Project Manager
Bethesda, MD and South San Franscico, CA
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Project Manager is responsible for project and team management for multiple clinical trial projects, either individually or within specific customer programs. These responsibilities include: serving as primary project contact for designated customers; ensuring that project timelines and budgets are agreed and achieved; coordinating project communications to customers; developing, maintaining and presenting project documentation in a manner generates a high level of customer satisfaction; managing processes in compliance with the study protocol, all pertinent regulations, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Work Instruction Documents.
Project Management
- Apply project management principles, concepts and techniques for effective project management, including quality assurance and customer satisfaction.
- Responsible for the quality of project deliverables and documentation.
- Organize, direct, and coordinate planning and implementation of all contracted project activities.
- Develop project tasks, deliverables, dependencies and resource requirements.
- Identify, document and communicate project risks and contingency plans.
- Track and communicate project status, plans, issues, timelines, action items, and budgets.
- Exercise scope management respecting the customer, team, and Cardiocore needs.
Team Management
- Manage cross-functional teams of internal & external resources.
- Interact and communicate regularly with team and customer staff; document weekly status reports.
- Understand project skill requirements, and assemble resources.
- Seek input or assistance from higher-level project management or line management as issues warrant.
Project Delivery
- Manage delivery of Cardiocore services within a customer-consultative relationship.
- Apply project management techniques, individual business and technical knowledge to ensure that project deliverables are of the highest quality and meet or exceed customer expectations.
- Create, maintain and organize necessary documentation and records.
- Conduct quality assurance review of project deliverables and documentation.
Customer Focus
- Demonstrated experience meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
- Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect
Planning
- Demonstrated experience scoping length and difficulty of tasks and projects and breaking down work into process steps.
- Ability to learn and apply new technology.
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced team environment.
- General knowledge of applicable regulations.
- General knowledge of Good Clinical Practices (GCP).
- Clear and effective, oral and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to sustain focus while multi-tasking.
- Self starter with a “can do” disposition.
- Flexibility to work outside normal work hours when necessary.
General Responsibilities:
- Promote a proactive, professional culture within the Project Management organization, and contribute to the group’s success.
- Contribute to the development of Project Management related SOPs, Work Instruction Documents (WIDs) and supporting materials.
- Support Product Management in the design, testing and deployment of new business process, data and document management systems.
- Identify new business opportunities and communicate them to Sales personnel.
Education/Experience:
This position requires a BS/BA degree from an accredited institution and 3-5 years of relevant clinical project management and team management experience. Please note, Clinical Project Management expereince is a requirement. The position also requires the following skills and traits:
Computer Skills:
- Proficiency in use of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project and Visio software.
Travel Requirements:
- Approximately 25% on average.
Benefits:
- Cardiocore offers medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- All employees may participate in our health flexible spending account and tuition reimbursement benefits.
- Cardiocore also provides paid parking.
- Cardiocore offers a 401K program with the Company matching 100% of employee contributions up to 4% of the employee’s salary.
- In the case of all benefit plans, the Company reserves the right to amend or terminate them at any time.