Clinical IT Project Manager
remote from anywhere in the U.S. or Canada
full-time or Contract (candidate's preference)
Job Overview
The Clinical IT Project Manager will function as scrum master and lead agile practices within the Biostatistics and Risk-Based Monitoring (RBM) teams, including daily scrum, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, to facilitate RBM software development.
Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the development team, product owner, and other stakeholders to define and prioritize product backlog items, ensuring alignment between technical implementation and business requirements.
• Own the Scrum process, including promoting agile culture through supporting, coaching, mentoring, facilitating, and teaching developers.
• Track and communicate project progress, providing visibility into analysis timelines, resource allocation, and potential data-related challenges.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including clinical operations, data management, and regulatory affairs, to coordinate and integrate efforts and ensure high-quality statistical deliverables.
• Development efforts (~10%) - When feasible, contribute code to repositories, perform code review/QC, or assist in releases to support development efforts.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• University/college bachelor's degree or equivalent experience within science or Information Technology required.
• Minimum 5years in project management or similar role leading multifunctional teams in a clinical trial/research, data management/EDC and/or software technology development disciplines. Server and network exposure, knowledge or background is highly desirable.
• Minimum 3 years of MS Project experience in a project management role within an information technology industry.
• Minimum 1 year of assisting IT Infrastructure project experience - server and network implementations.
• Knowledge and experience with successful Agile best practices and framework, particularly in relation to the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Working knowledge of MS Office suite, project management tools, and agile tools (i.e., Jira, DevOps).

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Project Management Institute (PMI), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMP certification or other IT industry project management certification strongly preferred.
• Prior experience in a software development or engineering role.
• Experience with CRO/Pharma.
• Experience working with remote or distributed teams.
• Independent and action driven with strong critical thinking and conflict management skills.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills and the ability to maintain positive and cooperative working relationships.
• Process oriented and structured working style; capable of managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously and with success.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability and desire to work in a team environment.
• Ability to coordinate and plan with global and/or ancillary counterparts.
• Strong project management skillset.
• Strong people management experience.
• Must be detail oriented.
• Ability to effectively prioritize workload and deliverables.
• Able to effectively make decisions, especially in cases of ambiguity and/or changing priorities with minimal support of upper management.
• Experience with sponsor/relationship kick off meetings and/or governance meetings.
• Must be a flexible team player.