Paul Murray

Background

About Paul Murray

I drive organizational and program management success through business partnerships, portfolio management, vendor management, project delivery, and staff development. Extensive background in life sciences (healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotech) and financial services industries. I am a pragmatic and effective communicator focused on business results. I have turned around teams and projects in crisis through clear logic, practical application of processes, and open communication with businesses and technology. Deep experience developing and supporting new business functions in a highly regulated environment, reducing technology cost of ownership, increasing client service effectiveness, and maximizing operational efficiencies. SKILLS Business partnerships, leading and transforming organizations, improving vendor performance, driving program and project management processes and results, developing and coaching staff to peak performance, delivering complex, business-sensitive projects RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Subject matter expert (SME) for Smartsheet for enterprise processes and reporting improvements, including Capex request reviews for finance, clinical trial data visualization for clinical, team goals tracker for HR, analytics tracking for biophysical AD, and a manufacturing tracker for process development. • Improved management of $11M IT budget by linking Oracle actuals to approved budget line items for clear tracking and analysis, allowing the monthly review to be completed in minutes versus hours. • Managed system implementation and data migration for a new contract lifecycle management solution (Agiloft). Created and trained users on comprehensive UAT tool to streamline testing. Drove 99.8% error free data migration. • Led request for proposal (RFP), selection, and deployment of new SaaS intranet platform for the enterprise; implemented in four months, met corporate communications goals, and introduced business ownership and management of content. • Led the $25M global replacement of over 16K Windows 7 machines in the Windows 10 program, managing deployment vendors and regional support organizations to plan, schedule, and execute the deployment. Defined and implemented process improvements eliminating 80% failure rate. • Managed $2.5M IT infrastructure build of new Cambridge vaccines site on time and on budget. Actively exploring IT leadership opportunities in life sciences.