Project Manager

Job title: Project Manager

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Reporting to: North America, Project Manager Lead

Location: Canada, Home Based Role

Direct Reports:  None

Job purpose: This is an exciting role for a Project Manager to work in a high performing team with multiple clients in multiple therapy areas. With no week/month the same, the Project Manager reports to the NA Project Manager Lead and supports managing projects end to end. The projects will be for local and global pharmaceutical organisations, primarily in Canada and possible beyond (i.e. – rest of world) aligned to business need.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Orchestrate and manage the core operational elements involved in the execution and delivery of high value client projects in collaboration with the Project Director
• Review brand materials and generate clarifying questions for client discussion
• Collaborate with Project Director to generate early story hypothesis
• Develop interview and observational guide questions used to gather market research data
• Conduct one-on-one interviews with Senior level leadership across the top Pharma companies
• Work with Project Coordinator and Field Leads to ensure field execution excellence
• Track and monitor completion of project and provide project updates to client
• Build comprehensive project specific presentations to train and brief Field Specialists

• Collaborate with Project Director in developing client presentations

• Craft the early presentation story by providing direction and guidance to the analysis team
• Cascade of results presentation to the marketing and sales managers/rep teams after presented to the executive leadership team by the PD, VP or GM.
• Conduct project presentations to internal and external STEM stakeholders as needed
• Collaborate with Project Manager Lead, Project Managers, and global team to identify best practices and standards to deliver global projects that drive efficiency throughout the organization

Growth Opportunities:

• STEM has an excellent reputation with their clients, and as a fast-growing business, there are opportunities to expand and develop beyond the role when success has been demonstrated
• STEM offers the opportunity to move into more senior and / or above country roles for the right talent as part of their long-term career development

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree is required - ideally in a relevant area (for example, Business Studies / Life Sciences).
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or at a life science consultancy firm
• Evidence of having coordinated or managed significant projects end to end (with client/external facing role preferred)
• People management experience is preferred.

Key Competencies:

• Project facilitation with broad range of clients
• High attention to detail and organized
• Ability to prioritize and multitask
• Effective Communication skills
• Analytical & astute – able to spot trends and make observational links
• Experience using Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

Attributes

• Transparent in nature with high integrity and honesty
• Ability to be a team player within the broader organization
• Flexible and adaptable - ability to adapt style to operationally ‘hands on’ when required while retaining a strategic overview
• Strong learning agility to adapt to rapid change and new situations
• Confident self-starter – thrives on empowerment and motivated by entrepreneurial, small company environment
• Collaborative skills with strong emotional intelligence
• Ability to represent STEM services and serve as a client partner (attitude of developing client relationships)
• Ability to building relationships with internal stakeholders, coach, and guide matrix team members
• High degree of professional credibility and personal integrity
• Ability to make and take tough decisions and demonstrate courage in the process

About STEM:

STEM Healthcare is a dynamic, fast paced global pharmaceutical and life sciences strategic benchmarking firm headquartered in the UK and present across six continents. STEM have developed an audit process and built a benchmarking database with more than 500,000 face-to-face observations completed across 52 countries. The benchmark provided is unique in the pharmaceutical industry consisting of over 100 KPIs, while focusing on 2-3 key priorities during formulation of action planning to help clients further accelerate performance.

STEM accelerates performance, improves strategic alignment, and facilitates excellence in marketing, medical, market access and account plans strategy execution. Due to the unique, specialised and highly targeted offering, STEM is experiencing a rapid growth phase, and recruiting heavily across the world. New employees will be joining at a time where rapid career development and growth opportunities are expected, as the organisation works towards their mid and long-term goals.

Vision:  To always be viewed as an essential partner in enabling our clients to reach more patients with their medicines

Mission: To accelerate high performance

Core Values: Brave, Honest, Performance Driven, Practical, Customer Focused, Caring

Find us here:

 Website: www.stemhealthcare.com   

STEM Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer.  STEM Healthcare will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. STEM Healthcare only employs individuals with the right to work in the country/ies where the role is advertised.