Senior Project Manager
About the Position
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead and coordinate cross‑functional project teams within a clinical research environment. You will be responsible for planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of projects, ensuring alignment with business goals, regulatory expectations, and operational constraints typical for pharmaceutical and biotech domains. This role requires strong delivery ownership, excellent stakeholder communication skills, and experience managing projects in complex, regulated environments. Familiarity with data, digital, or AI‑related initiatives is a strong advantage.
About the Project
The projects focus on delivering complex initiatives supporting clinical trial operations, data platforms, and digital or AI‑enabled solutions used across the clinical development lifecycle. The Project Manager plays a key role in ensuring timely, compliant, and high‑quality delivery while coordinating multiple stakeholders in a regulated environment.
About the Team
You will work with cross‑functional, geographically distributed teams that may include clinical operations, data management, biostatistics, software and data engineers, QA, and business stakeholders. The team operates in a structured delivery framework, often Agile or hybrid, with a strong focus on quality, regulatory compliance, and predictable delivery.
Responsibilities
- Plan, execute, and manage end‑to‑end project delivery in alignment with agreed scope, timelines, and budgets
- Define and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, dependencies, and resource allocations
- Coordinate cross‑functional teams including clinical operations, data, engineering, QA, and business stakeholders
- Act as the primary point of contact between the client and delivery teams, ensuring clear and consistent communication
- Facilitate governance, status reporting, and stakeholder updates at appropriate levels
- Monitor project progress, identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and implement mitigation strategies
- Manage change requests and evolving priorities while maintaining delivery commitments
- Support Agile or hybrid delivery processes including planning, reviews, and retrospectives
- Ensure alignment between business requirements, technical implementation, and regulatory constraints
- Oversee quality of delivery and ensure acceptance criteria are met before release
- Support audit readiness and ensure appropriate project documentation is maintained
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager delivering complex initiatives
- Proven experience managing cross‑functional teams in structured or regulated environments
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
- Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working with globally distributed teams
- Strong ability to manage risks, dependencies, and changing priorities
- Comfortable working with project tracking and reporting tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project, Confluence, etc.)
Nice to Have
- Experience in clinical trials, life sciences, pharma, or CRO environments
- Exposure to data, digital, or AI‑driven projects
- Understanding of regulatory or compliance‑driven delivery (e.g., GxP awareness)
- Experience managing vendor or third‑party dependencies
- Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile certification)
