Project Manager - Early Phase

Overview

Serve as the Project Lead and primary sponsor contact, accountable for the overall delivery of a cross-functional project (quality, time, cost), and manage projects of increasing complexity.

What you'll do

• Serve as the primary contact between the sponsor and the organization at the project level.
• Ensure escalation pathways are adhered to internally and externally (Rules of Engagement, communication pathways).
• Where scope requires, ensure clear delineation of responsibilities and communication pathways for secondary project leads (such as a regional lead or a vendor lead).
• Drive and own the overall delivery of the cross-functional project (time, cost, quality).
• Ensure financial stewardship at project level, including understanding of the contract, resource alignment to budget, management of out-of-scope activity, driving the Con Mod process and negotiations, and team execution to timelines.
• Establish, communicate and manage customer expectations to achieve optimal delivery.
• Drive risk identification and issue resolution at project level (RBQM/RESOLVE).
• Ensure project team compliance with organization policies, SOPs, ICH-GCP, regulatory and project-specific requirements.
• Act as a mentor.
• Develop or contribute to process improvement initiatives.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and relevant formal academic or vocational qualification.
• Previous experience providing the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years).
• Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience.
• Technical and systems competency, including effective use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and organization systems (CTMS, Preclarus, Clarity).
• Ability to delegate and effectively prioritize workload and resources for project team members in a frequently changing environment.
• Effective oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented and adaptable to changing priorities and situations.
• In-depth therapeutic area knowledge and clinical development guidelines and directives.
• Advanced knowledge of the key principles of cross-functional project management (time, quality, cost).
• Effective interpersonal skills, including the ability to lead, motivate and coordinate cross-functional project teams.
• Strong customer service skills with the ability to proactively address and prioritize expectations.
• Good judgment and decision-making skills, and proven ability to apply critical and analytical strategic thinking to manage complex or ambiguous situations.
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence others and achieve results, including cross-cultural awareness.
• Strong financial acumen, with the ability to minimize risk by proactively managing and adjusting budgets, forecasts and resources.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Details

• Work schedule: standard, Monday to Friday.
• Work is performed in an office, laboratory and/or clinical environment.
• Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms.
• Exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Personal protective equipment required, such as protective eyewear, garments and gloves.