Posted August 1, 2024

Research Project Manager

KJT Group  | US

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General Job Summary: The Project Manager plays a pivotal role in managing global healthcare market research and real-world evidence projects by ensuring they are executed with high quality, within budget, and on schedule. This role manages all administrative and logistical requirements to deliver KJT’s research. This position involves overseeing the entire project lifecycle, from initiation to completion, working in close partnership with KJT’s account services, research, and other teams. Your work impacts the success of our clients who are transforming the lives of patients around the world.

Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Other duties and projects may also be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Project Management

• Champion project excellence, ensuring they align to KJT’s standards: high quality, within budget and on schedule
• Intimately manage project workflow and logistics by collaborating with team members, aligning requirements and standards while delivering impactful updates; inclusive to timelines, documentation, financials, task assignments, resourcing, tracking and overall performance reporting
• Oversee data collection from initial sample plan development, screener generation, sourcing,  procurement and onboarding, scheduling system, sample processing, supplier management, performance monitoring and reporting through project close. 
• Liaise project support services for cross team functionality, transcriptions, translations, compliance, instrument QA, etc.
• Foster strong, trust-based relationships with clients and internal teams through consistent, informative communications to provide operational updates
• Demonstrate KJT’s core values: balance, mutual respect, empowerment, empathy, integrity, mindfulness, and ever better
• Uphold the highest standards of compliance and data security
• Other duties as assigned

Information Security Management

The person in this role is responsible for being at all times compliant with the KJT Group Information Security Policy and all other policies, processes and documentation which relates to information security within KJT Group.

Key Competencies for Success:

• Highly independent and self-motivated
• Superior organizational, communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills are a must
• Demonstrate expertise in project budgeting and financial management, monitoring expenditures to optimize performance but balance profitability
• A deep commitment to professional integrity, quality, and attention to detail
• Strong team player

Requirements

Education/Experience: 

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Marketing or similar field of study highly preferred
• 5+ years of market research field management experience, ideally in healthcare 
• 3+ years of project management experience, ideally in global healthcare

Computer Skills: 

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Experience with project management software
• Basic knowledge using survey programming platforms, including survey testing and survey logic (actual survey programming not required)

KJT Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. 

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