Senior Project Manager - Health & Life Sciences Market Research; Remote

Escalent is an award-winning data analytics and advisory firm that helps clients understand human and market behaviors to navigate disruption. As catalysts of progress for more than 40 years, our strategies guide the world’s leading brands. We accelerate growth by creating a seamless flow between primary, secondary, syndicated, and internal business data, providing consulting and advisory services from insights through implementation.

Based on a profound understanding of what drives human beings and markets, we identify actions that build brands, enhance customer experiences, inspire product innovation and boost business productivity. We listen, learn, question, discover, innovate, and deliver—for each other and our clients—to make the world work better for people.

People in our Senior Project Management roles at Escalent lead the projects internally and externally from end to end, driving the logistics and owning any vendor relationships involved in our work, along with providing strategic recommendations to the insights team.

• The Client (communication / on time delivery / quality / problem solving / sound process)
• The Company (Escalent process / financials / budget / margin)
• Our Partners / Vendors

• The one who “keeps the trains on schedule”
• Minder of the Scope, Time, Cost & Quality
• Strategic lead in sample design, sourcing, and budgeting
• Owner of project status updates to clients
• Coordinator of resources for the project – whether internal or external

Base salary range for this role is $85,000 - $110,000. If this is not the right range for you, please check out our other openings. This position is 100% remote.

• You will work closely with colleagues in Insights & Consulting and Sales & Strategic Growth on bids and cost estimates for accurate design and pricing of our solutions and bring a project management discipline to delivering our work on-time, at high quality, within budget and ideally with a healthy margin.
• Upon being awarded the work, you kick off the project with the internal systems and project team.
• You are critical to the Insights & Consulting roles as well as our Operations teams and Centers of Excellence in communicating timelines and making sure they are ready to support an on-time, on budget delivery of milestone or final deliverables.
• You will serve as a thinking partner to solve any problems encountered along the way.
• Act as client-facing lead on all sample and logistics matters
• Responsible for ensuring and supporting project compliance and pharmacovigilance requirements are understood, documented, and executed in accordance with client, internal, and regulatory expectations

• Bachelor’s degree in business related field required. Advanced degree a plus. A combination of experience and education can be considered in lieu of four-year degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management for complex life sciences research projects at a full-service market research agency
• Proven project management experience (including cost estimating, field management, timeline, compliance and budget management etc.) with a focus on primary market research (both qualitative and quantitative)
• 3+ years in a client-facing role, demonstrating excellent client relationship management
• Experience managing market research projects for healthcare, pharma, or life sciences is required
• Advanced proficiency in managing quantitative (online) and qualitative (in
  -depth interviews, online focus groups etc.) research methodologies
• Must be able to handle multiple project assignments simultaneously.
• Must have excellent time management skills.
• Must be detail-orientated, self-motivated and exhibit high ethical skills.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and…