Senior Project Manager - Autoimmune

Precision For Medicine is a company focused on delivering clinical study projects, and they are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead these efforts. The role involves planning, directing, and coordinating clinical study activities to meet project objectives for quality, scope, cost, and time.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as primary point-of-contact and primary escalation point to the client
• Coordinate and oversees all functional services including external vendors to the established timeline and budget
• Manage the study budget, ensuring project remains within scope and that any out of scope activities are identified early and handled as appropriate
• Independently drive the CO to completion and execution with support as needed
• Maintain integrated collaboration with clinical operations in the delivery and participates in clinical activities as appropriate
• For projects of very limited scope (i.e. number of sites), Sr. PM may assume all clinical activities
• Manage the financial health of assigned studies, including oversight of the project profitability, billable project hours, and compliance with on time, accurate billing and forecasting to support business objectives
• Develop robust and comprehensive project plans, including timelines and proactive risk management and mitigation, to guide all parameters of trial execution with consistency and quality
• Ensure Quality management for assigned projects, including eTMF Inspection readiness, implementation of quality notification incident forms and / or corrective and preventative action plans to address any quality findings
• Maintain integrated collaboration with all functional operations in the delivery of the program and review as necessary of other study documentation
• Establish tracking metrics to monitor trial and team progress towards project goals
• Prepare project status updates and report on progress to clients and senior management, including reporting on key performance indicators, offering solutions and opportunities as they arise
• Leads both internal and client meetings and set expectations for the project team
• Communicate effectively with client and Precision management to relay protocol/study issues including any deviations and implements necessary actions in response to those issues
• Ability to conduct formal presentations to a wide variety of audiences including colleagues, investigative staff, and clients including Bid Defenses with proficiency
• Ensure study specific training is implemented in collaboration with functional areas and ensure study specific training compliance for the duration of the project
• Support business development and marketing activities as appropriate, including travel to Bid Defense meetings as required
• Perform other duties as assigned by management
• Remain compliant with organizational training, time-reporting and any other administrative duties as required
• Provides on-going feedback, for functional team members including annual performance reviews

Requirements:

• North America: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education/experience in science or health-related field. Advanced degree preferred
• EU: Degree or equivalent combination of education/experience in science or health-related field. Advanced degree preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of clinical research experience or proven competencies for this position and a minimum of 4 years of direct project management experience
• Experience in managing complex and global trials
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally including overnight stays
• Experience with Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Microsoft Project, eTMF, EDC and CTMS
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with others in a team setting
• Proven organizational skills, attention to detail, and a customer service demeanor
• Demonstrates knowledge of ICH-GCP, relevant Precision SOPs, as well as the ability to implement such items
• Direct work experience in a global, cross-functional project management environment
• Good understanding of cross-functional management
• Good understanding of project planning, risk management and change management with an awareness of appropriate escalation
• Proven experience in strategic planning, risk management and change management
• High level of integrity and must inspire and demand the highest standards from a professional and ethical perspective
• Ability to lead and inspire excellence within a study team
• Ability to create an environment where study team members have a sense of ownership that will lead to increases in productivity and efficiency
• Results oriented, accountable, motivated and flexible
• Proven time management, negotiation, critical thinking, decision making, analytical and interpersonal skills
• Proven presentation, verbal and written communications skills
• Good understanding of project management software
• In depth proven experience in pharmaceutical and/or device research required
• experience with Rheumatology and Oncology