Pharma Project Manager, Level I - Remote, United States

Slipstream Life Sciences provides IT support, managed solutions, and strategic consulting for emerging pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations. The Pharma Project Manager, Level I plans, organizes, and executes data-driven projects while coordinating teams, stakeholders, and vendors across multiple concurrent projects. The role manages project scope, schedules, financials, risks, communications, documentation, and process improvements through the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Project planning: Create and maintain project charter, roadmaps, timelines, and objectives. Manage project scope, schedule, financials and relationships
• Team management: Coordinate tasks, schedule and evaluate team members and manage stakeholder expectations
• Project execution: Ensure projects meet timelines and resource constraints, and comply with legal and ethical requirements
• Communication: Manages overall project communications including executive stakeholders, colleagues, vendors, business stakeholders, and clients as needed
• Documentation: Create and manage all project related artifacts including but not limited to Project Plans, RAID logs, Change Management, Status and Meeting documentation
• Risk management: Identify and manage project-related risks. Ensure appropriate escalations and mitigations
• Process improvement: Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies
• Vendor management: Manage contracts with vendors and suppliers
• Data project managers should have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and be able to work under pressure. They should also be able to multitask and guide and motivate others
• Work Pace: Ability to excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple concurrent assignments
• Typical schedule will be Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Must be flexible to accommodate departmental needs and client/staff time zones
• At times, overtime maybe needed to accomplish deliverables which could include evenings or weekend hours
• For all remote meetings, there is an expectation of being on-camera for all meetings with appropriate business attire and standard Slipstream virtual background
• Place of employment is expected to be 90% remote
• For all remote meetings, all employees are required to be on-camera with appropriate business casual attire and background
• On occasion, some travel to client locations or company meetings may be required. Travel will be no more than 10%
• This position requires the ability to remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
• The ability to move about to accomplish tasks
• Adjusting or moving objects up to 20 pounds in all directions
• Communicating verbally and written word with others to exchange information
• Exposure to a standard office environment with average room temperatures with no adverse environmental conditions expected

Requirements:

• Must have relevant Information Technology pharmaceutical / biotechnology industry experience
• Minimum 5-7 Years commercial pharma/ biotech IT project management specifically in IT systems, data management, data warehousing and master data management
• Strong base understanding of standard data warehouse designs elements such as data ingestion, modification, and extraction
• Ability to articulate complex concepts in a simple and coherent manner, both verbally and in writing
• Proven experience of working with complex integrated systems, using creative and strategic thinking to deliver exceptional results
• Strong ability to listen to discussions and capture actions and requirements in meaningful, precise manner that can be understood by both technical and non-technical participants
• Ability to present concepts and lead discussions on design issues with authority and poise both internally and to clients
• Ability to collaborate and relate to team members from a large variety of backgrounds on a daily basis. Must have experience working with local and virtual teams
• Excellent Microsoft Office computer skills (Word, Excel, PPT, Visio)
• Proficient with MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA and common Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Excel, Power Point, Word, One Note, Visio, Outlook)
• Experience working with SharePoint (or similar) project workspaces / document repositories
• Working in a regulated environment, must have life sciences experience
• Working with and managing third party suppliers/vendors
• Ability to operate with limited oversight and needs to command the respect of a broad range of business and technology stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Proficient at recognizing and defining risks and developing response and mitigation plans for them
• Experience managing Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and / or Software as a Service (SaaS) projects, including integrations into and out of these systems, & data migrations
• Degree in life sciences or computer sciences or a related field strongly desired