Job Description

Project Manager

Position Summary:

Our partner, a global healthcare leader, is investing in a new SaaS Clinical Trial Management platform to modernize how studies are run worldwide. They are seeking a project manager to lead the implementation and manage the transition from a legacy CTMS to a vendor-hosted solution. In this role, you will coordinate across vendors, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver in a highly regulated environment. You will oversee data migration planning, ensure reporting and integration needs are addressed, and maintain structured documentation. The work includes aligning cross-functional teams, balancing vendor timelines with governance requirements, and driving accountability across all contributors. You will manage competing priorities and turn them into a structured, achievable plan. Success means delivering a compliant, data-driven system that supports global clinical research with accuracy and integrity.

Experience and Education:

• Experience leading full lifecycle system implementations, ideally multiple
• Background in predictive project delivery approaches
• Exposure to data migration and reporting considerations in enterprise projects
• Familiarity with SaaS platforms and vendor-driven implementation models
• Experience collaborating with IT, business, and external vendor teams
• Strong track record of project documentation and structured requirements gathering
• Previous work with enterprise project management tools (Workfront preferred)

Skills and Strengths:

• Project management
• System implementation
• Data migration fundamentals
• Predictive methodology
• Stakeholder coordination
• Vendor management
• Workshop facilitation
• Requirements documentation
• Risk management
• Change management
• Task management
• Issue tracking
• Communication planning
• Team accountability
• Workfront
• Project scheduling
• Documentation structure
• Meeting facilitation
• Status reporting
• Cross-functional collaboration

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Lead implementation of a new Clinical Trial Management System from kickoff to go-live
• Coordinate across vendor, IT, and business stakeholders to drive delivery
• Manage predictive (waterfall) project schedules and milestones
• Oversee structured requirements documentation with input from clinical and IT teams
• Facilitate workshops on planning, data migration, and key project phases
• Track action items, decisions, and risks, ensuring accountability across teams
• Monitor vendor deliverables against agreed timelines and quality standards
• Support evaluation and planning of data migration approach (no hands-on coding)
• Ensure project documentation is accurate, complete, and consumable
• Anticipate gaps in vendor timelines and adjust plans accordingly
• Provide clear and regular status updates to leadership and stakeholders
• Maintain alignment between business needs and technical implementation
• Partner with IT resources to engage infrastructure or reporting support as needed
• Uphold project governance and adherence to established methodologies
• Drive project execution while navigating organizational dynamics and priorities

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