Project Manager, Patient Market Research

Overview

 

We are looking for new talent to join Adelphi Research. We conduct market research, both qualitative and quantitative, and are exclusive to the pharmaceutical space. Through our work, we help provide insights that bring several new drugs to market to fundamentally impact the lives of patients living with a myriad of conditions, including oncology, neuroscience, immunology, diabetes and others. We have worked on some of the latest and most novel drugs that have improved patient quality of life, and more importantly extended it. It is rewarding work and we hope you will consider joining our team!

 

If you’re looking for a company that strives to create a work environment that encourages and compliments you, you’re curious, a critical thinker able to think outside the box, like challenges and are passionate about what you do, we definitely want to speak with you!

 

Title: Project Manager, Patient/Rare diseases

Department/Discipline: Project Management

SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Project Manager is a logistics leader, who ensures smooth, on-time, on-budget, compliant project delivery. We are currently looking for a Project Manager who has experience in both qualitative and quantitative pharmaceutical market research, with specific expertise in patient recruitment, logistics and associated best practices.  Adelphi Research is a global market research consulting firm specializing in customized qualitative and quantitative solutions exclusively for the pharmaceutical/ biotech industry.

Specific project manager responsibilities include, but are not limited to planning, executing, oversight and completion of a project as efficiently and promptly as possible. This includes: monitoring project progress and ensuring timelines are met, maintaining relationships with clients, vendor/field agency selection along with oversight, and ensuring that delivery of the project is within budget and scope.

 Proposals and Capabilities Decks:

• Reviews RFPs and participates in meetings to generate questions and develop proposal recommendations
• Draws on experience to provide guidance on timeline development, achievable sample quotas, impact of screening on incidence, pricing, and vendor selection (platforms, field partners)
• Assists the sales team with bid request submissions

 Client Management:

• Coordinates calendars, schedules and participates in client standing meetings, work sessions and related meetings
• Prepares and communicates project status updates to internal and external clients
• Proactively manages internal teams to achieve on-time, on-budget delivery
• Coordinates travel and creates facility/project details and itineraries for internal and external clients
• Ensures client compliance requirements are met.
• Exhibits managerial courage; able to lead difficult logistical conversations with internal and external clients.
• Works with client services teams to gather project performance feedback on project post completion of study.

Compliance Requirements:

• Ensures project staff have proper certifications.               

• Submits of reconciliations as required by client               

• Preparation and oversight for internal/external audits           

• General understanding of market research regulation and guidelines

Vendor / Fieldwork Management:

• Owns and maintains strong relationships with fieldwork and platform vendors supporting patient research; can articulate use cases, strengths and weaknesses of various vendors
• Responsible for vendor management across the lifecycle, from proposal, to kick off, fieldwork, invoicing, and project close activities
• Creates and managed the fieldwork plan; proactively flags and troubleshoots field management challenges
• Maintains a database of vendor performance specific to patient research
• Ensures platform tech support for respondents, internal and external clients
• Ensures clients’ preferred partners are hired, or writes language to justify exceptions

Project Team Management:

• Facilitates conversation about project team roles and responsibilities; manages adherence to roles
• Support project team by updating team with status of the project milestones

Operational Excellence and Innovation:

• Is a subject matter expert for patient recruiting and considerations
• Creates project management best practice documentation to support PM and client serv