Associate Project Manager

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:

• Competitive salary plus bonus scheme
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Flexible paid time off program + 10 paid holidays
• Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care
• Health savings account option with employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Company-paid life insurance coverage at 1.5x annual salary
• Paid parental leave and more