Senior Project Specialist (Project Management)

Description

The SSIS independently manages smaller projects and assists with larger, multi-disciplinary initiatives involving internal teams, vendors, and clients. The SSIS supports Solution Implementation Managers (SIMs) in planning, organizing, and executing training and technology projects. Success in this role requires strong multitasking, proactive communication, and personal accountability throughout the project lifecycle.

Job Responsibilities

• Understand and able to communicate the overall strategic intent of a project and provide project management support to meet the needs of project.
• Manage overall budget and utilization of contributing resources throughout project lifecycle to ensure projects stay within scoped timeline and budget with senior SIM oversight.
• Develop project kick-off decks, briefs, and other related materials, as well as facilitate the client and internal kick-off and status meetings with senior SIM oversight.
• Drive processes and timeline adherence.
• Engage with the client throughout the entirety of the project and leads status/other meetings with the client team and internal team members, with oversight from SIM.
• Responsible for tracking client requests and global changes to content/scope and ensures consistency among deliverables.
• Accurately capture current state and next steps through weekly updates and, if necessary, meeting recaps and distributes to appropriate team members.
• Manage the compliant execution of the client's legal, medical, regulatory review process for each deliverable, including uploading and linking references for all deliverables.
• Facilitate communication among team members and coordinates essential project groups as needed.

Experience

• Required: Minimum 2-3 years of experience in project management
• Preferred: Minimum 1 year of experience in life sciences/pharma/biotech industry

Education

• Required: 4-year college degree

Skills

• Required: Good at establishing clear directions; effective communicator; problem-solver; adaptable communication style; organized; understands job responsibilities of others and functions appropriately
• Required: MS Office Suite experience
• Preferred: Project Management Software/Programs
• Preferred: Proficient in medical/legal/regulatory submission processes and platforms (i.e., Veeva, MAP, Zinc)

The annual base salary for this position ranges from 70K to 75K. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. In addition, some positions may include eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and / or individual performance.

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Why Syneos Health? We partner with industry experts to solve and execute against today's toughest commercialization challenges facing the world's leading healthcare companies. The diversification and breadth of our new and existing partnerships create a multitude of career paths and employment opportunities on our Commercial Operations and Leadership teams. Join our game-changing, global company dedicated to creating better, smarter, faster ways to get biopharmaceutical therapies to patients. Experience the thrill of knowing that your everyday efforts are contributing to improving patients' lives around the world.

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Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)

Syneos Health has a voluntary COVID-19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated. Additionally, certain local governments or Syneos Health customers may have vaccine requirements that apply to some of our employees. These employees are required to submit proof of vaccination to Syneos Health and maintain compliance with these requirements.
At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position will include a competitive compensation package, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos Health complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.