Senior Project Manager, Life Sciences (Remote)

Komodo Health; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 68,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare analytics company is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead project teams in the Life Sciences sector. This remote position requires 5+ years of project management experience, with expertise in the pharmaceutical industry. The role involves risk management and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions while adhering to project timelines and budgets. The company offers a competitive benefits package and values innovation and collaboration.

Benefits

Comprehensive health insurance

Flexible time off

401(k) with company match

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in project management.
• Experience in Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience facilitating meetings and collaborating with project sponsors.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing project team and customer through a successful design, build, and implementation.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project.
• Identify and manage project risks.

Skills

Project management

Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical experience

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Strategic thinking

Detail-oriented

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Senior Project Manager, Life Sciences (Remote)

United Kingdom

We Breathe Life Into Data

At Komodo Health, our mission is to reduce the global burden of disease. And we believe that smarter use of data is essential to this mission. That’s why we built the Healthcare Map — the industry’s largest, most complete, precise view of the U.S. healthcare system — by combining de-identified, real-world patient data with innovative algorithms and decades of clinical experience. The Healthcare Map serves as our foundation for a powerful suite of software applications, helping us answer healthcare’s most complex questions for our partners. Across the healthcare ecosystem, we’re helping our clients unlock critical insights to track detailed patient behaviors and treatment patterns, identify gaps in care, address unmet patient needs, and reduce the global burden of disease.

As we pursue these goals, it remains essential to us that we stay grounded in our values: be awesome, seek growth, deliver “wow,” and enjoy the ride. At Komodo, you will be joining a team of ambitious, supportive Dragons with diverse backgrounds but a shared passion to deliver on our mission to reduce the burden of disease—and enjoy the journey along the way.

The Opportunity at Komodo Health

The Project Manager leads small and large project teams through discovery, design, build, and configuration and delivers solutions for our healthcare and life sciences customers. This role provides leadership and management to project teams to ensure we deliver projects on time, with quality, and on budget.

This role is the primary point of contact for the client, ensuring any risks or issues are mitigated and setting expectations for what is needed from the customer to be successful. This person will work closely with all internal project roles, including the Solution Architect, Technical Architect, and Business Analyst, to ensure services are being delivered per the project plan and agreed Statement of Work.

Estimated travel is 10-20%.

What You’ll Accomplish in Your First 12 Months

• Lead a high‑performing project team and customer through a successful design, build, and implementation by developing and establishing a comprehensive project plan that aligns with all stakeholder objectives.
• Adhere to project budget and timelines by tracking resource allocations, monitoring key milestone deliverables, and taking corrective actions as needed.
• Proactively identify and manage project risks by developing a robust risk management plan to mitigate and address issues promptly.
• Continuously improve on each project implementation by conducting regular project reviews, identifying lessons learned and implementing best practices for future projects.

Responsibilities

• Strategically build relationships with relevant customer sponsors and stakeholders with each project to actively identify and create future opportunities, customer references, and develop a robust industry network of contacts.
• Own overall project management during an engagement; participate in discovery and requirement workshops to define and prioritize requirements, collaborate with project team members to design appropriate solutions, execute projects in a timely manner with clear expectation setting and communication to all stakeholders.
• Manage day‑to‑day operational aspects of a project and scope and effectively apply our methodology or client’s methodology if being used and enforce project standards; create, maintain, and own standard project deliverables (status decks, milestone kickoff decks, project plans, burn reports, RAID logs, build progress trackers, etc.).
• Manage timelines, budget, and scope deliverables as documented in the SOW. Accurately communicate and report the project status to reflect risks or issues that may impact schedule, budget, or quality.
• Proactively identify and manage project risks; Escalate and work to resolve major risks and issues so a mitigation plan can be developed.
• Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Identify staffing needs and determine individual project team member responsibilities.
• Contribute and drive the change order process by working with the practice and functional leads, create initial documentation including estimates, assumptions, deliverables, and timelines.
• Participate in customer training and other implementation initiatives as part of overall project deliverables.

Requirements (Required)

• 5+ years of professional experience in project management.
• Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Project management experience with software or custom development implementations experience—ideally in a consulting environment.
• Proven ability and experience working in a collaborative environment to meet client needs with the ability to work across global teams, both internally and externally, to influence project contributors and stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated analytical and strategic‑thinking skills and experience with the complete lifecycle of complex enterprise projects; understand core project management concepts, data modeling, theories, practices, and methods.
• Experience facilitating meetings, demonstrate brainstorming/consensus building skills, and interacting with project sponsors at all levels.
• Detail‑oriented with the ability to quickly assimilate and apply new concepts, business models, and technologies.
• Demonstrated experience with Waterfall and/or SCRUM methodologies.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• PMP/SCRUM certification.
• Experience with CRM software, preferably Salesforce (Salesforce certifications are a plus e.g. Admin/Platform App Builder).
• Experience with Salesforce and/or CRM implementations within the Life Science and healthcare space.

Compensation and Benefits

The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of annual base pay that we reasonably expect to pay for this position within the US. We carefully consider multiple business‑related factors when determining compensation, including job‑related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands.

The starting annual base pay for this role is listed below. This position may be eligible for performance‑based bonuses as determined in the Company’s sole discretion and in accordance with a written agreement or plan. This role may also be eligible for equity awards. In addition, this role is eligible for benefits including, but not limited to, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance; flexible time off and holidays; 401(k) with company match; disability insurance and life insurance; and leaves of absence in accordance with applicable state and local laws and regulations and company policy.

San Francisco Bay Area and New York City:

All Other US Locations:

Komodo’s AI Standard

At Komodo, we’re not just witnessing the AI revolution – we’re leading it. This is a pivotal moment in time, where being first to market with AI transforms industries and sets the bar. We’ve already established industry leadership in leveraging AI to revolutionize healthcare, and we expect every team member to contribute. AI here is not optional; it is foundational. We expect you to integrate AI into your daily work – from summarizing documents to automating workflows and uncovering insights. This isn’t just about efficiency; it’s about making every moment more meaningful, building on trust in AI, and driving our collective success.

Where You’ll Work

Komodo Health has a hybrid work model; we recognize the power of choice and importance of flexibility for the well‑being of both our company and our individual Dragons. Roles may be completely remote based anywhere in the country listed, remote but based in a specific region, or local (commuting distance) to one of our hubs in San Francisco, New York City, or Chicago with remote work options.

What We Offer

Positions may be eligible for company benefits in accordance with Company policy. We offer a competitive total rewards package including medical, dental and vision coverage along with a broad range of supplemental benefits including 401(k) Retirement Plan, prepaid legal assistance, and more. We also offer paid time off for vacation, sickness, holiday, and bereavement. We are pleased to be able to provide 100% company‑paid life insurance and long‑term disability insurance. This information is intended to be a general overview and may be modified by the Company due to business‑related factors.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Komodo Health provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.