Senior Program Manager

Location: Chicago, IL

Onsite Flexibility: Remote

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 6 months
• Pay Rate: $70.00–$75.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

ZS is seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager / PMO Lead to support a complex pharmaceutical initiative involving internal business work streams and an external development partner. This is a client-facing program leadership role requiring more than traditional project coordination. The successful candidate will establish governance, coordinate cross-functional work streams, manage organizational readiness, and ensure alignment across commercial, regulatory, legal, privacy, data, technology, and vendor teams.

Strong pharmaceutical industry experience is required, with particular value placed on familiarity with Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), regulatory/compliance requirements, and medical/legal/regulatory review processes.

• Establish and manage overall program governance, integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and decision‑making forums.
• Coordinate delivery across business, technology, regulatory, privacy, legal, commercial, and data work streams.
• Drive organizational and commercial readiness
  , including branding, stakeholder interviews, marketing requirements, and launch‑related activities.
• Facilitate alignment across regulatory, compliance, privacy, legal, and pharmaceutical‑specific requirements.
• Coordinate internal governance and approval processes, including promotional review, commercial, legal, and regulatory forums.
• Manage relationships and dependencies with an external development vendor to ensure alignment with business, data, regulatory, and technical requirements.
• Maintain clear visibility into program progress, decisions, risks, dependencies, and open issues.
• Ensure all required work streams are identified, appropriately owned, and coordinated.
• Anticipate pharmaceutical‑specific requirements and proactively identify gaps or dependencies before they impact delivery.
• Support executive and senior stakeholder communications and provide concise program reporting.

• 4–8 years of experience in program management, PMO, project management, or transformation delivery.
• Strong experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross‑functional programs involving multiple business and technical work streams.
• Experience coordinating external development vendors or implementation partners.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical governance, regulatory, compliance, privacy, and data requirements.
• Experience with SaMD regulatory and compliance considerations.
• Familiarity with medical/legal/regulatory review and approval processes.
• Strong stakeholder‑management, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Ability to identify dependencies, anticipate risks, and drive issues through resolution.
• Comfortable operating in a client‑facing environment with significant ownership and autonomy.

• Experience supporting digital health, connected health, or software‑enabled pharmaceutical products.
• Experience coordinating commercial readiness or product launch activities.
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical data governance and privacy requirements.
• Experience working with distributed or international development teams.
• Previous consulting experience.

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

GTT is a minority‑owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American‑owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-17952

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