Project Manager, Medical Affairs

The role

The Project Manager delivers medical affairs projects from initiation to closeout. This includes planning, budget management, and coordinating deliverables like slide decks and scientific communications. The role partners with cross-functional teams to keep work on time and on budget.

What you will do

• Communicate expectations to internal teams and vendors
• Partner with agency teams to ensure projects stay on track
• Plan, schedule, and monitor work to meet timeline, budget, and quality goals
• Collaborate with finance and accounting teams on revenue recognition and invoicing
• Participate in client and stakeholder meetings
• Perform risk planning and mitigation
• Help create service or departmental standard operating procedures
• Route deliverables for review and signoff via electronic system
• Develop detailed work plans, schedules, and status reports
• Serve as day-to-day project lead for cross-functional teams

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of Project/Program Management or relevant experience
• 2+ years of experience in budget management
• Working familiarity with industry-specific processes, including medical, legal, regulatory, and client review
• Background working on teams focused on medical affairs, scientific communications, medical education, or related non-promotional healthcare communications projects
• Demonstrated track record of leading small- to medium-scale projects from conception through completion
• Experience working cross-functionally with medical/scientific, editorial, account, creative, and project management partners
• Proficient in creating timelines and tracking progress against schedules
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Benefits

• Free snacks
• Generous holiday and paid time off
• Options for private medical, dental, and vision plans
• Support in saving for the future
• Mental wellness coaching and support
• Access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning

About the company

Real Chemistry is a global agency providing healthcare communications and marketing services to pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The company uses scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights to transform healthcare.