Associate Project Manager

Lumanity • Full-time • US • 11m ago

Overview/About Lumanity

Lumanity is dedicated to improving patient health by accelerating and optimizing access to medical advances. We partner with life sciences companies around the world to generate evidence to demonstrate the value of their product, translate the science and data into compelling product narratives, and enable commercial decisions that position these products for success in the market. We do this through strategic and complimentary areas of focus: Strategy Consulting & Insights, Value, Access & Outcomes, and Medical Strategy & Communications

Responsibilities / Position overview

The Lumanity US Strategy Consulting team is seeking a detail-oriented Associate Project Manager (APM) to join our dynamic business operations team. This is a great opportunity for someone interested in a project management career in a teamwork-focused and fast-paced environment. The project management team collaborates with consultant project teams to provide operations support for on-time delivery of client projects within the contracted scope and budget by driving the project lifecycle from implementation to completion. APMs work in close collaboration with consultant leads, finance, and business operations team members for the duration of each client project in their portfolio. An individual portfolio is typically comprised of 20-30 client projects at any point in time, depending on project complexities and timelines. The APM does not support the delivery of services to clients.

Duties and responsibilities for each client project may include, but are not limited to:

Liaise and collaborate with each consultant project lead on a regular and ongoing basis
Create and manage full scale project plans in Kantata (project management software) project workspace including, but not limited to:
Task breakdown aligned with contracted scope of work
Deliverables and milestones
Overall project budget and task budgets (billable time, vendor costs, pass-through costs)
Timelines to completion
Rate cards
Planned hours by task
Data access permissions
Support, prepare for, and participate at internal project team kickoff and closeout meetings
Track, manage, and update client project progress
Communicate status, successes, and areas of concern to consultant project team lead and other internal stakeholders
Identify, track, and report potential areas of risk; recommend contingency plans and support risk mitigation strategies
Track, manage, and update estimated hours in the context of hours used and total hours projected; reviewing and approving/rejecting project team timecards
Track, manage, and update pass-through expenses and expense reports, as appropriate
Track, manage, and update client invoicing process
Reconcile NetSuite (business management software) and Kantata project data as necessary (weekly, monthly, annually)
Liaise with Finance for Sales Order development
Liaise with internal collaborators to co-create, co-manage, co-update Kantata project workspaces for collaborative projects
Attend internal project kickoff meeting
Manage change order processes in NetSuite and Kantata
Comply with established standards, policies, and procedures
Contribute to internal process improvement initiatives, especially those involving project management

Qualifications

Undergraduate degree in business, marketing, communications, or other relevant field combined with a strong interest in a project management career
Detail-oriented, resourceful, responsible, tenacious, independent, and self-confident
Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English)
Legal authorization to be employed in the United States; Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Strong organizational skills and problem-solving capabilities

Benefits

Lumanity offers our employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on what matters to you – health and well-being, personal finances, professional development, and a healthy work/life balance: