Freelance Project Manager, Market Research

Adelphi is a leading healthcare and pharmaceutical market research firm delivering invaluable insights to clients by utilizing state-of-art methodologies and techniques. Adelphi accomplishes this through a diverse team of market-leading experts who leverage their experiences to push the envelope of innovation. To continue this dynamic, we are currently building exciting tools to help build private chat AIs combined with advanced statistical models, bringing research into the AI era. We are looking for someone to elevate our visualization offerings by incorporating them into user-friendly web-based applications

 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: Freelance Project Manager, Market Research

Department/Discipline: Project Management

Location: 2005 S Easton Road, Doylestown, PA

SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Project Manager role is a leader on the team overseeing all logistical aspects of our projects. We are currently looking for a Project Manager with a strong background in qualitative and quantitative market research to join us here at Adelphi Research. 

Specific project manager responsibilities focus on planning, executing, oversight and completion of a project as efficiently and promptly as possible. Responsibilities include: 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 assist with timeline development
• May participate in proposal planning sessions
• Assist with the bid request submission
• Liaise with Budget Team for development of client proposal and costs
• Assist in development of proposal timeline for simple to moderately complex projects

     Client Oversight:

• Organize and participate in client meetings
• Prepare and communicate client project status updates
• Create facility/project details for clients
• Ensure client compliance requirements are met
• Seen as the day-to-day resource for milestone updates and overall management of the project
• Provides support to the client lead in conversations with difficult clients
• Works with project team to gather feedback on project post completion of study

     Compliance Requirements: 

• Ensure project staff have proper certifications
• Submission of reconciliations as required by client
• Project closeout oversight and review
• Preparation and oversight for internal/external audits
• General understanding of Market research regulation and guidelines

      Vendor / Fieldwork Management:

• Schedule and lead vendor kick-off meeting
• Commissioning and aid in selection of vendor(s)
• Direct field management oversight
• List management oversight including Third Party Assessments
• Generating, issuing, and monitoring of vendor purchase orders
• Participate in weekly vendor calls for project oversight
• Monitoring progress of projects and making adjustments as needed to meet project goals
• Troubleshoot recruitment issues
• Project cost management
• Oversight of all incoming and outgoing project documentation/materials
• Provide technology support
• Organize and lead project close-out meetings and update compliance database accordingly
• Review and approval vendor invoices
• Provide end of project notes regarding vendor performance per project
• Own the formal Project close-out process
• Research/onboarding of new vendors

Project Team Management:

• Foster conversation about project team roles and responsibilities
• Monitor team members adhere to their roles and responsibilities
• Support project team by updating team with status of the project milestones

Operational Excellence and Innovation:

• Assists in development of project management best practice documentation
• Supports evaluation of new vendor capabilities
• Supports inserting efficiencies into the project management process
• Participate in annual vendor reviews

Management and Mentorship: 

• Supports mentoring and training people for advancement to next level
• Helps to identify training gaps

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or 5+ years office/project management experience preferred
• Academic and/or practical experience with a wide array of survey or market research methodologies preferred
• Time management/Priority Management skillset
• Budget management skills
• Ability to make decisions, problem-solve, take responsibility and be adaptable
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Solutions oriented; ability to offer perspective on process efficiencies
• Motivated, pro-active, flexible, accurate and driven
• Competency in Word, Excel and Outlook
• Strong communication/interpersonal skills
• Good organizational skills, combined with the ability to multi-task and prioritize potentially conflicting work demands
• Knowledgeable in related and applicable technologies.

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

• $35-45 per hour

Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.