Project Manager - Medical Communications

The Lockwood Group, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in medical communications is seeking a skilled Project Manager to oversee diverse projects from start to finish. This role involves facilitating multidisciplinary teams, managing budgets, and ensuring client expectations are met. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills and a solid understanding of healthcare communications. Join a dynamic team that values work-life balance and fosters professional growth while contributing to impactful medical programs. If you are passionate about making a difference in the healthcare sector, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of project management experience in healthcare communications.
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to retain scientific information.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of medical communications projects from inception to completion.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and faculty members.
• Ensure programs remain on target and within agreed-upon parameters.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Budget Management

Client Relationship Management

Scientific Information Retention

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Access

Job description

Project Manager - Medical Communications

Remote, United States

About Lockwood: Lockwood collaborates with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries to identify effective, holistic, science-based strategies to address their objectives through medical communications. Our clients count on us to challenge their assumptions and help them creatively navigate around obstacles. From strategy through execution, we focus on accuracy, transparency, and scientific value to create programs that are evidence-based, clinically relevant, and contribute to the development of our clients’ brands. Over a third of our staff hold advanced scientific or medical degrees, and most work from where they live. Because our flexible structure provides better work-life balance, we attract the best talent, facilitate their best work, and as a result, are more responsive to our clients, wherever and whenever they do business.

Summary: In this role, the Project Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of medical communications projects from inception to completion, including but not limited to, content development, advisory boards, and speaker training.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate multidisciplinary project teams and interface with each department within the company.
• Meet client and management expectations and establish strong faculty relationships.
• Ensure programs remain on target and within agreed-upon parameters.
• Develop, maintain, and reconcile budgets.
• Manage external suppliers and keep programs on time and focused on primary objectives.
• Provide ongoing updates to internal team members and client contact(s).
• Manage resources effectively.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and faculty members.
• Maintain and manage timely and professional written and verbal communications.
• Ensure client expectations are met on all levels of program activity.
• Establish and maintain a strong knowledge of client organizations, products, disease states, and medical education.
• Contribute to new business development activities within the account team.
• Schedule and conduct start-up, interim, and final team meetings for each project.
• Facilitate progress of multidisciplinary project teams to ensure within-budget, on-time, on-strategy performance.
• Oversee and facilitate development of all project activities, including faculty recruitment and ongoing communication, audience generation, content development, logistics management, registration/participant communication, production of materials, supplier performance, and central file management.
• Assist in training new account team members as required.
• Maintain company policies as they pertain to all activities.
• Adhere to all Lockwood Group policies and standard operating procedures.

Education: A bachelor’s degree is required.

Professional Skills & Experience: Three to five years of relevant project management experience in a healthcare communications environment is required. Candidates must have the ability to grasp and retain scientific information, along with a strong technical aptitude and working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access.

This position can be performed remotely in all but the following locations: Colorado, New York City, San Francisco County, CA.