Assoc Manager, Client Services

IQVIA LLC; Taguig; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA LLC is seeking a Client Team Manager for the Speaker Bureau to oversee delivery teams that plan and manage Speaker Bureau programs for commercial clients. You will drive team performance, ensure adherence to client rules, and maintain high-quality service across in-person, hybrid, and virtual meetings.

The role requires 5+ years in meetings, strong leadership, and excellent communication to coordinate with success and product support teams while maintaining project profitability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of meeting industry experience.
• Experience leading people, teams or projects.
• Life Sciences experience preferred; knowledge of HCP regulations is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication with concise, clear messaging.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of meeting planners, including office-based, home-based, and hybrid staff.
• Coach and manage performance to ensure engagement and efficient delivery.
• Set measurable goals focusing on productivity, quality, and customer service.
• Ensure compliance with client business rules throughout planning lifecycles.
• Monitor SLAs and proactively mitigate risks to protect client experience.
• Coordinate with Customer Success and Product Support on SOWs and profitability.
• Serve as primary contact for customer service inquiries and incident response.
• Maintain client SOPs and configure planning platform business rules.
• Triage issues between platforms and escalate to support as needed.

Skills

Meeting industry experience

People leadership

Communication skills

Data analysis

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Salesforce

Zoom

Smartsheet

Job description

Job Description Summary Client Team Manager for Speaker Bureau IQVIA’s Speaker Bureau team consists of dedicated meeting professionals who plan and manage highly compliant meetings and events for Life Sciences organizations. We work with our clients to deliver a high-quality attendee experience through a range of in-person, hybrid, and virtual meetings by seamlessly pairing deep industry expertise, best-in-class compliance technology and an innovative, scalable approach to support our client’s Speaker Bureau. The Client Team Manager is responsible for the successful management of delivery teams who plan and manage Speaker Bureau programs for our commercial clients.

Essential Functions

• Manage a team of meeting planners including office-based/ home-based/hybrid employees.
• Drive optimal employee performance of direct reports through effective coaching and performance management with a focus on promoting employee engagement, a positive work environment, and efficient delivery of results.
• Set comprehensive and measurable goals for maximum team and individual performance, which includes a balanced focus on productivity, quality, effective communication, and overall customer service.
• Ensure client defined business rules are applied by team throughout the planning lifecycle of the programs to ensure compliance and customer experience expectations are met.
• Manage daily task and SLA deadlines across client portfolio, with proactive identification of potential outliers and prompt enactment of mitigation plans as necessary to protect SLAs and customer experience.
• Proactively raise any critical-to-compliance concerns
• Plan and manage resources to meet forecasted workload; monitor workload and key performance indicators to prioritize and rebalance resources when appropriate.
• Be a proactive, engaged, and collaborative member of the client Core Team to partner with Customer Success and Product Support on client SOW deliverables, profitability, and retention.
• Primary point of contact for all customer service inquiries, research, and formal incident response to include identification of root cause and implementation of corrective and preventative actions.
• Owner of client SOP maintenance and setup of client business rule within planning platform
• Responsible to triage issues between primary technology platforms and elevate to support teams as necessary for resolution.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of meeting industry experience
• Previous experience with leading people, managing teams, or leading projects is highly desirable.
• Life Sciences experience preferred, working knowledge of HCP interaction regulations a plus.
• Bachelor's Degree is preferred.
• Demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities, reprioritizing as business/client needs shift, and providing solutions-oriented response.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with focus on the ability to be concise and clear, summarize a situation and articulate the necessary next steps, effectively listen, and assess the need for urgent action.
• Competency to effectively communicate a message to resonate with various audiences such as frontline employees, external clients, and technology support.
• Ability to analyze data and meeting detail information, understand the story it tells and articulate the action required in a consumable manner.
• Strong sense of urgency and the ability to effectively problem solve.
• Ability to identify and create solutions that are equally focused on efficiency and the customer experience.
• Passion to lead individuals and teams to achieve agreed upon goals, deliver measurable results, navigate obstacles, embrace, change, and celebrate success.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite of products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) and Outlook required.
• Knowledge in SharePoint, Salesforce, Zoom and Smartsheet preferred.

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

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create connections that accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments. Everything we do is part of a journey to improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.

To get there, we seek out diverse talent with curious minds and a relentless commitment to innovation and impact. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA contributes to our shared goal of helping customers improve the lives of patients everywhere.

Thank you for your interest in growing your career with us.