Global Project Manager
OPEN Health brings together deep scientific knowledge, global understanding, and broad specialist expertise to support our clients in improving health outcomes and patient wellbeing.
We are united as one flexible organization, harnessing the power of the collective to solve complex challenges. Being built from cohesive partnerships across a range of specialist sectors gives us the ability to approach opportunities from fresh perspectives, creating solutions and innovations for market access and medical communications that are informed by the experience and knowledge of the many.
Our global team of experts many with PhD and PharmD degrees work strategically alongside our client partners in Medical Affairs, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Market Access, and Commercial teams across a wide range of therapy areas.
You will love this role if you:
- Anticipate and understand the challenges of large scale, cross-functional project management
- Work collaboratively in a fast-growing team, all dedicated to project delivery
- Are accomplished in leading a cross-functional team to perform to their full potential and deliver a project of the highest possible quality
- Thrive in a busy, exciting, and fast-paced environment
- Take pride in your work and in building long-term relationships with clients and within and across the OPEN Health group of practices
- Share our belief in and actively foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to develop through participating in training programs aligned to personal development plans
As part of the OPEN Health RWE team, you’ll be responsible for the following activities:
- Client and project management of real-world data assignments for pharmaceutical industry clients in the UK, EU, and international settings, in accordance with company policies, procedures, and SOPs
- Providing strong leadership of cross-functional teams to support efficient and effective project management to meet project deliverables; the cross-functional team may include RWE consultants, patient-centered outcomes consultants, local country CRAs or site engagement managers, project managers/CRAs in partner organizations, data analysts, data managers, and scientific consultants
- Managing projects to completion within contracted timelines and budgets are critical success factors.
- Financial management and operational project delivery of global and UK assignments to ensure project delivery is on time and within budget for all contracted activities
- Developing strong and effective working relationships with clients and international partners to ensure an understanding of objectives and timelines
- Performing as the primary point of contact for the client from project start (ie, contract signed and project handed over from the real-world evidence [RWE] consultant) to completion of all contracted services
- Managing project staff from partner companies in other countries or third-party vendors, including project-specific scoping and contracting with partners and vendors in liaison with the Director of Project Management
- Providing support and leadership to international CRA teams throughout projects regarding protocol, therapeutic area, study procedures, and SOP training
- Oversight of local country teams to obtain appropriate ethics and any other relevant approvals and to negotiate local hospital contracts
- Working with relevant team members to develop data collection and communication guidelines to ensure consistency between researchers working on projects and enable an effective data-cleaning process
- Supporting the business development process by assisting with preparation for and actively participating in bid defense and pitch meetings for new business opportunities
What you’ll bring:
- Bachelor’s or Registered Nurse (RN) degree in a related field, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Strong, demonstrable experience either as a CRA or project manager, with experience in managing a cross-functional team from project contract and start-up to final deliverables; ideally, the GPM will have international study experience to manage international RWE projects
- Excellent client-management skills
- Demonstrable budget-management and finance skills
- Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice/International Council on Harmonisation (ICH) Guidelines and other applicable regulatory requirements
- Comprehensive knowledge of the regulatory approval process for non-interventional research studies and general oversight of processes outside of the UK
- Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
- Proactive, innovative problem-solving skills