Project Director
Innovaderm Research Inc.
PMP
Senior Project Manager, Clinical Trials
Cogstate
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $125,000 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
PMP
About the role
- Manage projects and execute tasks in line with company SOPs and agreed regulatory standards.
- Manage client relationships as main POC for individual studies and some sponsor portfolios.
- Independently lead Cogstates complex global clinical trials projects, including implementation of projects with new service offerings in scope.
- Manage Clinical Trials projects in Start-Up, Conduct or Close-Out phases (multiple projects at one time).
- Proactively manage risks, guiding team members through challenges and making decisive, well-informed decisions.
- Attend Investigator Meetings (as needed) and ensure Cogstate is well represented.
- Work in an Agile environment with a given Portfolio Team.
- Oversight of resourcing and financials across a Portfolio of Projects; ensure team members follow pre-determined hours allocated in budget to target gross profit.
- Generate invoices for assigned projects in alignment with expected timelines and project progress and forecast invoicing.
- Actively maintain the change order process.
- Oversee internal projects focused on developing processes for implementing new technologies; map, visualize, and optimize workflows to support commercialization and scaling efforts.
- Develop operational deployment plans for new systems, including training, and operate as the point person for support.
- Work closely with Business Development and project team managing relationships and supporting proposals for key accounts.
- Potential to line manage or indirectly manage and mentor other project management team members and clinical operations staff.
- Analyze reports for project hours and budget utilization and make course corrections with Operations Line Managers.
- Review Work Orders and determine deliverables and timelines for project.
- Ensure accurate reporting to internal and external stakeholders on service delivery and progress.
- Develop/contribute to playbooks for new Sponsors/Partners/systems and participate in internal and external audits and inspections.
- Support metrics reporting to sponsors.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in a scientific, business or a technical discipline (psychology, nursing, biology, sociology, computer science or engineering). Masters preferred (science or business) but not mandatory.
- PMP Certification (preferred but not mandatory).
- Previous CRO experience preferable.
- 7+ Years Project Management experience in Pharmaceutical, Biotech, or CRO environment.
- Supervisory/mentoring experience (preferred but not mandatory).
- Relationship Management Experience.
- Microsoft Office proficiency.
- Budget management experience.
- Experience with the pharmaceutical development process and aptitude/interest in scientific and technical information.
- Ability to motivate and mentor project and portfolio teams and experience managing a full workload of clinical projects and/or internal development projects.
- Growing awareness of information technology concepts and terminology and experience with direct and indirect people management.
- Confidence and composure in handling stressful situations, problem solving and communicating calmly and effectively with internal and external stakeholders across multiple time zones.
