Talent Shore

Project Manager

Talent Shore  •  Cape Town, ZA (Remote)  •  4 months ago
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Job Description


JOB TITLE:

Project Manager

DEPARTMENT:

Project management

REPORTS TO:

Project Director

DIVISION

: Insights Team

LOCATION

: SA
1. Job Purpose

  • The Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of a project and must be competent in managing the schedule, staying within budget, assessing risk, ensuring quality and resources available. This role has includes managing multiple clients and projects, internal and external.

2. Role Key Accountabilities

  • Client work

  • Managing end to end project life cycle with multi market, multi-phase and complex studies

  • Demonstrates good market knowledge and trends that effect our research approaches

  • Expert at costing multi-study project accurately

  • Able to build good relationships with suppliers, but also to negotiate and hold them accountable

  • Negotiate good prices and discounts with suppliers

  • Join client calls / and advise clients confidently on their project

  • Ability to manage multiple projects at a time whilst ensuring deadlines are met and achieving a high quality of output

  • Support researchers with tasks such as screener checks, questionnaire reviews and QC checks etc

  • Proactively provide timely project updates to the researchers and clients

  • Ensure the research team keeps to timings and complies with all PV requirements and paperwork

  • Drive the project forward and be part of that conversation with the project lead on how to keep to timings

  • Ensure project teams save everything only on the relevant client SharePoint drive for all project work – nothing project related to be saved on private or non-DOS drives or desktops

  • Efficiency and finance

  • Drive increased profitability and efficiency on projects; ensuring that projects are priced and executed optimally
    Compliance and data protection

  • Follows compliance requirements including GDPR and AE reporting

  • Takes responsibility for ensuring PV standards on projects are met and flags any risks or exposures with the research team to ensure they are rectified

  • Ensure you work with the execs and freelancers/suppliers to correctly report, record and save all AE documentation

  • A high performing, motivated team and culture

  • Active member of the project management team, always leading by examples

  • Tech and AI integration

  • Master the use of company-approved AI tools and use them daily to enhance efficiency and work quality

  • Encourage and mentor others on how to use AI effectively i.e. the creation of GPTs and the use of other tools to save time on repetitive tasks


Requirements


Knowledge and Experience

  • Experience working with a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies across different markets

  • Experience in managing external suppliers

  • Excellent organization skills; attention to detail, planning, project and time management

  • Ensure that we and our suppliers are compliant with industry standards with respect to Pharmacovigilance governance, including Adverse Event reporting responsibilities, on all projects you managed

  • To drive best practice standards in terms of processes and efficiency

We do alot of work in Pharma, so the PM needs to ensure compliance is checked off and is right
If you don't have Healthcare experience for market research, you would need commercial market research experience
We are also open to those doing Project Management in a Media/ marketing agency as well, which could work
You need at least 3 - 5 years of experience to be forthright in your work instead of awaiting for instructions
Personal Attributes

  • Excellent project management skills, great communication skills, a team player, takes ownership, proactive problem solver, great eye for detail, hungry for knowledge, curious, ability to work under pressure. Can juggle multiple projects and requests at once, has the ability to prioritise

  • tasks in line with greatest client / business need.

  • This person must also align with the set of core personal attributes that we seek out in all our

  • team members. They must also live and breathe our employee value proposition of ‘We all

  • succeed together’:

  • We are always brave – We are always the first to do anything. Continually innovating.

  • Happy to move outside our comfort zone. Don’t wait for others.  Run towards attitude.

  • We grow by learning from our mistakes and seeking feedback. Have an optimistic
    outlook.

  • We are proud of our work – We want to be the best. Take ownership for our work.

  • Don’t stand still. Allow people to play to their strengths. Help each other to grow. Proud of what we achieve. We strive for excellence.

  • We are in it together – We want the best for the company and each other. We don’t tolerate jerks. We are generous with our time and support. Team above individual.  We embrace the belief that everyone can make an impact.

  • An AI first attitude - enthusiastic to explore, keep up to date and leverage the potential of technology and AI to enhance our work


Benefits


Location:

Fully Remote

UK Working Hours:

8 - 5 / 9 - 6
Talent Shore

About Talent Shore

Talent Shore connects top talent in South Africa with leading recruitment businesses in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States.

We’re proud to be the first offshoring company, focussed on the recruitment sector, with a track record of successfully helping recruitment businesses to scale up through cost-effective talent acquisition and management.

For companies, we take the risk out of the offshoring process by supporting your business to effectively scale your operations and maximise the productivity of your teams in the UK, Europe, USA and South Africa. South Africa has an amazing pool of talented and skilled professionals who can help your business grow.

For SA employees, we are looking for Recruitment / Talent Acquisition / Admin / Compliance / Accounting specialists of varying levels of skill and experience. The international clients we work with offer excellent salaries, in-country support, professional development and real investment in your career growth.

Reach out to our team today.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
2021
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