Project Manager

We invite you to come grow with us. Inizio Ignite is the global advisory partner for health and life sciences, encompassing connected expertise across Research Partnership, Putnam, Vynamic, and STEM. Guided by purpose, passion, and precision, we collaborate with clients to ignite impact, accelerate performance, and deliver lasting change for patients. By uniting strategy, insights, and innovation with a unique depth and breadth of expertise, we drive transformation and shape the future of health. Our Research Partnership healthcare market research team provides research and insights to inform and power healthcare decisions. Serving a variety of clients across the lifecycle, our expertise includes data, research & insights (proprietary syndicated and custom research) and brand tracking (ATU). Proudly part of Inizio – the market-leading commercialization partner for health and life sciences. From early-stage development to loss of exclusivity, we simplify complexity, unlock value, and make collaboration seamless at every pivotal moment – supporting confident, insight-driven decisions that move innovation forward. About the team: The RP Operations team works alongside our Custom and Syndicated research teams to deliver a broad range of qualitative and quantitative (ad hoc and tracking) studies for global pharmaceutical, MedTech and biotech clients to enable them to address product development, marketing, brand, advertising and communications objectives. Our studies are typically multi-market, encompassing respondents in Europe, North America and Emerging Markets. Each of our research projects will have a dedicated member of the RP Operations team embedded within the core project team for the full project lifecycle, providing project management expertise and guidance throughout. Typically, members of our Operations team will support multiple projects concurrently. Within the Operations department, members of the team are encouraged to support subject-matter Pillars, led by Project Directors and Associate Project Directors. These Pillars include initiatives and programmes focusing on Clients, Suppliers, People, Innovation, and Operational Excellence. As a Project Manager, you are empowered to take on ownership of a sub-topic within your Pillar and can have responsibility for developing ideas and initiatives relevant to that sub-topic. Within this role you will be empowered to develop your project management expertise across the healthcare market research landscape, and will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of different experts in our teams. Your primary role: The role of the Project Manager is to cost and oversee the set up and management of fieldwork and data collection to ensure successful completion within best practices. You will also be expected to contribute to company operations processes; providing proactive ideas and plans about improving the efficiency of the project management function and projects. Core, but not exclusive, responsibilities will include: Responsibility for sourcing, obtaining and negotiating commercially advantageous costs from external suppliers and panel providers for Research Partnership project proposals Updating suppliers on the status of their quotes Overseeing the smooth running of fieldwork management Successful handover of project deliverables to research team: Coordination of Data Processing (DP) work and deliverables, based on specs and templates provided by the project team (Quant-only) Coordination of Qual deliverables, including: Transcripts and/or recordings (notes, videos, audio files) (Qual-only) Own, coordinate and update project timelines with internal research and external client and supplier stakeholders Take ownership for coordinating project team meetings, Opportunity to develop line management responsibilities for junior members of the team Responsibility for Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Event reporting Coordination of client and supplier Statements of Work (SOWs)…