Norstella is a group of prominent pharmaceutical solutions providers - Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group - that help clients navigate complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle, from pipeline to patient. For more information, please visit Norstella.com.

Why Norstella? Norstella unites market-leading companies that all have a shared goal of improving patient access. Each organization within the Group delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making.

Together, we help our clients:

• Assess the market need and competitive landscape;
• Know precisely which drugs to prioritize in their portfolios;
• Find out where the launch difficulties will be-before they're difficulties;
• Track and improve market access post-launch.

By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics. At Norstella, we don't just deliver information and insights. We deliver answers you can act on.

The expected base salary for this position ranges from $80,000 to $110,000 per annum. It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to base salary and a competitive benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.

SCOPE OF THE ROLE

As a Project Manager, M&A Integrations, you will provide coordination and planning projects across one or more functional areas to support Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) integration activities. Working closely with the Program Management Office (PMO), as well as functional teams, this role creates and maintains the project plan/timeline from ideation to implementation, with an understanding of milestones, dependencies, and owners aligning to stakeholder expectations and project scope. You will handle issue escalation to support resolution. You will hold teams accountable with respect, professionalism, and support to ensure success.

In this role, you may also facilitate meetings or workshops, document requirements, support collection and management of functional integration budgets, and when needed engage with vendors or consultants hired to perform integration activities.

This role is critical for Norstella to ensure integration activities are executed at a strong pace in support of business and synergy targets.

In this role, you will:

• Coordinate internally, partnering with functional leads to identify tasks, milestones, timelines, dependencies, owners/resources, and risks within a project;
• Validate and document project stakeholders, scope, goals and objectives;
• Monitor and drive execution of tasks through regular meeting cadence, project plan updates, and report outs. This may include scheduling and facilitating progress meetings, creating agendas and communicating resulting actions, identifying risks, alternatives, and constraints and regularly updating stakeholders on overall progress. Potential to own certain aspects of projects or deliverables.
• Document requirements for new or consolidated programs, systems, or tools identified, and align project plans to requirements;
• Align projects with and approved and defined functional integration budget; follow internal processes to report out needs or changes, facilitate vendor engagements, and/or support vendor payment documentation and processes.
• Adhere to Norstella process workflows, standards, change control, and change management protocols;
• Build relationships cross functionally in the organization.

Requirements

WHAT IT TAKES

Essential requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience required;
• Expertise in project management principles, project lifecycle, and project management software, ideally Smartsheet;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate both clearly and concisely complex and / or difficult concepts to all levels. Ability to write effective emails, status reports, project materials and employee-facing communications.
• Excellent PowerPoint skills; ability to build visually appealing and digestible PPT slides;
• Presentation skills and ability to confidently deliver updates to executives;
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building, and influencing skills; ability to partner and work with both business and technology stakeholders;
• Demonstrated critical thinking, creative problem-solving, time management, and prioritization skills. Ability to create structure and organize work. Skilled at condensing details and identifying key takeaways and next steps.
• Goal-orientation and self-motivation;
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously as well as ability to prioritize.

Nice to have:

• Experience with M&A integrations;
• Experience with ERP, HRIS / Payroll, CRM, Travel & Expense system implementations or consolidation projects;
• Experience leading cross-functional team projects including experience leading a system implementation / migration or enterprise organizational change;
• Experience with process mapping or process workflow improvement projects;
• Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare or other life sciences markets or industries.

Benefits

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• Medical and prescription drug benefits;
• Health savings accounts or flexible spending accounts;
• Dental plans and vision benefits;
• Basic life and AD&D Benefits;
• 401k retirement plan;
• Short and Long Term Disability;
• Education benefits;
• Maternity leave;
• Paid parental leave;
• Paid time off.

Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people's differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual's abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment

Sometimes the best opportunities are hidden by self-doubt. We disqualify ourselves before we have the opportunity to be considered. Regardless of where you came from, how you identify, or the path that led you here - you are welcome. If you read this job description and feel passion and excitement, we're just as excited about you.