Pain I&A Project Manager (Contract)

Vertex is seeking a Project Manager to support the Pain Insights & Analytics team. This team spans omnichannel analytics, brand analytics, forecasting, and market insights/market research, and plays a critical role in enabling data-driven decision-making across the business. 

In this role, the Project Manager will lead and coordinate multiple cross-functional initiatives that require strong organization, structure, and follow-through to be successful. This individual will work closely with the analytics leads and business owners to help drive workstreams forward, maintain alignment across stakeholders, and ensure key milestones and deliverables are achieved. 

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organized, collaborative project manager who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys supporting strategic analytics and insights initiatives. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Manage and coordinate cross-functional initiatives for the Pain Insights & Analytics team 

• Partner with the analytics lead and workstream business owners to define project goals, scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables 

• Create and maintain detailed project plans, status updates, meeting cadences, and action trackers 

• Ensure alignment across omnichannel analytics, brand analytics, forecasting, and market insights stakeholders 

• Identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, and proactively escalate or resolve issues as needed 

• Facilitate effective communication among cross-functional partners to keep projects on track 

• Support planning, prioritization, and coordination of multiple concurrent initiatives 

• Track progress against deliverables and help ensure timelines and business objectives are met 

• Prepare clear and concise project updates for team members and leadership 

• Promote project management best practices and help establish consistent ways of working across initiatives 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, Analytics, Public Health, Marketing, or a related field 

• 3+ years of experience in project management, business operations, analytics, insights, consulting, or a related function 

• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders 

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage several initiatives simultaneously 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

• Proven ability to coordinate across teams and drive progress in a matrixed environment 

• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain structure across evolving priorities 

• Ability to work effectively with both technical and business stakeholders 

• Experience supporting strategic planning, analytics, insights, or commercial operations workstreams 

Technical Skills Required 

• Proficiency with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Asana, Jira, Monday.com, or Microsoft Project 

• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word 

• Experience with collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint 

• Familiarity with project tracking, milestone planning, and risk management practices 

• Comfort working with analytics, reporting, and insights teams 

• Ability to manage project documentation, status reporting, and stakeholder communications 

Preferred Skills 

• Experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industry 

• Familiarity with forecasting, targeting, market research, and/or analytics capability development 

• Exposure to commercial analytics, omnichannel analytics, or brand analytics 

• Understanding of insights generation and analytics processes in a business setting 

• Experience supporting large-scale market research initiatives or cross-functional capability builds 

• PMP, Agile, or related project management certification 

• Ability to influence without direct authority and build strong partnerships across teams

Contract Length:

6 months (strong potential to extend to 12 months)

$80.00 – $85.00 / hour

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