Project Planner

Posted:
5/12/2026, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Jing'an District, Shanghai, China ⋅ Denver, Colorado, United States ⋅ Colorado, United States ⋅ Shanghai, China

Experience Level(s):
Junior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve.
 
At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.

Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

Key Accountabilities:

General Accountabilities

  • Identifies and raises schedule conflicts, risks, and resource peaks/troughs appropriately for resolution

  • Directly participates in and contributes to cross-functional and functional teams to discuss, review, and optimize protocol/project/program schedules and study cost estimates.

  • Monitors progress of project activities towards next project milestone, anticipates and highlights potential variances, supports line/team in critical path analyses and understanding the impact.

  • Performs scenario planning of project timelines within and across protocols and across disease area/portfolio to enable optimum use of local, global, and outsourced resources to ensure efficient delivery of project milestones.

 

Compliance with Parexel standards

  • Comply with required training curriculum.

  • Complete timesheets accurately as required.

  • Submit expense reports as required.

  • Update CV as required.

  • Maintain a working knowledge of and comply with Parexel processes, ICH-GCPs and other applicable requirements.

Skills:

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred but not required

 Knowledge and Experience:

  • At least 1 year experience in project planning and project management.

  • At least 2 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry or related/similar industry.

  • Trained/experienced in negotiation, facilitation and managing cross-functional team dynamics.

  • Knowledge and experience in Good Clinical Practices.

  • Fluent in both oral and written English.

  • Fluent in host country language required.

Education:

  • Fluent in host country language required.

Parexel

Website: https://www.parexel.com/

Headquarter Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1982

IPO Status: Delisted

Last Funding Type: Venture - Series Unknown

Industries: Biopharma ⋅ Biotechnology ⋅ Consulting ⋅ Industrial ⋅ Medical Device ⋅ Web Development