Project Management Associate

Job Overview

The Associate Project Manager provides administrative and project management support on a diverse portfolio of clinical projects, ranging from small, rapid turnover projects to large, multi-phase or complex projects.

Major Responsibilities

1. Acts as point of contact/task manager on consulting science projects; maintains timelines, documentation, and communication with primary project team, other departments within QualityMetric (IT, Sales, Finance, Translations), external clients, and vendors.
2. Manages multiple, parallel projects using formal project planning techniques and strong organizational skills.
3. Directs communication with external clients in terms of scheduling regular status meetings, developing meeting agendas, drafting/sending meeting minutes or other progress reports.
4. Supports study processes, including preparing and submitting IRB applications and ensuring study documentation complies with regulations and contractual requirements.
5. Works with principal investigators (PIs) and finance team to manage invoicing to clients and payments to vendors.
6. Proactively problem solves; identifies and helps drive resolution of issues at all phases of the project that could affect success; identifies processes to improve project planning and organization.
7. Documents protocol deviations by the study PI and according to relevant standard operating procedures.

Qualifications

1. Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (i.e., sociology, public health, health sciences, psychology, epidemiology or similar study fields).
2. At least 3 years of experience in project management or relevant field (non-technical and non-business analyst), working with external clients and vendors.
3. Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with ability to create documents and PowerPoint presentations, in Excel create pivot tables, functions, linking sheets and tables without supervision.
4. Strong work ethic, ability to work independently, and demonstrated organizational skills.
5. Conversational knowledge of scientific research methods and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
6. Strong/advanced communication skills in English (writing, speaking and listening).

*CV/Resume application must be submitted in English*