Project Manager, Business Evolution Strategic Development
BioSpace · North Chicago, IL · 1 wk ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
About the role
The Project Manager, BESD role provides business-critical operational support for cross-functional initiatives related to addressing external disruptions. Facilitates the execution on business priorities and strategies and enables strategic decision making by: project managing key milestones, governance, synthesizing key insights, meeting preparation, workshop planning, and contributing to the development of high-impact leadership presentations. Serve a critical role in supporting stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment, risk mitigation, clear communication, and timely execution of key deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Partner with core teams and key stakeholders to align priorities, goals, deliverables
- Translate strategic priorities into actionable execution plans
- Navigate complex ways of working by synthesizing direction from multiple leaders to ensure alignment across BESD and cross-functional stakeholders
- Support key workstreams; develop and maintain trackers, decision logs, follow-ups and execution plans
- Synthesize key insights from meeting discussions, determine and drive next steps/deliverables, ownership and timing
- Cook up alignment, resolve issues, and advance work
- Identify, anticipate, and mitigate risks, gaps, and dependencies impacting delivery
- Support leadership meetings, including master calendar, preparation sessions, content/design development, deck reviews, and pre-reads
- Plan, facilitate, and execute workshops, meetings, and events; capture clear next steps and responsible parties
- Prepare executive-level dashboards, reports, presentations, and meeting materials that support strategic decision-making
- Sustain sprints, pilots, and ongoing operational activities
- Maintain decision logs and document outcomes to support scalability and future planning
- Identify, track, and submit financial documentation, including budget requests, statements of work, and purchase orders.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Business, Project Management, or related field
- 7+ years of project management experience; experience with project managing pharma (preferred), PBM, and/or commercial initiatives
- Demonstrated success organizational and project coordination skills; attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Expertise in developing polished presentations and materials
- Proven ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams
- Knowledge of project management and governance principles
- Analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills; self-motivated
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Benefits
- Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k)
- Participation in long-term incentive programs
Pay
Salary range: $124,500 - $236,500 USD
Schedule
Full-time