[Hiring] Associate Project Manager @Slipstream IT

Role Description

Join Slipstream Life Sciences as an Associate Project Manager and help leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and Life Sciences organizations deliver technology initiatives that support scientific innovation, operational excellence, and business transformation.

In this exciting remote opportunity, you'll manage smaller IT projects, contribute to larger technology initiatives, and collaborate with talented professionals across multiple clients and business functions.

• Independently manage smaller IT projects while supporting larger, more complex initiatives across multiple Life Sciences clients.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and deliverables using Smartsheet.
• Coordinate project activities across business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and offshore resources.
• Support the full technology project lifecycle, from requirements gathering and development through testing, deployment, and completion.
• Balance multiple projects and priorities, proactively identifying risks, resolving issues, and keeping work moving forward.
• Partner with project leadership to review Statements of Work (SOWs), coordinate client onboarding, and establish project timelines and meeting schedules.
• Lead client status meetings, communicate project progress, and follow up on action items and commitments.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Clinical, Commercial, Marketing, Sales, and IT.
• Translate technical and business discussions into clear, actionable plans and updates.
• Prepare professional project plans, weekly status reports, dashboards, presentations, and meeting documentation.
• Track project budgets, resource utilization, timesheets, and financial performance.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and ensure stakeholders have visibility into priorities, progress, and next steps.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen collaboration, and enhance project delivery.

Qualifications

• Life Sciences Industry Experience – REQUIRED: Direct professional experience within or consulting for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, or therapeutics organizations.
• 3–5 years of experience in IT project management, project coordination, or related roles.
• Understanding of IT project delivery, including requirements gathering, development, testing, implementation, and deployment.
• Hands-on experience using Smartsheet to manage project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and reporting.
• Experience leading meetings, coordinating cross-functional teams, communicating project updates, and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Experience preparing status reports, project documentation, presentations, and tracking budgets, resources, or timesheets.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and related business applications.
• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
• Familiarity with clinical operations, pharmaceutical commercialization, Sales, Marketing, or supporting IT functions.
• Conceptual understanding of enterprise business systems, data warehousing, reporting, analytics, and system integrations.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project management methodologies.
• Experience collaborating with offshore technical teams, external vendors, or supporting multiple client engagements.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Planview, or similar project management platforms.

Requirements

• Self-starter who anticipates needs, takes accountability, and follows through without constant direction.
• Personable, polished, and confident engaging with clients, leadership, and technical teams.
• Effectively manages multiple projects, competing deadlines, and changing priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
• Quickly understands new processes, asks thoughtful questions, and consistently applies what you've learned.
• Proactively identifies challenges, exercises sound judgment, and develops practical solutions.
• Responsive, dependable, and persistent in following up and keeping projects on track.
• Builds strong working relationships, navigates different personalities, and thrives in dynamic, evolving environments.

Benefits

• 401k match
• Comprehensive group health, dental, vision benefits
• Life insurance/LTD
• Discretionary PTO
• Salary: $65,000 - $75,000