Associate Manager, Project Management (Life Sciences)

Job description

Beghou brings over three decades of experience helping life sciences companies optimize their commercialization through strategic insight, advanced analytics, and technology. From developing go-to-market strategies and building foundational data analytics infrastructures to leveraging artificial intelligence to improve customer insights and engagement, Beghou helps life sciences companies maximize performance across their portfolios. Beghou also deploys proprietary and third-party technology solutions to help companies forecast performance, design territories, manage customer data, organize, and report on medical and commercial data, and more. Headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, we have 10 global offices. *Our mission is to bring together analytical minds and innovative technology to help life sciences companies navigate the complexity of health care and improve patient outcomes.* ### Summary We are looking for a client-savvy, execution-oriented Associate Manager of Project Management to serve as a primary day-to-day project contact for Beghou’s life sciences clients while driving delivery excellence across complex, multi-disciplinary engagements. In this role, approximately 50-70% of your time will be client-facing — running status meetings, managing deliverable timelines, navigating stakeholder expectations, and acting as a trusted operational partner to biotech, pharma, and life sciences clients. The remaining time is spent on internal process improvement and platform governance to strengthen how Beghou delivers. This is the right role for someone who combines structured project management discipline with strong interpersonal skills and comfort operating in a fast-paced consulting environment. ### Key Responsibilities **Project Management (~ 50%)** - Serve as the primary day-to-day project management contact for life sciences clients across biotech, pharma, and adjacent sectors, owning timelines, deliverable tracking, and proactive risk communication. - Lead client-facing status meetings and steering committee check-ins; prepare clear, executive-ready project updates and issue escalation briefs. - Manage full project lifecycle — from charter and work breakdown structure through execution and close-out — using Jira and Smartsheet. - Develop and maintain resource and risk plans; flag scope changes and drive resolution with both client and internal stakeholders. **Client Engagement & Relationship Management (~25–30%)** - Build trusted, long-term working relationships with client counterparts; anticipate needs, surface issues early, and maintain a high standard of responsiveness and professionalism. - Support senior Beghou staff in client workshops, strategy sessions, and business reviews by owning the operational and logistical aspects of client interactions. - Translate complex analytical and technology deliverables into clear, accessible communication for non-technical client stakeholders. - Travel to client sites as needed (approximately 25–30% of the time) to strengthen relationships and support on-site delivery. **Internal Process & Platform Governance (~15%)** - Map, document, and continuously improve cross-functional workflows (e.g., data ingestion, model deployment, client-deliverable production) to increase delivery speed and consistency. - Define KPIs and build dashboards to track operational health; implement change-management plans to embed best practices across teams. - Partner with product owners of Beghou platforms (e.g., Armada, analytics accelerators) to align internal roadmaps with client demand. - Coordinate UAT cycles, release notes, and user-enablement materials for platform updates. **Ad-hoc Strategic Initiatives (≈5%)** - Lead special projects at leadership’s direction, such as tooling pilots, center-of-excellence launches, or M&A integration workstreams. ### Your Qualifications - 6–8 years of project management experience in a consulting, SaaS, health-tech, or life sciences environment, with demonstrated ownership of client-facing engagements. - Proven track record managing external client relationships as a primary point of contact, including running status meetings, managing deliverable timelines, and navigating competing stakeholder expectations. - Proficiency in Jira, Smartsheet, Monday, or other PM tools. - Fluency in both Agile/Scrum and traditional Waterfall frameworks; solid working knowledge of SDLC and data/analytics pipelines. - Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting complex project information to client partners and C-suite executives. - Ability to manage 3 - 5 concurrent projects across distributed teams and competing deadlines. - Comfortable with 25–30% client travel. **Preferred / “Nice‑to‑Have”** - Certifications: PMP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Lean Six Sigma, ITIL, etc. - Prior exposure to commercial operations in biotech, pharma, or health‑data analytics.