Project Management Team Lead

BEHAVIORALLY INC • Teaneck Township, NJ

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About The Position

We’re hiring a Team Lead to run procurement, vendor management, and project cost control. You will manage a small team responsible for project timing and costing, and vendor quotes. Your job is to keep projects moving fast and within budget by securing the best-fit vendors for each project based on cost, quality, capacity, and speed.

Requirements

• Procurement, vendor management, operations, or cost control experience (market research or professional services preferred)
• Experience managing a team and setting priorities in a fast-moving environment
• Strong working knowledge of basic finance concepts: budgets, margin, variance analysis, and invoice controls
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables required; comfortable with large datasets)
• Power BI experience building and maintaining dashboards
• Strong negotiation skills and comfort pushing back when scope or cost is drifting
• Clear, organized communicator who documents decisions and follows through

Nice To Haves

• Experience with research vendors (panels, recruiters)
• Familiarity with vendor onboarding and compliance documents (insurance ,SOWs)
• Experience improving operational workflows or implementing systems (templates, dashboards, intake forms, automation)

Responsibilities

• Lead the cost control team and manage workload across projects to hit timelines and budgets (spot budget and margin risks early)
• Negotiate vendor rate cards and ad hoc project pricing
• Resolve vendor issues quickly (delays, quality concerns, invoice discrepancies, missing documentation)
• Review the monthly project plan to identify opportunities to optimize timing, sequencing, and resourcing to support business goals.
• Maintain the vendor pool to match business needs, including niche audiences and markets (primary + backup coverage)
• Drive process improvement: simplify workflows, improve speed, and adopt tools/systems that reduce manual work
• Own recurring reporting: Spend, budget vs actual, margin variance, and team throughput Power BI dashboards for vendor performance and spend trends

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed