Project Manager - Medical Communications (Commercial)

The Lockwood Group, LLC

About The Position

The Project Manager is responsible for managing medical communications projects from inception to completion, including content development, advisory boards, and speaker training. The role facilitates multidisciplinary project teams and interfaces with departments across the company to meet client and management expectations, build faculty relationships, and keep programs on target and within agreed parameters. Responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and reconciling budgets; managing external suppliers and resources; keeping programs on time and focused on primary objectives; and providing ongoing updates to internal team members and client contacts. The number of concurrent programs depends on the scope and nature of each initiative. The ideal candidate is an exceptional communicator with experience leading multidisciplinary teams, strong financial management skills, excellent organization and prioritization abilities, and the ability and willingness to motivate others.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Three to five years of relevant project management experience in a healthcare communications environment.
Ability to grasp and retain scientific information.
Strong technical aptitude.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and faculty members.
Maintain timely and professional written and verbal communications with clients and faculty members.
Ensure client expectations are met across all levels of program activity.
Develop and maintain knowledge of client organizations, products, disease states, and medical education.
Develop new project budgets.
Contribute to new business development activities within the account team.
Manage project budgeting, financial monitoring, and reconciliation.
Schedule and conduct project start-up, interim, and final team meetings; establish and maintain timelines and event schedules; and provide ongoing updates to clients and teams as required.
Facilitate multidisciplinary project teams to ensure on-budget, on-time, and on-strategy performance.
Own the details of daily account work on each project.
Oversee and facilitate project activities, including faculty recruitment and communication, audience generation, content development, logistics, registration and participant communication, materials production, supplier performance, and central file management.
Assist in training new account team members as required.
Maintain company policies relevant to all activities and adhere to Lockwood Group policies and standard operating procedures.