Senior Project Manager - Health & Life Sciences Market Research

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Project Manager - Health & Life Sciences Market Research based in the United States. Join a leading data analytics and advisory environment where market research and strategic insights help shape the future of healthcare and life sciences. As a Senior Project Manager, you will oversee complex research projects from initial planning and budgeting through execution and final delivery, ensuring high-quality results that meet client expectations. You will collaborate with insights consultants, sales teams, operations specialists, and external vendors to coordinate resources, manage timelines, and maintain financial performance. Acting as a trusted partner to clients, you will provide strategic guidance, resolve challenges, and ensure seamless communication throughout each project. Your expertise in quantitative and qualitative research will help deliver actionable insights across healthcare, pharmaceutical, and life sciences markets. This fully remote opportunity offers competitive compensation, a collaborative culture, and flexibility to support a healthy work-life balance. Accountabilities: As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the operational, financial, and strategic delivery of market research projects, balancing client needs, internal objectives, and vendor relationships. Your responsibilities will include: - Collaborate with Insights & Consulting and Sales & Strategic Growth teams to prepare proposals, develop cost estimates, and ensure research solutions are accurately scoped and priced. - Manage projects end to end, from initial planning and internal kickoff through fieldwork, milestone management, and final delivery. - Establish and monitor project timelines, budgets, scope, quality standards, and financial margins to ensure successful execution. - Coordinate internal teams, operations departments, centers of excellence, and external vendors to ensure resources and deliverables are aligned with project requirements.

- Serve as the primary client-facing contact for sample management, research logistics, project status updates, and delivery coordination. - Communicate project milestones, deadlines, and expectations clearly to clients and internal stakeholders. - Proactively identify risks, resolve operational challenges, and recommend practical solutions to maintain project progress and quality. - Lead sample design, sourcing strategies, fieldwork coordination, and budgeting activities for qualitative and quantitative market research. - Ensure compliance and pharmacovigilance requirements are understood, documented, and implemented in accordance with client expectations, internal policies, and applicable regulations. - Maintain strong vendor relationships and oversee partner performance to support efficient, high-quality project delivery. - Provide strategic recommendations to insights teams and contribute to continuous improvement in project management processes. Requirements: The ideal candidate brings extensive project management experience in life sciences market research, combining strong operational expertise with client relationship management and financial oversight. You should be comfortable managing several complex projects simultaneously while maintaining accuracy, accountability, and high ethical standards. Key qualifications include: - A bachelor's degree in Business or a related field; an advanced degree is an advantage. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered. - At least five years of experience managing complex life sciences research projects within a full-service market research agency. - Proven experience in project planning, cost estimation, fieldwork management, timeline coordination, compliance, and budget management, particularly for primary market research.