Assoc. Project Manager (Vendor management)

IQVIA; Municipio de Esquel; In loco; ARS 136.310.000 - 227.183.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

IQVIA is seeking an Associate Project Lead to support clinical trial delivery, liaising with clinical teams to accelerate bringing new drugs to market. The role sits on the core project team responsible for delivering studies in line with SOPs, policies and contractual requirements.

The successful candidate will manage sub-teams, coordinate with vendors, monitor progress, identify risks, and help ensure quality, timing and budget goals while supporting revenue growth.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or related field.
• +4–5 years of clinical research experience, mainly in project management at CRO or pharma.
• Strong vendor management experience mandatory.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication; strong presentation skills.
• Ability to plan resources, meet deadlines, and manage cross-functional teams across geographies.

Mansioni

• Develop integrated study management plans with core project team.
• Serve as primary contact for vendors and manage vendor activities.
• Oversee project scope, quality, and cost to meet contract obligations.
• Set sub-team objectives and monitor performance.
• Coordinate across functional groups to hit milestones.
• Identify risks and work with leaders on solutions.
• Support financial success and accelerate revenue where possible.
• Lead cross-collaboration to resolve issues and manage changes.

Conoscenze

Vendor management

Communication

Problem solving

Organisation

Cross-cultural collaboration

Financial acumen

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in life sciences or related field

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Overview

Associate Project Leads are an integral part of clinical trial delivery, liaising with clinical teams to improve patients’ lives by bringing new drugs to the market faster. The Associate Project Lead is a member of the core project team responsible for project delivery of clinical studies to meet contractual requirements in accordance with SOPs, policies and practices. Clinical Project Management is focused on project delivery, productivity and quality resulting in strong financial performance and customer satisfaction. The Associate Project Lead support the efforts of CPM to drive operational excellence and strategic leadership with our customers. Associate Project Leads may run their own studies, as part of their development.

Essential Functions

• Provide input in to the development of integrated study management plans with the core project team and/or sub-team.
• Will be assigned as the primary contact for vendors leading project vendor management and vendor management related activities as per project requirements.
• Accountable for assigned portion of clinical studies as per the contract while optimizing speed, quality and cost of delivery and ensuring consistent use of study tools and training materials and compliance with standard processes, policies and procedures.
• Set objectives of project sub-team(s), according to agreed upon contract, strategy and approach, effectively communicate and assess performance.
• Collaborate with other functional groups within the company where necessary to support milestone achievement and to manage study issues and obstacles.
• Monitor progress against contract and prepare/present project and/or sub-team information proactively to internal stakeholders. Support the project leader to prepare/present project and/or sub-team information proactively to external stakeholders.
• Identify risk (positive and negative) and contingencies and partner with project leader in problem solving and resolution efforts.
• Achieve project quality by identifying quality risks and issues, responding to issues raised by project sub-team members and partner with project leader planning/implementing appropriate corrective and preventative action plans.
• May serve as primary (for small projects) or back-up project contact with customer.
• Lead the efforts of a project sub-team, responsible for managing cross-collaboration of the sub-team to support milestone achievement and to manage issues and obstacles.
• Support the project leader in ensuring the financial success of the project.
• Forecast and identify opportunities to accelerate activities to bring revenue forward in partnership with the senior project leader.
• Identify changes in scope and partner with project leader to manage change control process as necessary.
• Identify lessons learned and implement best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree In life sciences or related field required.
• +4-5 years of clinical research experience, being the majority of those years in a project management capacity in a CRO or pharma company.
• Strong vendor management experience is mandatory.
• Communication - Strong written and verbal communication skills including good command of English language. Strong presentation skills.
• Problem solving - Strong problem solving skills.
• Organisation - Planning, time management and prioritization skills. Ability to organize resources needed to accomplish tasks, set objectives and provide clear direction to others, experience planning activities in advance and taking account of possible changing circumstances.
• Cross-collaboration - Ability to work across geographies displaying high awareness and understanding of cultural differences.
• Finances - Good understanding of project financials.

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IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

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