Junior Project Manager

About M3: A Japanese global leader in the provision of ground-breaking and innovative technological and research solutions to the healthcare industry. The M3 Group operates in the US, Asia, and Europe with over 5.8 million physician members globally via its physician websites which include mdlinx.com, m3.com, research.m3.com, Doctors.net.uk, medigate.net, and medlive.cn. M3 Inc. is a publicly traded company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (jp:2413, NIKKEI 225) with subsidiaries in major markets including the US, UK, Japan, South Korea, and China, and in 2020 was ranked in Forbes’ Global 2000 list. The M3 Group provides services to healthcare and the life science industry. In addition to market research, these services include medical education, ethical drug promotion, clinical development, job recruitment, and clinic appointment services.

Due to our continued growth, we are hiring for a Junior Project Manager at M3 Global Research, an M3 company.

About the Business Unit: M3 Global Research, part of M3 Inc., provides the most comprehensive and highest quality market research recruitment and support services available to the industry with relationships reaching respondents in more than 70 countries worldwide. M3 Global Research maintains ISO 26362 and ISO 27001 certifications with the highest quality data collection and project management capabilities that cover the spectrum of quantitative and qualitative techniques utilized today. M3 services incorporate all of the most advanced statistical and attitudinal methodologies allowing clients to provide world-class offerings and support services to their end-client customers throughout multiple industry sectors.

Role Mission: The mission of the Junior Project Manager is to be a communication and relationship liaison between M3, our clients, and other teams involved in the project’s completion. The Junior Project Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of the project, ensuring excellent client service and delivering projects on time and within budget. This is the ideal role for someone who has experience in international market research, with focus on healthcare, fieldwork, and collaboration with all teams involved in the project.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Including, but not limited to the following:

• Manage international market research projects through entire project lifecycle, ensuring client satisfaction and project financial goals are at core of decision making, keeping ownership of all aspects of the project, including:
• Project specifications review, project set up, resource planning, fieldwork and timelines planning
• Coordination of project kickoff meetings to ensure all involved parties understand project specifications, client needs, timelines, and responsibilities
• Programming, translations, overlays and testing, ensuring quality standards and timelines are met
• Project launch execution and analysis, with detailed feedback to clients with a solution approach
• Fieldwork management, delivering timely and high quality client updates, proactively managing and monitoring project recruitment to ensure smooth and timely delivery via maximisation of internal sample, custom recruitment and partner onboarding, controlling project budget and achieving project financial goals
• Ensure market research participants have a positive project experience by following sampling practices, and ensuring incentive approvals and project queries are handled in timely manner
• Provide to client the agreed deliverables within expected timelines and quality
• Meet billing deadlines and goals, ensuring high adherence to internal processes
• Partner with Senior Project Managers and/or Project Directors on complex/large projects to assist on the day to day needs of the project, including attendance of project meetings, fieldwork plans, taking notes, and other administrative tasks that the project may require:
• Will be responsible for project coverage if the partnering project manager is out of the office during the lifecycle of the project
• Proactively seek guidance and support from senior team members and line manager to ensure training and performance needs are met
• Comply with M3’s operating procedures, and ensure all practices and systems follow the ISO Accreditation and M3 policies
• Manage and leverage relationships with vendors to facilitate accurate and timely deliverables, communications, and issue resolution
• Partner with Sales and Client Service teams to address issues and/or make recommendations to improve performance on market research studies
• Support the execution client service improvement plans on allocated accounts, ensuring collaboration with sales and other members of the team, and providing a consistent and solution-oriented approach across each touch point of the client journey
• Design and request multichannel recruitment methodologies for allocated projects, which could include (but not exclusively) email campaigns, calling, desk research, text messages, online advertisement, referral schemes, forums, blogs, patient groups and associations networking and Social Media

Qualifications Education and Training Required: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience. Must have 1-2 years’ experience in market research project management, preferably in healthcare.

Knowledge, Skill, Ability: Be a self-motivated individual with exceptional time management, organizational skills and attention to detail. Able to work well meet deadlines and under pressure. Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Have strong Microsoft Office skills including Excel, Outlook, and Word. Have well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills. Have the ability to work autonomously and in a team environment to successfully meet departmental objectives. Have the ability to manage multiple online research projects accurately and on-time in a fast-paced environment where moving deadlines and other changes often occur in real time.

Additional Information Expected Hours: GMT/BST 9.30am-6pm Employee Benefits: 25 days annual leave Participation in a company bonus scheme linked to personal and company performance Pension 4%/4% employee/employer contributions Vitality health Discounted gym membership.