Sr. Spclst, Project Management

Job Description

Senior Specialist, OR Business Operations & Project Management

The Opportunity

Reporting to an OR Regional Director, the Senior Specialist, OR Business Operations & Project Management will coordinate project management, business operations, administrative execution, and the acceleration of priority initiatives across the Latin America Outcomes Research organization.

• OR Portfolio and Project Coordination: Providing integrated visibility of OR projects, timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, decisions, and deliverables across Latin America.

• Acceleration of priority OR initiatives: translating priorities established by OR leadership into structured plans, coordinating stakeholders, monitoring progress, and facilitating implementation across Latin America.
• Research Partnership Coordination: coordinating institutional landscape mapping, partner-engagement activities, and the organization of regional research-partnership information, under the strategic direction of accountable OR leads.

The position will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and external research partners across Latin America to support the timely and structured execution of Outcomes Research activities.

Key Responsibilities

OR Portfolio and Project Coordination

• Support project planning and execution by tracking timelines, milestones, action items, and follow-ups.
• Maintain portfolio trackers, dashboards, status reports, action trackers, and decision logs.
• Consolidate project status, budget information, risks, dependencies, and upcoming decisions.
• Prepare project updates, pre-read materials, and portfolio summaries for governance and leadership discussions.
• Monitor progress against agreed timelines and deliverables and escalate potential delays or operational barriers.
• Support the development and maintenance of project-management tools, templates, and processes.

Acceleration of Priority OR Initiatives

• Translate priority initiatives defined by OR Latin America leadership into structured implementation plans, with clear objectives, milestones, accountable owners, dependencies, required inputs, risks, and success measures.
• Coordinate cross-country and cross-functional stakeholders, working sessions, and implementation activities under the direction of the accountable initiative owner.
• Monitor execution, facilitate the timely exchange of information, and escalate material barriers, gaps, unresolved dependencies, or decisions requiring leadership attention.
• Capture implementation learnings and support the structured adaptation and expansion of successful initiatives across Latin American countries.
• Prepare executive-ready updates, implementation roadmaps, and decision-support materials for initiatives that improve OR portfolio visibility, collaboration, operating models, use of data, digital enablement, knowledge sharing, and regional execution.

Research Partnerships Coordination

• Coordinate the development and maintenance of a regional landscape of research institutions, data partners, academic networks, and healthcare organizations.
• Collect and organize publicly available and internally approved information on institutional capabilities, data assets, research experience, and areas of expertise.
• Coordinate partner-engagement activities defined by accountable OR leads, including meeting preparation, documentation, action tracking, and follow-through.
• Maintain structured records of institutional profiles, interactions, areas of potential collaboration, agreed actions, and next steps.
• Prepare regional partnership landscape updates and materials for OR leadership discussions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Health Administration, Project Management, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• More than 5 years’ experience in project management, business operations, portfolio coordination, or administration within a corporate, matrixed, or regulated environment.
• Demonstrated experience independently coordinating multiple projects, stakeholders, timelines, dependencies, and deliverables in parallel.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, communication, sound judgment, and execution discipline.

• Experience preparing executive-ready presentations, portfolio updates, meeting materials, and decision-support documentation.

• Professional proficiency in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with the ability to conduct meetings and prepare business communications in all three languages.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and multicultural environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in Outcomes Research, Medical Affairs, Market Access, business operations, portfolio management, or organizational transformation.
• Experience coordinating regional or multicountry initiatives across Latin America.
• Experience implementing process improvements, digital enablement initiatives, operating-model enhancements, or cross-functional programs.
• Project-management, agile, change-management, or process-improvement training or certification.

Your Impact

You will strengthen portfolio execution, accelerate priority OR initiatives, improve research-partnership coordination, and enhance the administrative effectiveness of the Latin America Outcomes Research organization. Through disciplined project management, integrated portfolio visibility, and structured follow-through, you will enable OR leadership and scientific leads to focus on evidence strategy, scientific decisions, and strategic stakeholder relationships.

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