to cloud both as SaaS as well as IaaS migrations to help eliminate the costs of DC space and become more robust in areas where possible. Show less

Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States

Responsible for overseeing the technical support and project management of manyClinical Operations initiatives. This included but was not limited to ensuring allnecessary quality documents were developed as needed, security documents weresuccessfully completed, and worked closely with PSM around contractual issues.

Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, United States

Oversaw Implementation of HR Technology Projects for McDonalds Corporation

Riverwoods, Il

Northbrook, Illinois, United States