Project Management Associate Jobs

Description:

REMOTE- Any time zone is OK

This role will support the Center for Observational Research (CfOR) organization by managing all phases of projects in support of Observational Studies. The Associate Project Manager will work with a cross-functional team to manage, track and analyze key operational data. In addition, the Associate Project Manager will stay informed of best practices and provide innovative, impactful ideas to optimize processes to support the organization’s priorities.

Responsibilities Include:

• Provides Project Management technical expertise in all project phases across multiple projects.

• Leads the teams in defining project goals and milestones against realistic timelines, assigning project tasks, tracking daily activities, and ensuring the team meets all project goals from contracting to final study reporting.

• Able to anticipate and resolve conflicts with the aim of a win-win outcome.

• Creates project plans, roles and responsibility matrices, risk and issues logs and other key project artifacts.

• Plans and conducts project team meetings.

• Prepares presentation material, project reports and dashboards.

• Supports contracting activities (as appropriate) for the organization.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Life Sciences or other technical discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years of project management experience, preferably within the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.

• Experience in Agile project management.

• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new concepts and tools.

• Experienced in productivity tools – MS Teams, Smartsheet, Miro

• Experience in Ariba/SAP

• PMP certification is highly desirable but not required.

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:

*MUST HAVE Technical skills - computer science major and experience*

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Life Sciences or other technical discipline.

• A minimum of 2 years of project management experience, preferably within the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.

• Experience in Agile project management

• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new concepts and tools.

• Experienced in productivity tools – MS Teams, Smartsheet, Miro

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Provides Project Management technical expertise in all project phases across multiple projects.

• Leads the teams in defining project goals and milestones against realistic timelines, assigning project tasks, tracking daily activities, and ensuring the team meets all project goals from contracting to final study reporting.

• Able to anticipate and resolve conflicts with the aim of a win-win outcome.

• Creates project plans, roles and responsibility matrices, risk and issues logs and other key project artifacts.

• Plans and conducts project team meetings.

• Prepares presentation material, project reports and dashboards.

• Supports contracting activities (as appropriate) for the organization.

Employee Value Proposition: