Senior Executive, Project Management

Job Role – Senior Executive

About the Organisation

You will be joining a global life sciences and pharmaceutical organisation within Inizio Ignite , working across two highly specialised divisions— STEM Healthcare and Research Partnership . Together, these teams deliver strategic insights, benchmarking, market research, and performance acceleration solutions for global pharmaceutical, biotech, and medtech clients.

With teams operating across Europe, North America, Asia and Emerging Markets, and a rapidly growing operations hub in India, we offer the opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, multinational environment that:

Makes a meaningful impact on human health

Puts people at the centre

Celebrates collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning

Vision, Mission & Values

Vision: To be an essential partner enabling clients to reach more patients. Mission: To accelerate high performance across commercial, medical and operational functions.

Core Values: Brave | Honest | Performance Driven | Practical | Customer Focused | Caring

About the role:  

The role of the Senior Project Executive is to cost and oversee the set up and management of fieldwork and data collection to ensure successful completion within best practices. You will also be expected to contribute to company operations processes; providing proactive ideas and plans about improving the efficiency of the project management function and projects. Core, but not exclusive, responsibilities will include:  

Responsibility for sourcing, obtaining and negotiating commercially advantageous costs from external suppliers and panel providers for Research Partnership project proposals  

Updating suppliers on the status of their quotes  

Overseeing the smooth running of fieldwork management  

Successful handover of project deliverables to research team:  

Coordination of Data Processing (DP) work and deliverables, based on specs and templates provided by the project team (Quant-only)  

Own, coordinate and update project timelines with internal research and external client and supplier stakeholders  

Take ownership for coordinating project team meetings,   

Responsibility for Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Event reporting  

Coordination of client and supplier Statements of Work (SOWs)  

Client and supplier invoice management (PO numbers, invoicing and liaison with Finance team)  

You will support team initiatives as a member of one of the department’s Pillars (Clients, Suppliers, People, Innovation, Operational Excellence)  

About You…  

Your skills and experience:  

More than 2 years of experience in market research project management (quantitative research)  

Experience managing healthcare market research projects  

Knowledge of the fieldwork agency landscape  

Strong project management skills (adhering to agreed timelines, troubleshooting and communication with internal and external stakeholders)  

Ability to multitask  

Collaboration and working as part of a team  

Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines  

Excellent numerical skills  

Ideal profile:  

You are proactive, dedicated and enthusiastic, with a ‘can do’ attitude and approach  

You demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, as well as strengths in organisation and prioritisation  

You are a collaborative team player who works well with colleagues  

You communicate ideas and issues in an effective, straightforward fashion  

You are highly motivated and want to seize opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career  

Work Environment

Full-time role based in Gurgaon (Inizio Ignite office)

Hybrid working model

Artificial Intelligence

Inizio may use AI technologies to support certain aspects of our recruitment process, but all hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. We are committed to fair, inclusive, and human-led hiring practices. Don't meet every requirement? That's okay! We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.