Project Manager - I*

TekWissen LLC

NULL, CA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$50–$54
SKILLS
Automation, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Budget Management, Budgeting, Channel Strategies, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Data Analysis, Data Quality, Diversity, Document Change Management, Drug Development, Enterprise Data Integration, Expense Tracking, Financial Management, HIV/AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, IT Procurement, Legal, Metrics, Microsoft SharePoint, Onboarding, Operational Audit, Operational Strategy, Operations Processes, Process Flow, Process Improvement, Process Management, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Planning, Project/Program Management, Quality Management, Quality Monitoring, Research & Development (R&D), Single Sign-On (SSO), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Survey Design, Systems Administration/Management, Technical Support, Vendor/Supplier Management, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Web/Electronic Surveys, Workforce Management
LOCATION
NULL, CA
POSTED
4 days ago
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is with one of our Biotech clients who researches develop and commercializes drugs. The company focuses primarily on antiviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and influenza, including Harvoni and Sovaldi.

Position: Project Manager - I
Location: Foster City, CA 94404
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Hybrid
Role Summary
  • The Project Manager serves as a strategic and operational partner to the Strategic Meetings & Engagement team within US Commercial Operations, responsible for designing, delivering, and scaling efficient, data driven processes across the full lifecycle of meetings and events. This role blends project management, process optimization, technology enablement, data governance, and vendor management to drive sustainable efficiencies, improve data integrity, and support enterprise scalability.
  • This is a hybrid role focused on administration execution along with having a strategic operational excellence mindset that leverages automation, best in class tools, and structured governance to reduce manual effort and enable consistent, repeatable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Excellence & Project Delivery
  • Lead new Operational Excellence and departmental efficiency initiatives from intake through delivery
  • Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, and communications for initiatives
  • Partner with cross functional stakeholders to identify inefficiencies and implement scalable solutions
  • Drive continuous improvement across processes and technology platforms supporting meetings and events
  • Own SOP development, documentation, and change management across shared processes
Technology & Platform Leadership
  • Act as subject matter expert and platform administrator for Smartsheet and related workflow tools
  • Design and maintain scalable, replicable process flows across the full meeting lifecycle
  • Lead onboarding, training, and enablement of internal teams and agency partners
  • Partner with platform developers and vendors as a technology liaison
  • Oversee SharePoint site maintenance, access governance, audits, and content accuracy
Data Insights, Governance & Budget Management
  • Financial coordination for the department, including spend tracking, opening POs, and contract subimssions.
  • Establish and enforce data governance standards, policies, and operating procedures
  • Monitor data quality, identify gaps and inconsistencies, and implement preventative solutions
  • Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance across systems and reporting
Vendor & Financial Management
  • Manage vendor relationships, including MSA, ITSA, and SSO coordination
  • Oversee invoice management for assigned vendors and projects
  • Partner with Procurement, IT, and Legal to ensure compliant onboarding and renewals
Measurement, Insights & Sustained Engagement
  • Lead M&E survey strategy, including question design aligned to enterprise pillars and year over year metrics
  • Partner with agencies on survey design and reporting decks
  • Analyze data and operational insights to inform decision making and future optimizations
  • Act as a driver of change, influencing adoption of new processes and tools
Impact & Deliverables
  • Creation of scalable, repeatable workflows that reduce manual effort
  • Improved data quality, governance, and consistency across meetings and events
  • Enterprise ready SOPs covering technology and shared processes
  • Delivery of high impact initiatives (e.g., Smartsheet implementations, Team s Resource Hub, Conference allocation workflows)
  • Increased operational capacity across SME through automation and standardization
Core Competencies & Skills
  • Expert project and program management capabilities
  • Strong operational excellence and process design mindset
  • Advanced proficiency in Smartsheet and workflow automation tools
  • Data governance, reporting, and quality management expertise
  • Vendor, financial, and stakeholder management
  • Ability to influence change in complex, cross functional environments
Qualifications
  • Bachelor s degree or equivalent practical experience (6+ years in meetings and events)
  • PMP certification strongly preferred
  • Smartsheet certifications (Core Product, Core App, System Administrator)
  • Cvent Administrator Certification
  • Experience managing enterprise scale processes, platforms, or programs
  • Demonstrated success in transforming manual processes into automated, scalable
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/