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Assistant PM
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Covance)
Durham, North Carolina, United States
<h2>Job Overview:</h2><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">labcorp Drug Development is looking to hire an Assistant Project Manager for our CPS group (Remote) </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><br />+ Responsible for contributing to the development and management of projects run in the CPS PM group, including the coordination and completion of activities in the study set-up, maintenance, and completion phases in support of the project manager role.<br />+ May also officially assume the PM role/responsibilities of assigned projects under the guidance of a senior PM, manager, or supervisor .<br />+ May become the primary client contact and responsible for the facilitation of communication, <br />managing client expectations.<br />+ Projects where the Assistant Project Manager is acting as the PM will be low in complexity yet can be full service.<br />+ This role will work in a matrix environment.</p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><br />C. Essential Job Duties:<br />+ May act as PM for low complexity studies and/or management of a single service task<br />(e.g., biometrics for key clients or program-related studies with mentoring from a more senior PM or may act as backup for more complex studies as requested by a more senior PM).<br />+ Performs Project Coordinator (PC) tasks as defined in the Senior Project Coordinator job <br />description.<br />+ Develops management of project scope according to the proposal, budget, timeline throughout the lifecycle of the project. Works with the project team on identification of work scope changes <br />against the project timelines.<br />+ Creates and/or review required project plans. Learns how to implement and monitor progress <br />against project plans and timelines and revise as necessary.<br />+ Development of project timelines through the use of MS Project. Ensures changes and updates are made and communicated in a timely manner. Learns to renegotiate timelines with the client and project team as necessary and implementation of risks mitigation strategies with support of a more senior Project Manager or manager/supervisor as needed.<br />+ Development of risk registry and learns how to implement risk strategies to ensure project level deliverables are met. Learns how to escalate risks newly identified by the project team <br />stakeholders.<br />+ Development of review and assessment of ongoing hour/budget utilization throughout the<br />course of project to ensure that projects are meeting financial targets with oversight by a more <br />senior Project Manager or program manager.<br />+ Collaborates with finance when project milestones or completion of contracted units of activity have been met to approve monthly invoicing and performs client follow up as appropriate.<br />+ May be accountable for developing Project Specific Training and ensuring project team members have read, reviewed and documented project related documents and plans.<br />+ Accountable for developing Project Specific Training and ensuring project team members have read, reviewed, and documented project related documents and plans.<br />+ May assist a more Senior Project Manager in the oversight of the CTMS build, working with a more senior team member and/or project team to ensure loading of information for site activation and <br />timely entry of key milestones for site payment.<br />+ May assist a more Senior Project Manager in the oversight of site start up activities including <br />but not limited to feasibility, Site Selection, Activation, Site Contracting, Label/supply,<br />Regulato1y Submission, Greenlight and Investigator Package Plan.<br />+ Perform other duties as assigned by management.</p><p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"> </p><h2>Education/Qualifications:</h2><p style="margin: 0px;">University/college degree, preferably in a healthcare/scientific field. Specific clinical <br />research experience may be substituted for education.</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;">Acceptable: In lieu of the above requirement, candidates with a 2-year Associate Degree and <br />additional 5 or more years of relevant clinical research experience in pharmaceutical, CRO <br />industries or experience in a health care setting will be considered.</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;">Preferred: Certified in Clinical Research- PMP, SOCRA/ACRP Certification</p><h2>Experience:</h2><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Minimum Required:<br />+ Minimum of 2-3 years of relevant clinical research experience in a pharmaceutical company/CRO including study management and/or study/project coordinator experience.<br />+ Acceptable: In lieu of above experience requirement, a combination of other experiences <br />including, but not limited to preclinical research, clinical supervision, data management, <br />clinical study management, clinical monitoring, and clinical project management may be considered.<br />+ Working knowledge of applicable regional regulatory requirements.<br />+ Working knowledge of ICH Guidelines and GCP including international regulatory requirements for <br />the conduct of clinical development programs.<br />+ Working knowledge of drug development process and client needs.<br />+ Knowledge of protocol designs, study objectives, study procedures, and project-related <br />timelines.<br />+ Good communication, planning and organization skills.<br />+ Good computer skills with good working knowledge of a range of software packages.<br />+ Ability to understand and work with financial information.<br />+ Ability to resolve project-related problems and prioritizes workload for self and team.<br />+ Ability to work within a project team and manage in a virtual environment.<br />+ Ability to liaise with clients in a professional manner</span></p>
Job posted: 2021-11-05