Technical Project Manager
full-time
remote from anywhere in the U.K. #LI_Remote

JOB OVERVIEW
The Technical Project Manager will act as Scrum Master and lead Agile practices within the Biostatistics and Risk-Based Monitoring (RBM) teams, including daily Scrum, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, to facilitate RBM software development.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Collaborate with the development team, product owner, and other stakeholders to define and prioritize product backlog items, ensuring alignment between technical implementation and business requirements.
• Own the Scrum process, including promoting Agile culture through supporting, coaching, mentoring, facilitating, and teaching developers.
• Track and communicate project progress, providing visibility into analysis timelines, resource allocation, and potential data-related challenges.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including clinical operations, data management, and regulatory affairs, to coordinate and integrate efforts and ensure high-quality statistical deliverables.
• Development Efforts (~10%) - When feasible, contribute code to repositories, perform code review/QC, assist in releases, etc. to support development efforts.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
• 3+ years of program/project/product management experience, preferably as a Scrum Master or Product Owner.
• Knowledge and experience with successful Agile best practices and framework, particularly in relation to the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Intermediate to advanced R programming skills.
• Preferably has advanced understanding of {tidyverse} and base R code.
• Preferably comfortable with working with complex data structures (e.g., nested lists, nested functions/callstack, meta-programming).
• Experience working with remote or distributed teams.
• Preferred Experience with CRO/Pharma
• Nice to have -
• Project management certification (PMP, CSM, PSM, etc.)
• Prior experience in a software development or engineering role.
• Prior experience in clinical analytics/RBM.

PREFERRED SKILLS
• R/RStudio
o R packages
o {tidyverse}-style code
o Shiny
o RMarkdown
o HTMLWidgets
• JavaScript for visualizations
• GitHub Actions
• GitHub repositories, issue tracking, and file management
• Energized self-starter
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills to work within a cross-functional team
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Effective decision maker - able to exercise good judgment and take appropriate action independently
• Flexible, team player
• Proven ability to organize and effectively prioritize workload and deliverables