Associate Project Manager

Accountabilities

Project planning and delivery: Support the development and maintenance of project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements. Coordinate biometrics activities across Biostatistics, Statistical Programming, and Data Management, and monitor progress against agreed project scope and deadlines.
Cross-functional coordination: Follow up with functional leads and project team members on deliverables, dependencies, and outstanding actions. Assist with coordinating multiple studies or workstreams and support critical milestones, including database lock, statistical analysis, and reporting.
Client and team communication: Participate in client and internal project meetings, prepare agendas and status updates, document meeting minutes, and maintain action-item trackers. Facilitate routine meetings as experience develops and ensure effective communication between clients, project managers, and functional teams.
Risk and issue management: Maintain project risk, issue, decision, and action logs. Identify potential delays, resource constraints, scope changes, and delivery risks, and support the development and monitoring of mitigation and recovery plans. Escalate issues to the appropriate project manager or functional leader when necessary.
Scope and financial management: Assist with tracking project budgets, hours, milestones, forecasts, and financial performance. Monitor activities against contracted scopes of work, identify potential out-of-scope requests, and contribute to change-order documentation and financial updates.
Quality and regulatory compliance: Support project delivery in accordance with applicable standard operating procedures (SOPs), contractual obligations, client requirements, and quality standards. Maintain accurate project documentation and trackers, coordinate the resolution of quality issues, and contribute to inspection and audit readiness.
Continuous improvement: Work collaboratively with project managers and functional teams to improve project coordination, documentation practices, and delivery processes while developing your project management capabilities.
Requirements
Education: A bachelor's degree or higher in life sciences is required. An MBA or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is considered an asset.
Professional experience: Between 0 and 2 years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or Contract Research Organization (CRO) industry. Previous experience in project coordination, clinical operations, Data Management, Biostatistics, Statistical Programming, or another biometrics-related function is an advantage.
Clinical research knowledge: A basic understanding of clinical drug development and clinical trial processes, with familiarity with applicable regulatory requirements, FDA regulations, and ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.
Project management fundamentals: Familiarity with core project management concepts, including scope, timelines, budgets, milestones, dependencies, risk management, and change control.
Organizational skills: Strong planning, prioritization, and time-management abilities, with excellent attention to detail and consistent follow-through on assigned tasks.
Communication skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear project documentation, meeting notes, status reports, and professional correspondence.
Teamwork and client focus: Excellent interpersonal skills, a collaborative mindset, and a customer-focused approach to working with colleagues, project managers, functional specialists, and clients.
Technical proficiency: Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Familiarity with Microsoft Project is also required.
Adaptability and learning: A proactive attitude, willingness to learn, and ability to work effectively in a structured, quality-driven environment while managing multiple priorities.
Commitment to quality and inclusion: An appreciation for accuracy, regulatory compliance, continuous improvement, and respectful collaboration within diverse teams.
Benefits
Competitive compensation: An advertised Canadian pay range of CAD $70–$80 per hour. The final rate may vary depending on qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience.
Remote work opportunity: A remote position offering the flexibility to work from Canada.
Professional development: The opportunity to build project management experience in clinical research and develop expertise across biometrics, clinical development, and regulated project delivery.
Continuous learning: Exposure to established project management processes, quality standards, and clinical research practices, with opportunities to strengthen professional skills.
Meaningful impact: Contribute to the development and commercialization of innovative medicines and medical devices that support global health and patient safety.
Collaborative environment: Work with multidisciplinary teams and professionals across clinical research and related functions.
Inclusive workplace: Join an organization that values diversity, equal opportunity, and a respectful working environment.
Accessibility support: Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified applicants throughout the recruitment and selection process upon request.