(Sr) Project Manager - Hematology/Oncology Team - Remote based in the US
About The Position
The Senior Project Manager serves as the Project Lead and primary sponsor contact, and is accountable for overall project delivery—quality, time, and cost. The role leads cross-functional project teams to meet or exceed deliverables and manages projects of increasing complexity, including multi-service, multi-region or multi-country, therapeutic, and financial complexity. The Senior Project Manager establishes and communicates customer expectations with minimal direction and ensures internal and external escalation pathways are followed. Candidates should have demonstrated experience managing global Oncology/Hematology trials.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic or vocational qualification.
- Comparable to 8 or more years of previous experience providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the job.
- Demonstrated experience managing global Oncology/Hematology trials.
- Technical and systems competency, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as organization systems such as CTMS, Preclarus, and Clarity.
- Ability to delegate and effectively prioritize project team members’ workloads and resources in a frequently changing environment.
- Effective oral and written communication and presentation skills.
- Proactive, solutions-oriented, and adaptable when priorities and situations change.
- In-depth therapeutic area knowledge and knowledge of clinical development guidelines and directives.
- Advanced knowledge of cross-functional project management principles, including time, quality, and cost.
- Effective interpersonal skills, including the ability to lead, motivate, and coordinate cross-functional project teams.
- Strong customer service skills and ability to proactively address and prioritize expectations.
- Good judgment and decision-making skills, with the ability to apply critical, analytical, and strategic thinking to complex or ambiguous situations.
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to influence others and achieve results, including cross-cultural awareness.
- Strong financial acumen and ability to minimize risk by proactively managing and adjusting budgets, forecasts, and resources.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary project-level contact between the sponsor and the organization.
- Ensure internal and external escalation pathways and communication rules are followed.
- When project scope requires, clarify responsibilities and communication pathways for secondary project leads, such as regional, vendor, or delivery-subset leads.
- Own and drive overall cross-functional project delivery across time, cost, and quality.
- Provide project-level financial stewardship by understanding the contract, aligning resources to budget, managing out-of-scope activity, driving contract modification processes and negotiations, and coordinating team execution to timelines.
- Establish, communicate, and manage customer expectations to support optimal project delivery.
- Drive project-level risk identification and issue resolution, including RBQM/RESOLVE.
- Ensure project team compliance with organization policies, SOPs, ICH-GCP, regulatory requirements, and project-specific requirements.
- Mentor others.
- Develop or contribute to process improvement initiatives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
