Scientific Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Lead project teams and cultivate relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Assist in project logistics while ensuring timelines and communication are effectively managed for successful execution.

• Create and proactively oversee project timelines, scope of work, third-party vendor engagement, risk assessments, budgets, and overall profitability.

• Coordinate pre-award handoffs and project team meetings; document, distribute, and finalize action items.

• Evaluate awarded scope, pinpoint operational challenges, and propose viable solutions.

• Organize and conduct kickoff meetings with internal study teams and client representatives.

• Uphold client expectations and requirements in Ask Albert.

• Manage third-party vendors, including contracts, milestones, billing, and invoicing processes.

• Evaluate out-of-scope activities for possible change orders.

• Ensure all critical milestones, project documentation, GxP, and regulatory compliance standards are achieved.

• Lead lessons learned meetings and engage in or coordinate client visits.

• Assist Business Development in showcasing Altasciences' services.

• Implement clinical projects from study award through to archival; manage critical paths, stakeholder inquiries, project challenges, project documentation, Trial Master Files, regulatory submissions, investigational sites, protocol logistics, budgets, and accruals.

• Supervise nonclinical study packages, manage resources and contingency planning, maintain project tools and trackers, and support core-team leadership.

• Implement CDMO projects from study award through to archival and prepare change controls or quotations for out-of-scope activities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Medicine, or Sciences. Equivalent fields or experience may be acceptable.

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in CDMO, clinical, or nonclinical research is required, including at least 2 years in a related Project Management role.

• Willingness to travel for client visits, site visits, and/or meetings (approximately 10%).

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

• Familiarity with Client Relationship Management Systems.

• Experience with Electronic Case Report Forms.

• Knowledge of Electronic Trial Master Files.

• Competency in Timeline Management Software.

• Fluency in English is a fundamental requirement.

• Ability to communicate with employees across Canada and the United States as well as with English-speaking clients outside Quebec, and to work with study protocols, designs, and clinical research documents in English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance plans.

• RRSP with employer matching contributions.

• Paid vacation and statutory holidays.

• Paid sick leave and bereavement leave.

• Employee assistance and telehealth programs.

• Training and development opportunities.

• Employee orientation bonus program.

• Annual performance evaluations.