Job Order: 4702
Staff Representative: Tim Jadwin
Position: Project Manager/Manager Of Strategic Operations
Location: Indiana
Company Summary:
Our client is a leader in developing strategic marketing and continuing medical education initiatives for medical professionals. They are strategically aligned with multiple best in class specialty companies in the areas of interactive media, internet programming and market research. Our client specializes in consulting and partnering with pharmaceutical and health care organizations in the development and distribution of innovative custom communication solutions. They offer a unique entrepreneurial working environment with the professional resources to deliver innovative scientific programming with a flare.
Description:
Responsibilities/Requirements:
- Performs a wide variety of duties within the operations team including lead operations contact for assigned projects. Must be able to manage projects from conceptual stage through the entire project life cycle while optimizing project timelines and financials. This role is responsible for managing client expectations, physician opinion leaders, and supporting vendors for assigned projects.
- Building relationships with Product/Brand Managers, Clinical Faculty and Marketing Executives of Fortune 100 pharmaceutical and health care companies.
- Define, develop and fulfill creative communication marketing and medical education strategies including: Consultant/advisory strategies, CME video/audio conferences, live meeting events, publication/print programs, promotional programs and various other direct communication strategies.
- Liaise with client and consultant specialist/sales team on defining expectations, meeting business targets and managing issues.
- Manage the project budget and reconcile with financial statements.
- Consults with management and consultant specialists/sales team to determine goals, timelines, project budget, and staffing requirements for proposals and projects.
- Develops project plan including timeline, strategies, staffing, scheduling, risk analysis, and resources needed for assigned projects
- Assigns duties and responsibilities to project team members.
- Manages team and all aspects of the project(s) to satisfy project expectations, deliverables, milestones, and tasks.
- Responsible for directing and coordinating operations/project team to ensure project is on schedule and budget.
- Conducts regular interdepartmental and team meetings to ensure communication and progress project.
- Develops and reviews internal status reports prepared by project team.
- Develops and communicates client status reports with clients, consultant specialist/sales and management.
- Monitors project and team results against client expectations.
- Manages financial and documentation of clients’ project change request.
- Negotiation and execution of vendor contracts.
- Manages fiscal/budgetary obligation for projects (budgeting to reconciliation).
- Manages financial run rate for all client projects.
- Executes Business Diagnostic Validation reviews conducted through out the project life cycle.
- Implementation and execution of quality programs exceeding client expectations.
- Strong communication skills
- Sound judgment and reasoning
- Superior interpersonal abilities that can manage diverse personalities, tactfully and maturely
- Participative management style-advocate of team concept
- Well-organized and strong multitasking skills
- Results and people oriented, utilizing sound judgment to balance other business considerations
- Client oriented in a consulting/services driven work environment
- "Get things done" attitude in an entrepreneurial work setting
- College degree and at least 3 years related experience in pharmaceutical marketing/sales, medical education, training or equivalent combination of education/experience in project management leadership, medical education, pharmaceutical marketing or pharmaceutical advertising.
- Strong talent in communication, relationship building and team management.
- Impeccable project management and client management skills.
- Knowledge and creativity to develop strategic marketing and educational programs.
- Full Time Position Reporting to Director of Strategic Operations with matrix management reporting to executive in charge
- This career requires 20+% travel including nights and weekends to attend client meetings and regional, national and international conferences.
