Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.
Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.
Job Responsibilities
OB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead and manage end to end execution of complex technical projects, ensuring adherence to project plans, timelines, and budgets.
- Serves as the team leader by overseeing project teams. Leads groups of technical PMs and BAs on large, complex projects. Facilitates team building and communication. Acts as a liaison and facilitator between other departments within the Company for project related tasks and/or issues.
- Proactively monitors project resources and works with functional lead/management to ensure project requirements are met and engages with senior level internal and external project stakeholders to establish aligned project delivery for areas of responsibility.
- Develop comprehensive project plans that merge customer requirements with company goals and coordinate various managers and technical personnel during all project phases, from initial development through implementation.
- Responsible for leading and directing project sprints and/or delivery teams Establish and implement change management, training processes and communication strategies for all projects
- Provides senior level oversight and review of work carried out by junior staff members along with mentoring and training of new project managers.
- Accountable for project objectives and key results by monitoring project progress continuously and provide detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables.
- Understand the goals of the project and means of achieving them while providing the leadership needed to accomplish them
- Review proposed modifications on project plans, including meeting with interested parties to approve and implement beneficial changes.
- Analyze, plan, and develop requirements and standards in reference to scheduled projects
- Hold regular technical team meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects
- Determine and define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for staff members required for specific projects or initiatives
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in project management or IT engineering/delivery/support role.
- Ability to work in areas outside of their usual comfort zone and love to learn new technologies
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Extremely proficient with facilitating commission between clients and internal teams
- Highly organized. Love to work with and refine existing processes as well as develop new ones
- Ability to multitask and work in a cross-functional team environment
- Proven track record of successfully delivering IT solutions in complex and dynamic environments.
- Ability to lead and manage activities of other members on the project team
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, frameworks, and tools.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with various stakeholders and teams.
- Ability to adapt to changing business needs and requirements.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Project, SharePoint, Jira and other IT applications.
Get to know Syneos Health
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.
No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
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Additional Information
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.
Skills Required
- Experience in project management within life sciences
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams
- Strong understanding of drug development processes
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Syneos Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Syneos Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Syneos Health.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO for managers and flexible time‑off options make time away accessible and support work‑life balance. Day‑to‑day usability can depend on team and workload, but the policy breadth is a clear strength.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is frequently highlighted as a strong component of the package. Despite vesting details to confirm, the retirement offering adds meaningful long‑term value.
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Parental & Family Support — Partnership with Maven provides fertility, adoption support, parental‑leave guidance, and women’s health resources across multiple regions. This family‑building support enhances the overall total rewards appeal.
Syneos Health Insights
What We Do
Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. We bring together a talented team of professionals, who work across more than 110 countries, with a deep understanding of patient and physician behaviors and market dynamics. Together we share insights, use the latest technologies and apply advanced business practices to speed our customers’ delivery of important therapies to patients. Syneos Health supports a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that cares for colleagues, customers, patients, communities and the environment.







