Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager plans, directs, coordinates, and delivers activities for designated clinical study projects to ensure that project objectives of quality, scope, cost, and time are accomplished.
Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:
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
Qualifications:
Minimum Required:
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
Other Required:
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