Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IQVIA is a global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence for the life sciences and healthcare industries. The Connected Devices Project Manager will manage medium to large multi-regional Connected Devices projects across all phases of clinical studies, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to sponsor expectations. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, resources, reporting, budgets, risks, deliverables, and customer communications.
Responsibilities
- Set-up, plan, implement and deliver the project in accordance with the Scope of Work agreed with the Customer
- Serve as primary contact for a given Sponsor to ensure communication is maintained and reporting schedules are adhered to
- Prepare and present project information at internal and external meetings, including facilitation of Connected Devices owned meetings
- Drive resource planning and support the project team to ensure adequate resourcing of the project throughout its life cycle, referring to senior management for advice as appropriate
- Monitor and manage efforts of cross-functional project teams
- Track and supervise project progress, identifying and evaluating project risks throughout the project life cycle and taking advice from senior management on corrective action, as appropriate
- Coordinate preparation of customer reports on the activities and project progress, ensuring their prompt delivery to the customer’s satisfaction
- Ensure consistency in all deliverables for a given sponsor and that they are to the expected quality standards
- Participate in the budgeting process, liaising with Resource Managers throughout Operational Services
- Ensure that any third-party, IQVIA-responsible sub-contractors involved in the project are coordinated and managed effectively
- Conduct an ‘End of Project’ Review Meeting to:- ensure that all project activities have been completed in full - ensure that senior management is informed of any key learning points for the future and any proposed corrective action
- Keep senior management within the business unit fully informed of any project issues that may impact the quality and timeliness of project delivery to the customer’s satisfaction
- Provide input to line managers of project team members’ performance relative to project tasks
Skills
- Knowledge of CRO Industry
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and understanding of costing models
- Ability to prepare and interpret budgets
- Possess strong analytical skills
- Good leadership skills
- Good ability to prioritize, schedule and organize
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good problem-solving skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Good Microsoft Office skills
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients
- Degree in Life Science, Business Management or related field and a minimum of 5 year's direct experience in Project Management within CRO industry, industry specific operations experience or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
Benefits
- Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.
- Home-based work arrangement
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