Translational R&D Project Manager

Creative Solutions Services, LLC; Madison (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

US Tech Solutions is seeking a Translational Development Project Manager in Madison, NJ, for a 12-month assignment with extension potential. The role partners with scientists, asset leads, clinical teams, and external vendors to ensure timely collection, processing, and delivery of study samples and data.

You will oversee timelines, budgets, and contracts, escalate risks, drive cross-functional coordination, and deliver programs in line with objectives.

Qualifications

• 5 years pharmaceutical industry experience in a variety of operational/scientific roles or equivalent.
• Experience designing and leading complex projects comprised of virtual team members of diverse styles, driving to successful outcomes with and without direct management responsibilities.
• Experience in developing and implementing processes and systems designed to simplify operational infrastructure; including experience with necessary change management skills needed to embed change.
• Experienced in developing and implementing agile, creative solutions, utilizing direct and indirect resources, to solve business challenges within the line organization, across the company, and in partnership with external collaborators.
• Thorough understanding of clinical data management and specimen acquisition and logistics practices with experience designing end-to-end workflows for optimized, repeatable execution.
• Works with a sense of urgency and experience managing multiple projects, building structure from ambiguity and helping teams to develop priorities.
• Drives effective contract/fiscal management of project activities; experienced with the development of business cases for options based decision-making and effective vendor management for externally contracted work.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with asset lead/scientists and is a partner in ensuring samples are collected and processed according to protocol.
• Acts as liaison between internal and external functions, e.g., clinical, biomarker ops, and data management
• Immediately identifies issues and follows through remedial actions
• Acts as an Alliance Manager and actively manages external vendors/CROs in ensuring timely data generation and receipt
• Manages select smaller scale projects/workstreams and drives meetings, agendas.
• Manages and communicates deadlines, risks, and escalates where appropriate
• Manages collaborative tools used within the Team including sharepoint
• Provides support to the immediate program management and ops team (as needed)
• Responsible for contracts and budgets where appropriate

Skills

Pharma industry experience

Lead complex projects

Operational infrastructure

Agile / cross-functional

Clinical data management

Multi-project management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor/Technical degree or equivalent

Master's degree a plus

PMP certification

Tools

Tableau

Job description

US Tech Solutions is seeking a Translational Development Project Manager in Madison, NJ, for a 12-month assignment with extension potential. The role partners with scientists, asset leads, clinical teams, and external vendors to ensure timely collection, processing, and delivery of study samples and data.

You will oversee timelines, budgets, and contracts, escalate risks, drive cross-functional coordination, and deliver programs in line with objectives.